Migraine is the third most common disease in the world and the seventh most disabling.1 Apart from severe headaches, symptoms include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and increased sensitivity to light and sound.

While prescription drugs like methysergide, sumatriptan and ergotamine are available to treat the condition, they come with a long list of side-effects, from dizziness and drowsiness to chest pain and high blood pressure. Methysergide has even been associated with fibrosis, where scar tissue accumulates in the organs.2

Here are five natural ways to beat the condition instead.

Sufferers reported a reduction of 47 percent in the severity of headaches and 49 percent in migraine pain.

Weather patterns, bad sleep, hormonal changes, stress, medications and some foods and drinks have all been blamed for triggering an attack—but coffee isn't one of them, or at least not the first two cups, researchers reckon.

If that wasn't enough, sauna bathing also helps improve skin conditions, arthritis, headaches and the flu, say researchers from the University of Eastern Finland.

The researchers brought together all the previously-published research into sauna bathing, which involves brief exposure to very high temperatures, usually in the 80 to 100 degrees C range.