I could make it myself, but I buy cayenne tincture from Dr. Christopher. It contains alcohol, which is easy to remove. For an adult headache, I put two dropper-fulls in a tiny bit of boiling water to evaporate the alcohol. Then I fill the cup with cold water or almond milk, because we don't drink hot drinks of any kind. For a child, I would start with a couple drops and build up to the right dosage. It takes a bit to get used to drinking cayenne, but it works wonders.
I prefer cayenne shots using powdered cayenne, since I don't suffer from head ache much. I use cayenne as part of Dr. Christopher's mucusless diet. Using cayenne regularly, my Renault's syndrome, a vascular abnormality, doesn't bother me anymore. With cayenne shots, you use a small glass and mix a pinch of powdered cayenne with water. Drink it down and chase with another small glass of water. It is imperative use cayenne with plenty of water or a stomach ache will result. With the shot, you build up to 1t.+ 3X daily.
The theory behind using cayenne is that it regulates blood flow throughout the body, strengthens the vascular system, and fortifies the immune system with its high level of vitamin C. Since cayenne evens out the blood flow all over the body, it helps with vascular problems like migraine. If the migraine occurs because of lack of or excess blood flow, this is eased. If the migraine is from lack of oxygen or spasm, these symptoms are relieved.
To use cayenne as a preventative for a child, warm almond milk with honey or molasses or stevia, cinnamon, and other sweet spices. At first include only a tiny bit of cayenne, building it up over time. It's all in what they get used to. My friend Maria from Mexico City was amazed that my children all ate hot salsa, while her children couldn't tolerate it at all. I suppose I was strange with food. By the time one of our littles was big enough to start grabbing at dinner time, I gave them a bit of what we ate Since I grew up in Phoenix, AZ, spicy foods are a big part of our diet. We eat spicy foods, so they ate spicy foods. The same is true for introducing the preventative cayenne drink to children not to mention fruits, vegetables, beans, salad, and other delicious 'adult' foods. Make anything seem normal, desirable, and tasty, children will go for it.
All this said, migraine is just a symptom of a deeper problem. 90% of disease is caused by constipation of the colon. CC causes congestion in other parts of the body including the brain, because waste isn't eliminated properly and re-circulates. Most Americans don't eliminate waste efficiently and effectively. In places where our Western Diet isn't followed, it is normal to have 3-5 large, loose (not diarrhea) bowel movements per day. If you or your child don't eliminate this efficiently and effectively, congestion in the brain could be the source of migraine.
Don't think children can't be constipated. I had this problem from birth as did one daughter and now her daughter. The medical doctors told me it was normal for my daughter to poo at least once every TEN days. She was miserable even though we fed her prune juice and used suppositories. This problem led to many health troubles until she now has it under control. If I knew then what I know now, I would have given her and probably all my children Dr. Christopher's Lower Bowel formula in tincture form like as part of the warm almond milk cayenne drink above, plus fed them the mucusless diet, plus encouraged them to drink large amounts of distilled water. Finally, tinctures are better absorbed, easier to use than teas or capsules, and amazingly easy to hide in warm, sweet almond milk. (if nuts are a problem, choose another plant based milk, rice, oat, soy, garbanzo.)
Read this information about cayenne, constipation and head ache, distilled water, and lower bowel formula. " He must act as wise physicians do, in the case of one who labors under a complication of diseases, by force of medicines reduce and exhaust him, change his whole temperament, and then set him upon a totally new regimen of diet." (Plutarch, Lives of Noble Greeks and Romans, Lycurgus, Dryden Translation)
