Headaches and migraines — recurring, worse with light and sound.
Also known as: migraine · माइग्रेन · आधासीसी · ardhavabhedaka · अर्धावभेदक · आधे सिर का दर्द
Food Remedies
Main remedy
Ginger juice and lemon — mix fresh ginger juice with lemon juice and a pinch of rock salt, take with warm water. Sesame oil massage on temples and forehead. Cool coconut oil massage brings relief from heat-related headaches. Two drops of warm cow ghee in each nostril at dawn (nasya) eases recurring migraine. Coriander-and-mishri water taken cool through the day pacifies the pitta behind migraine.
drinking a cup of grape juice every morning before sunrise cures the half-head ache (migraine) that worsens with the sun.
Traditional
घी · Ghee
Two drops of warm cow ghee in each nostril at dawn (nasya) eases recurring migraine.
Traditional
धनिया · Coriander
Coriander-and-mishri water taken cool through the day pacifies the pitta behind migraine.
Traditional
Start here
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 · Lemon
Juice of half a nimbu in a glass of warm water, first thing in the morning, with or without a little honey.
Traditional
तिल का तेल · Sesame oil
Warm til oil, massaged into the affected part with the palm and left for twenty minutes before a warm bath.
Traditional
ब्राह्मी · Brahmi
½ tsp brahmi powder stirred into warm milk or honey at night; or 4–5 fresh leaves chewed each morning.
Traditional
CautionCare alongside thyroid medicine and sleeping tablets — it can alter both.
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 compress on the forehead with a hot foot bath at the same time — this draws blood downwards.
Rest in a dark quiet room; Shavasana until it passes.
Classical Formulations
क्षीरबला तेल · Ksheerabala Oil
Dose: External; internal only on advice · Warm and massage the head or affected part
Headache and migraine, insomnia, nerve pain, weakness of limbs, post-fever body ache.
अणु तैल · Anu Taila
Dose: 2 drops in each nostril · Lie back, instil, sniff gently — morning, empty stomach
The classical nasya oil: chronic sinus trouble, headache, loss of smell, dry nose, early greying, voice weakness.
Foods that help
अदरक · Gingerनींबू · Lemonतिल का तेल · Sesame oilब्राह्मी · Brahmiघी · Gheeधनिया · Corianderअंगूर · Grapes
Limit these
तला-भुना · Fried foodsअधिक गर्मी · Excess heat
Pick what's in your kitchen and see which remedy fits you best.
Bhojanveda
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