Headaches and Homeopathy

Homeopathic remedies can help a person who suffers with symptoms of both acute or chronic headaches or migraines. 
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Why Do People Get Migraines?
A migraine is a chronic disabling condition that may in part be caused by disruption in the lining of blood vessels in the brain, induced by elevated homocysteine levels. Migraines are characterized by recurring attacks of moderate to severe pain which is throbbing or pulsing, and is often on one side of the head.

During migraines, people are very sensitive to light and sound. They may also become nauseated and vomit.

What Are The Triggers For Migraine and Headaches?

Some triggers include

• Anxiety

• Stress

• Lack of food or sleep

• Exposure to light

• Hormonal changes in women)

Nutrient Supplements For Migraines and Headaches

• In one study, supplementation with B-vitamins and folic acid (methyl folate form) reduced homocysteine by 39% and reduced the prevalence of migraine disability by 50%.

• Headache frequency and pain severity were also reduced. This effect on both homocysteine levels and migraine disability was associated with MTHFR C677T or MTRR genotypes.

Homeopathic Remedies for Migraines and Headaches

Belladonna

• Typically located in the forehead, from which it may extend to the back of the head
• Intense headaches with violent throbbing.
• Aggravated by light, noise, touch, strong or unusual smells, motion, or jarring
• May begin and pass suddenly
• Face flushed or feels hot, sometimes with cold hands and feet; dilated pupils
• Better by sitting, dark or firm pressure
• Worse from climbing steps or descending a slope or stairway and in the afternoon

Bryonia

• Irritable, wants to be left alone
• Centered over left eye
• Headache aggravated by motion, even very slight motion of the head or eyes
• Steady aching or sense of heaviness with little throbbing
• Worse by slight touch, better by firm pressure
• Worse in the morning, especially after first moving in bed or just after getting out of bed
• Accompanied by nausea, vomiting, or constipation

Chamomilla

• Irritable, intense, over-reactive to the pain.
• Congestive headaches where there’s pressing sensation.
• Hypersensitive to pain – when a little headache feels enormous – and the complaining seems extreme.
• Face may be red and hot on one side and pale on the other.

Cocculus

• Headaches in the back of the head that are accompanied by vertigo and nausea.
• Constriction can feel as if the brain is rolled into a small ball.
• Headache after loss of sleep
• Worse after riding in a car, drinking coffee or being exposed to cold air
• Better in a warm room and with bending backwards.

Gelsemium

• Dull, tired, heavy, and apathetic; wants to be left alone but not markedly irritable
• Headache on the right side of the head
• Begins at the back of the head, extending upward or to the forehead
• Sensation of a band or hood bound tightly around the head
• Can be preceded by dimness of vision or other visual disturbances
• Better by napping or urinating
• Worse from light, noise, motion or jarring

Glonoinum

• Congestion, with headache and palpitation.

• Violent irregularities of the circulation.

• Cluster headaches. 

• Blood rushes to the head.

• Sensations of throbbing and expanding.

• Congestive pulsating headache

• Worse from the sun.

• Headaches after sunstroke.

• Better from brandy.

• Worse, in sun; exposure to sun-rays, gas, open fire

• Worse jar, stooping, having hair cut; peaches, stimulants

• Worse lying down; from 6 a.m. to noon

• Worse left side.

Ignatia

• Headache described as tight band across forehead or as nail being driven out through side of head

• Crampy pain over the root of nose

• Headache from anger, acute grief, etc

• Emotional causes always lead to headache first

• Marked congestion

• Hysterical headaches

• Hollow-feeling of head that is aggravated by stooping

• Sobbing with headache

• <> change of position frequently

Iris

• Headache on one side of the forehead, usually the right
• Nausea and vomiting following the headache; headache worse after vomiting
• Headaches that come on at regular intervals
• Preceded or accompanied by dimness of vision or other visual changes

Lachesis

• Left sided headaches; headaches may start on the left and cross to the right.
• Violent congestion to the head accompanied by vomiting.
• Throbbing headache; may feel as if all the blood in the body has gone to the head.
• Person wakes with in the morning; pressure on any part of the body is intolerable especially abdomen and neck areas

Mercurius solubilis

• Head feels as if it would burst and the brain feels constricted by a band or vice.
• Burning sensation in the head, especially in the left temple
• Symptoms are always worse at night.
• Occurs with nausea
• Pain over the nose and around the eyes as if a tight hat were pressing down.

Natrum muriaticum

• Irritable, usually worse consolation, wants to be left alone
• Headache after grief or disappointment.
• Pain in front of head;  is like little hammers pounding; typical migraine-type headache
• Often caused by emotional upset, delayed eating, eye strain, dehydration, or too much heat or sun.
• Throbbing, beating, pressing or hammering in nature; it is either frontal or one-sided
• May be accompanied by nausea and vomiting with a need to lie quietly in the dark and sleep.
• Headache may begin with tingling in the tongue, lips or nose.
• Thirsty; craving for salt
• Might also feel giddy and off balance. Eyes feel very sore to move, and you may see fiery zigzags in front of the eyes.

Nux vomica

• Headaches beginning after overeating; from alcohol, coffee or other drugs; from loss of sleep; or from excessive mental work
• Headache accompanied by general sick feeling and by digestive upsets including vomiting, gas, or sour or bitter taste are confirmatory symptoms
• Worse on first waking in the morning, improving after getting up
• Worse by sounds and noises
• Better by wrapping the head up or being in a warm room

Onosmodium

• migraine headaches
• associated with loss of or deficient memory
• marked state of confusion
• headache starts in the morning on waking up
• areas affected- occiput, temporal region, and mastoid
• associated with heavy dull eyes with pain in eyeballs
• worse using eyes, left side, movement
• better by cold drinks and eating

Pulsatilla

• Person wants company and consolation; mild, moody, tearful
• Pain in forehead or on one side; or pain changes location frequently
• Headache after meals or after warm, rich, or fatty foods or ice cream
• Headaches in connection with menstrual period (before, during, or at end of the period)
• Relief with gentle motion, especially walking slowly in open air
• Better by pressure, worse by blowing the nose
• Better by walking in the open air

Sanguinaria

• Pain begins in the back of the head, extending to right side of the head or right eye
• Headaches recur periodically
• Sharp, splitting, knifelike, or throbbing
• Worse from motion, better from sleep and firm pressure
• Nausea and vomiting; vomiting brings relief

Spigelia

• Usually on the frontal part of the head, often on the left
• Stitching, burning, or pulsating pain
• Pain in and around the eyes or extending into the eye socket
• Stiff neck and shoulders accompany the headache, making motion full
• Better by lying with the head propped up; worse from stooping, motion, noise, and cold stormy weather
• Temporary relief from washing with cold water but then is worse later

Other Homeopathic Remedies For Headaches

• Aconite Headache comes on suddenly, feels worse in cold or draughty surroundings, person apprehensive, headache feels like a tight band around head or as if brains are being forced out of head:
• Arnica Head feels bruised and aching, pain occasionally sharp, made worse by stooping:
• Apis Stinging, stabbing or burning headache, rest of body feels bruised and tender, symptoms worse in hot, stuffy surroundings:
• Hypericum Bursting, aching headache, hypersensitive scalp, worse in damp, foggy weather:
• Ruta Pressing, bruising headache associated with fatigue, made worse by reading, alleviated by rest:

• Lycopodium Headache worse on right side, feels as if temples are being screwed into each other, trying to concentrate makes pain worse, dizziness

• Silicea Pain starts at back of head, then shifts and settles above one eye, aggravated by cold, alleviated by wrapping
• Thuja Left-sided headache, as if head is being pierced by a nail.

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