Since biophysicist Harry C. Ehrmantraut, Ph.D. perfected the technique of the brush massage, thousands of headache victims have made the happy discovery that they can brush their headaches away.
All you need is a natural fiber brush with moderately stiff bristles. Rotate the brush in small half-inch circles so that when you brush the scalp, the upper ðàë of die circle goes towards the back of the head.
Begin brushing above one eyebrow and, rotating in small circles, work gradually back around the temple and dip down the side of the face to below the ear. Continue up again in front of the ear, back and over the top of the ear, and on down the neck.
This pattern takes your brush along both the temporal and occipital arteries. Repeat, starting and staying one inch above the previous pattern. Keep repeating and moving an inch higher each time until you finally brush right back over the center and top of the head and down the back of the neck. Then repeat the whole thing on the other side of the head. With practice, the entire process need not take more than 90 seconds.
The circular brushing motion appears to stimulate both muscles and arteries throughout the scalp and neck, improving muscle tone so that blood vessels return swiftly to normal size. Lacking a brush, you may massage with your
Mousing the same circular motion and following the patterns. However, when using the fingertips, each should a headache appear, begin the brushing technique immediately for speedy relief. It appears to work equally well for tension and migraine headaches. After brushing, relief may take a few minutes to appear. You can repeat the brushing technique at short intervals. But be careful not to make your scalp sore.
Professor Ehrmantraut has also recommended doing the brushing technique two to three times a day as a prophylactic measure. The most important times to brush are morning and night. Giving yourself a 90-second scalp brushing on awakening is a wonderfully stimulating way to greet the day.
A few tips: the scalp must be dry. Make sure you brush down in front of the ears, and also on the bony protuberances behind the ears. These protuberances are often a key point in the relief of tension headaches.
If you feel a headache approaching when at a social event, or a meeting or at work, it is usually possible to excuse yourself, go to the bathroom, and give yourself a 90-second brush massage. Most types of women’s hairstyles will permit all or most of the headache strokes. However, some migraine sufferers have reported that during attacks, their scalp has become so exquisitely sensitive that they have been unable to brush it at all.
It is vitally important to use a moderately stiff natural fiber brush. For more details, we recommend reading Professor Ehrmantraut’s book Headaches, the Drug less Way pasting Relief (Celestial Arts, 1987).
All in all, brushing is probably one of the easiest and most successful natural ways to overcome headaches.
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