Headache is perhaps one of those discomforts that each one of us has suffered from at any time of our childhood till now. Many of us have recurrent headaches, some may have migraines and years-long suffering for the same. Do you fall in the latter category? If yes, then you have reached the right place. Homeopathy has an array of medicines to help you with its holistic approach to both acute and chronic headaches.
Headache or Cephalgia can be caused by common known factors like catching a cold, exposure to the sun, too much heat, hunger, eye strain, mental or physical exhaustion, alcohol intake, substance abuse, loss of sleep, high blood pressure but also surprisingly due to constipation, riding in cars, ironing & vaccination. Headache is common in school-going kids, sometimes when children develop eye trouble, it mimics headaches and watery eyes. Contradictory to all other diseases headaches are more prevalent in younger people than older people. According to Davidson Medicine book- headaches along with facial pains are briefed as-
- Tension-type headache,
- Migraine,
- Cluster headache,
- Due to Raised intracranial pressure,
- Paroxysmal headache,
- Trigeminal Neuralgias,
- Postherpetic Neuralgia
Most important is to analyze the headache with its overall pattern, the tempo of onset, time of day of onset of maximal pain, the effect of posture, coughing, straining; location of pain, and any associated symptoms. We, as homeopaths, are experts in these detailings.
Besides, the above-mentioned causes according to our Homeopathic Text of Boericke’s Repertory, headaches can be classified into-
- anemic,
- catarrhal,
- chronic- in old people/school-going girls/sedentary people,
- climacteric,
- congestive,
- gastric,
- hysterical,
- menstrual,
- migraine or nervous,
- Neuralgic,
- Rheumatic
We also study the headache from its location- Frontal, occipital, semi-lateral, spinal & cervical, supraorbital, temporal, or on vertex; all these whether extending or localised; which side it starts, etc. These days different kinds of deficiencies have also propped up and counteraction resulting in hypervitaminosis as well, in both cases, headaches can be seen, like headaches are common in people having iron deficiency and Vit A toxicity can also lead to headaches.
So, hope you understand how much detailed study is required and that is how we are able to help people. Till now, we have just mentioned the details of headaches in particular but the key role that helps us to conclude and decide a remedy for a particular case is played by the associated symptoms and the conditions modifying the intensity/onset of pain. We really feel contented when decades-old migraine cases get resolved or constant headaches get marginalized to rare episodes.
