6 Responses to “The headache”

1. Anonymous Says:
   April 20th, 2005 at 2:17pm

   I just spent 4 weeks in the USA. Wish they would learn how to make a decent cuppa. Gave up trying to get one in a restaurant and had to resort to using my coffee maker in hotel rooms and storing my milk either in a sink of cold water or an ice bucket.

2. kristy Says:
   April 20th, 2005 at 5:45pm

   Next time try peppermint tea-it’s even better!

3. Kathy Says:
   April 21st, 2005 at 6:27am

   Tea is the universal panacea - the cure to most of life’s ills, IMHO. Nothing seems as bad once you’ve got a nice cuppa tea in front of you.

   And you might be interested to note that there is actually some basis in medical research for the effect you observed - the small amount of caffeine in tea, combined with the tannins, can act to relieve some causes of headache. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1625660.stm

4. Niki Says:
   April 21st, 2005 at 7:39pm

   Sometimes tea is the only thing that will do. I think it’s a real comfort thing - a pot of strong tea, made from real tea leaves (Lan Choo, for preference - it’s what my great granny used) and a little bit of milk.
   As a kid I could never understand why adults drank tea when they were thirsty; surely a hot drink wouldn’t help you. Now I am old and wise I understand!

5. beth Says:
   April 21st, 2005 at 10:13pm

   Tea is good. I am sometimes envious of other people and the coffee they ‘have to have’ - but I’m like Niki - a pot of strong tea is always welcome. But I have become something of a tea snob - most tea bags don’t cut it anymore!

6. Sandee Says:
   April 26th, 2005 at 3:40pm

   I read in some forwarded junks to me that diluting 100Plus (Asia’s equivalent of Gatorade I think, only lot less sweet) with water for headache works wonders. I have yet to try…