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Are there any home treatments or natural cures for chronic headaches (vs. over-the-counter meds)?

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Headache prevention: For frequent migraine headaches, magensium and butterbur have been shown to prevent headaches. For tension headaches, neck stretching and realted physical therapy has been shown to prevent headaches. What kind of headache do you have? That may be important. Some kinds don't responds to these treatments.

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Answered 5/19/2016

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