Headache — brow and temple pain from strain, gas or sun.
Also known as: sar dard · सिर दर्द · सिरदर्द · shirah shool · शिरःशूल · head pain
Food Remedies
Main remedy
Shirashoolyadi / Godanti type remedies 1–2 g twice daily with warm water (anupana). Nasya with 2 drops warm ghee in each nostril at dawn relieves vata-type headache.
1 tsp warm cow ghee, taken on an empty stomach or stirred into warm milk at night, carries the other herbs deeper into the tissues.
Traditional
अदरक · Ginger
A thin slice of fresh adrak chewed before meals, or ½ tsp dried sonth in warm water twice a day.
Traditional
CautionNot in large amounts alongside blood-thinning medicine. Stop before surgery.
नींबू घास · Lemongrass
Hot lemongrass tea, and inhale the steam from it.
Traditional
पुदीना चाय · Mint tea
A cup of mint tea, and breathe the steam while it cools — menthol eases a tension headache and a sinus one both. A headache with vomiting or blurred sight is not this.
Traditional
On this page Documented — There are human studies behind this ingredient for this particular complaint. Traditional — Carried by tradition and experience; modern evidence for this particular complaint is limited.
All of this is what others have found — tradition, shared experience and the studies done so far. It is not advice given to any one person. Before changing your diet, and especially if you take any medicine, ask your dietician or doctor.
Naturopathy
Cold pack on the forehead with a hot foot bath at the same time.
Rest in a dark quiet room; Shavasana till it passes.
🌍 dolor de cabeza · dor de cabeça · mal de tête · Kopfschmerzen · головная боль · صداع · 头痛 · 頭痛 · sakit kepala · baş ağrısı · đau đầu · মাথাব্যথা · தலைவலி · తలనొప్పి · سر درد · टाउको दुखाइ
Bhojanveda
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