[).， director， Michigan Headache<br >:; C. Norman Sheeley M.D.， Pain<br >i Center， La Crosse， Wisconsin;<br >research psychologist， Menninger<br >fohn E. Upledger， Ph.D.， former<br >lealth Center， West Palm Beach，<br >Lation for the Study of Headache，<br >; National Headache Foundation，<br >ne Foundation， Chicago; Califor-<br >dache， Encino， California; Faulker<br >ter， Boston; Houston Headache<br >，ondon Migraine Clinic， London，<br >~agement Center， Los Angeles.<br >in Chapter 9 are quoted from the<br >: in this series， Eighteen Natural<br >on Cold， Keats Publishing， Inc.，<br >1 The Drugless Way to<br >Headache Relief<br > The snapping Ol~en of medicine cabinet doors as we<br >reach inside for a 1~1 to relieve a headache has become<br >0ne of the most famihar"~ sounds on the American scene.<br > Which is hardly surprising when you consider that TV<br >ads bombard us with messages to reach for a pill for every<br >ill. Altogether， we hand over more than two billion dollars<br >annually for over the counter (OTC) and prescription drugs<br >for headache relief.<br > Today， a huge multi-billion-dollar pharmaceutical and<br >advertising industry has evolved， dedicated to conditioning<br >us to believe that headaches can be cured only by a<br >chemically active drug. For people who get only an occa-<br >sional， simple tension headache， this is probably true. But<br >what happens when two aspirin aren t enough?<br > All too many chronic headaches defy aspirin， and stronger<br >painkillers are needed to dull the pain. Every drug is a<br >two-odgod sword; the pharmaceutical benefits arc very<br >often offset by adverse side effects. And the side effects of<br >many headache drugs are so destructive that， at most<br ><br >