The cause of epilepsy is high brain activity. Increased activity of the brain can be both congenital and acquired as a consequence of trauma. This disease is expressed in convulsions, seizures and personality disorders. Such complex illnesses should be treated only by medication!!! At the moment there are such drugs as Neurontin, which effectively helps in this disease.

There are many unconventional medical techniques that will no doubt help with epilepsy. But the disease cannot be cured. And all the applied non-traditional therapies need to be coordinated with the doctor.

Before you start treatment with unconventional therapy, you should make sure that you do not have allergies to the substance that is part of the drug. Unconventional means are not equally effective. Very much depends on the course of the disease. Individual characteristics of the patient.

It is very important to give up alcohol during treatment. It is recommended to eat more useful food. You can’t completely abandon the sport. Athletics can be engaged without restrictions. Aerobics classes, jogging, yoga, baseball and other different team competitions. The likelihood of injury, in the case of a seizure, will be the same as the daily life. It’s better not to worry about it.

Of course it is not recommended to engage in sports such as:

• Cycling;
• Roller skating;
• American football;
• Skating;
• Racing in all modes of transport;
• And a lot of other sports.

One of the most popular types of non-traditional medicine is phytotherapy. All kinds of herbal infusions from different useful plants. The help of such medicines is satisfied with the controversial thing in medical circles. Let’s consider several recipes:

Recipe № 1

• For cooking you will need:
• Inula helenium 25 grams;
• Húmulus Lúpulus The root of 25 grams;
• Lonícera 25 grams;
• Melissa officinalis 25 grams;
• Mentha Piperita 25 grams.

All components should be dried for two weeks in a dark place. Then all components should be crushed. Two spoons of the received medicine it is necessary to pour 1 liter of water. It is better to do it in a thermos. Leave to infuse for about 8 hours. After that the mixture needs to be filtered. Remember that this product is not stored for more than a day!

Take this medicine three times a day, half an hour before eating. The course lasts 2 weeks. After the course is done 2 weeks break.

Recipe № 2

The following tool is prepared from Sedum Acre. You will need 5 grams of dried herb of this plant and pour 200 millilitres of boiling water, insist for an hour. Drink a spoon of medicine three times a day.  Remember that this product is not stored for more than a day!

Recipe № 3

You will need these ingredients in the same quantity:

• Húmulus Lúpulus;
• Mentha Piperita;
• Melissa officinalis;
• Melilotus officinalis;
• Inula helenium;
• Mentha.

Dry all components in a dark place. Grind dry components well. Brew the received medicine in a thermos of 0.2 ml of hot water for 2 hours. The medicine should be taken within 2 months. The first improvements can be felt already in a month. Remember that this product is not stored for more than a day!

Recipe № 4

You will need Lavandula to prepare your next medicine. Crushed and dried flowers and stems. This is a well-known and popular tool in the world for calming the central nervous system. Spoon this remedy should be insisted in boiling water 0.2 ml 2-3 minutes. Cool, optionally filtered. Take two spoons in the morning and before bedtime. The course lasts from the individual features of pouring. After completing the course, take a 2-week break. Remember that this product is not stored for more than a day!

Here are some examples of epilepsy treatment by unconventional means. There are more non-standard recipes for treatment of this disease. But you need to remember and soberly evaluate each recipe. Even a banal allergy to one of the components can deliver a lot of trouble to your health. There are in non-traditional medicine such advice as: “For the immediate cessation of the attack to the patient need to push the nail under the nose.” Agree, very controversial advice. Always consult your doctor.

Remember the golden rules when dealing with epilepsy:

• Do not consume alcohol.
• Sleep! Lack of sleep is a sure way to get epileptic seizures.
• Find out what the attack begins! Have some of this flicker of light from your TV or computer. Or a sudden change of light. Try to avoid all this.
• Be a legathlete. Sport is movement, and movement is life.
• Always consult your doctor.
• Do not miss the reception of medications of serotonin reuptake, it will help to avoid frequent repetitions of seizures of epilepsy.