Mangosteen and Migraines

There are few things in life more debilitating than a migraine. A sever head pain is enough to make any one struggle to think straight, and in many cases can lead to us wanting to do nothing other than sit in a darkened room with our eyes shut.

But the modern world doesn't work that way. We need to operate on a day to day basis for both our professional and personal lives. Which is why the 15% of the world population who suffer fro migraines are constantly on the hunt for ways to deal with them.

The problem is that conventional methods of dealing with migraines is pretty much limited to painkillers. Now painkillers can be useful in less severe migraines, or to help reduce the agony of the worst migraines, but they far from solve the problem and we are often still unable to function properly. Worse still the stronger the painkiller the greater the side effects (often not 'being with it' for example), so they stop you functioning on a normal basis anyway.

The Cause of Migraines

Some hope is offered the more that we come to understand what causes migraines. Current thinking leads us to believe that a migraine is caused, usually on one side of the head or the other, by the sudden expansion of blood vessels flowing to the brain.

These expanded blood vessels are then caused to rub against nerve endings in the soft tissues – causing irritation of the nerves. Irritation of the nerves may not sound much but that is pretty much what pain is, nerves reacting to stimulus.

Mangosteens and Migraines

A mangosteen is a fruit native to Indonesia. Purple and green in color the mangosteen is about the same size as a tangerine and known for how good it tastes.

So where do mangosteens come into helping migraine sufferers?

Knowing what a mangosteen is doesn't tell us the whole story. What we need to know is what is beneath the surface, what health benefits it is that the mangosteen can provide us with.

There are two powerful benefits form using mangosteen. Firstly it acts as a mild pain killer, helping to douse our reaction to nerve stimulus, reducing the pain that we are feeling. Considering this symptom is probably the main problem with migraines that is important – but as pain killers have shown us that can only do so much.

But this is also coupled with the anti-inflammatory properties of mangosteen. Because this amazing fruit is able to reduce inflammation it means that the expanding blood cells that are the cause of the migraines are less likely to expand. When coupled with a less sensitive nerve area this can mean a cessation of all headaches.

Whilst the mangosteen is still undergoing study by some fo the leading scientists in the field the concept of it helping migraine sufferers is a strong one – and anecdotal evidence of those who have used mangosteen to help deal with migraines is very strong.