The headache is one of the frequent human discomforts it significance is often obscure, or migraine disorder. For it may signal serious disease or represent only tension, fatigue or a MIGRAINOUS disorder.
The quality, location, duration and time course of headache and conditions that produce extracerbale or relieve it should be carefully reviewed. For the patient usually assumes that the word headache conveys adequate information about the nature of the discomfort. Most headaches are dull, deeply located and aching character, occasionally superficial burning or stinging pain localized to the skin reported. The patient described tightness, pressure or bursting feelings, the terms may give clues to anxiety, or depression. Never forget that the headache may be alarming.
Causes of Headache:
I. Intra-cranial and local extra-cranial causes.
- Trauma
-Intra-cranial inflammation
-Vascular headaches
-Traction headache
- Post lumber puncture headache
- Cough headache
II. Cranial neuritis and neuralgias of sensory nerves of scalp e.g. orbital neuralgia, or neuralgia of auriculo-temporal etc.
III – General or systemic causes
- Anoxemia
- Toxic
- Metabolic factor
IV. Referred pain-
- Eye
- Ear
- Teeth
- Para-nasal sinuses
- Neck
V. – Psychogenesis
VI. Muscular contraction
VII. Exertional headache
Ayurvedic postulation:
In modern medicine the headache is rather a symptom then a disease but in ayurveda the headache is well described as a disease as SHIRAHA-SHOOL.
Types of SHIRAHA-SHOOL:
1- Vata type
The headache without any other specific cause is Vatic shirah-shool. Patient observes relief when he gets tie his head by a cloth or after a gentle massage. Nervousness or exhaustion is widespread causes.
2- Pitta type-
This headache occurs due to poor or disturbed digestion.
3- Kafa type
In this diversity the patient feels tightness, heaviness and dizziness. This always occurs in when a person catches catarrhal conditions like flue or Cold.
4- Sannipatik type (when all Doshas become tempestuous altogether)
The symptoms are similar to frontal sinusitis.
5- Raktaj type
The symptoms are as same as in alcoholism and can be associated with hypertension.
6- Kshayaj type
This headache appears due to dystrophy or cellular damages in the brain and associated parts.
7- Krimij type
This variety of the headache can be observed in infective cerebral conditions like meningitis, or any infective cerebral pathology.
8- Suryavrit type
The pain starts with sunrise and gets increase with pinnacle and gets decline gradually by the end of day.
9- Annantvata type
It takes place due to Trigeminal neuralgia or cervical spondylitis.
10 – Ardhav bhedak type
This is like hemicrania or migraine, a severe recurring vascular headache, occur more frequently in women than men. Different pathology may be in the rear of it like metabolic causes, hormonal imbalance, over-thinking, fatigue, journey sickness, E.N.T. and ophthalmologic diseases. Mostly it acquires the half of the head.
11 - Shankhak type.
It may take place due to venous sinuses, Mastoid abscess and trauma or lesson in Tempo – parietal – region.
Management –
As we have come know that the headache has much pathology behind it therefore the administration of therapies should be according to the pathology and involvement of Doshas. To obliterate the pathogenesis must be main aim.
In ayurveda there are many formulations are suggested in the texts and they are being applied since thousands years without any hazardous side effects and they are generously talented to handle the circumstances.
Panchkarma therapy –
Snehan, Sweden, Shirovirchan, Shirodhara, and Dhoompana are advised. The step of therapy should be applied according to the advices of experts.
Yoga – Many yogasanas are advisable according to the pathology but mediation, Shavasana and Pranayamas are very common.
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In this addition of JAY we have come to know that headache is not a simple thing always. Normally we go to chemist shop and take a pill for this. If the headache is occurring again and again you should not take it imprecisely. Go to your doctor for the consultation. If want to take advise from a ayurvedic physician mail to us –
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