Ginger for Mary Ann’s migraine

Truly, this website has some of the best visitors in cyberspace, and the ezine HeadWay has some of the best readers.  In January’s issue we talked about nausea, and many of you visited the HeadWay MailRoom with great feedback.  And you very graciously pointed out a glaring omission in my article – the use of ginger for nausea.  You didn’t call me names and demand an apology, instead you shared your experiences and some of the practical ways you’ve used ginger to make that migraine attack more bearable.  For example, Faith from the USA suggested Preggy Pops (available in the USA, the UK and Australia and wherever amazon.com ships).  Don’t worry, guys – you can buy Queasy Pops – doesn’t that sound more masculine?

To rub sea salt in my wound, I picked up the TIME magazine a few days ago which commented on a new study showing that ginger helped with post-operative nausea.  I don’t know how I missed it.  You must think I’ve been on a desert island all this time.

Anyway, you may have noticed a new page here – I’ve dedicated a whole article to the problem of nausea in migraine (and cluster and tension headache too).  Perhaps to redeem myself, I wrote a lot about ginger, but there’s lots more there.  This one is close to my heart, since I’ve had to deal with the worst of this symptom during migraine attacks.

So if you find yourself marooned with nausea, take the three minute migraine nausea tour.  You don’t have to be a millionaire to find solutions.