Hello

My husband has been diagnosed with a variation of ch for about 7 months now.. and he's been trying everything, and nothing seems to prevent them.. (alto imitrex injections and red bull abort them)

Recently I've been doing some research online to see if I could find any natural remedies.. I was not able to find anything that references ch, so I started searching for migraine remedies as they have similar characteristics..

I came across something that suggested pure grape juice helps.. or just a bowl of grapes..!

So as I make our lunches for work every day, I have been putting in a small bowl of grapes in his..

Now this may be coincidence, as his verap and indomethacin have also been upped slightly.. (back to a level he was at previously) but he has been having some great weeks, better than he has for months! Also over the few days that we run out of grapes, or he doesn't eat them for some reason, he starts to display mild symptoms of ch returning.

Altho this may just be coincidence I thought I'd let you know in case it may help someone else! There's nothing to lose as grapes are good for you anyway.. and not exactly expensive!

It'd be good to hear if this does anything for anyone else?

Bex

I tried grapes as they do help other types of headaches.  What "variation" of ch does he have? 

Grapes didnt help me much, but that doesnt mean anything with CH.

CH is a complicated thing which is affected by many factors. For some people, the CH frequency and/or intensity is affected by blood pH levels. Do a search on posts by "Batch" as he has researched this a lot.

Anyway, improvements have been seen by increasing alkalinity of the blood. This is done by changing diet and eating foods that tend to increase alkalinity and staying away from foods that tend to be acid forming.

Grapes are one of those foods that are very good at increasing alkalinity. You might also try lemonade. Most fruits and vegetables are good while meats and dairy are acid forming. This may be why some benefit is seen by eating grapes.

Just one hypothesis anyway.

interesting info revolvr. im buying some grapes and lemonade tonight. during one cycle i eliminated all dairy and i think it did abort my cycle. i have tried so many different herbs and tricks that i thought it was just a coincidence, but maybe it wasn't. i dont eat much dairy, but i love my flax cereal in the morning with milk.

I have a dairy allergy so don't use milk or anything made with milk anyway. Almond milk is good. Anyone try cranberries? Always good for a bladder infection, Also red or green grapes or does it make any difference?

The red and black grapes contain high-levels of tannins.  These can trigger headaches/migraines and perhaps that's why some people report red wine triggering headaches but white wine less so?