Problems in the Head

Heaviness

1 Grind the fresh fruit of amla into a fine paste and apply at the location

Giddiness

1 Make juice of ginger and add lemon juice to it and take
2 Grind ginger, jeera and jaggery and take one capsule of this in empty stomach
3 If giddiness due to tiredness, take one glass of water with lime juice, salt and sugar.
4 In fainting cases, boil ½ tsp powdered thippili in 1 glass of milk and drink

Headache

In most cases, headache is a symptom and not a disease. Be aware that your head ache may not be inside your skull. It may lie outside in the form of your relationships, your tensions, your eye defect and the like.

Many times our food could be the culprit. People who take food containing tyramine, say cheese, nuts, fish etc. it could activate headache. Alcoholic drinks which go through fermentation process would also cause headache as it affects the nervous system.

Headaches occur due to alterations in the blood flow. The head has the greatest amount of blood supply and has greatest number of nerves too. So this the part that gets affected whether there are alterations to the blood flow. And this blood flow is influenced by our mental and physical states.

Patients may have to check on themselves as what pressure they have within that causes this problem. It could be

A hostility
Anxiety
Depressed states
Situational tension
Negative behaviors
Being rigid
Suppressed rage
Repressed anger
Emotional feelings
Dietary misdoings
Pressure of work
Bad relationships
Discord or dispute at home or office

Since our body has mind-body link, these get converted into physical symptoms and burst upon us as headaches. Since most headaches are due to emotional or physiological stress which you can control, you yourself are responsible for your headaches.

Patients need to ask themselves and understand as to why head aches occur in them. In other words they should themselves identify the sources of their stress. And bring about due changes in their life style. They should know very clearly that their headaches are very much preventable.

You have two actions to take, one short term action and the other long term action. As a short term, massage of your temples usually helps. You can also press your ear lobes hard for about three seconds and repeat it every 15 seconds. Most likely your headache could disappear.

As a long term, make a life style change and become a very positive human being. It means

Be less fussy about minor details
Avoid tension and fatigue
Avoid worries, resentment, anxiety, disappointment etc.
Make your expectations from others flexible
Get satisfied with what you have and what you can do

At any rate, don’t consider head ache as part of life. It can be removed and it is within your power. You can try any of the following home medicines:

1 Grind the fresh fruit of amla into a fine paste and apply at the aching place

2 2 tsp of pepper, 1 tsp each of ginger, camphor and asafoetida
Grind in milk into a smooth paste and apply

3 Make a paste of cloves, water and salt and apply

4 Make fresh juice of coriander leaves or pudina leaves and apply

5 Coriander powder and chandan
Make paste adding water and apply

6 Take fresh juice out of fenugreek leaves
Take 2 tsp and add with honey daily

7 Rub dry ginger with little water on the grinding stone and apply

8 Apply ginger paste after slight heating [or ginger powder + water +
heated]

9 Take with honey ½ tsp of powdered lime leaves [intake]

10 Apply paste of onion on the head

11 Take juice of anar regularly

12 Tulsi leaves and chandan, make into paste and apply

13 Mix coriander seed powder with chandan paste and apply

14 Take neem flower, grind and apply on head

15 Take juice of leaf or flowers of agathikeerai as two nasal drops [or leaf juice plus honey]

16 If headache on one side,
Make mixture of [and store] camphor, nutmerg, cloves and cardamom 1 tsp each
Take 2 pinches with warm water

17 Buy fresh amla and shade dry
Make powder from it and store
Every night, just before you go for sleep, take one tsp, add to some hot water
Drink
Follow it by one glass of warm water – it prevents headache on a long term basis

18 Boil water, add coffee powder and inhale the steam.
19 Apply kumkum paste and expose to heat
20 Soften the cabbage leaves in warm water and apply on the affected
Parts

21 Put 3 drops of betal leaf juice into the nostrils and take rest

22 Powder dried sundaikkai berries and store. Sniff a little when in
Headache

23 Boil handful of leaves of kandankathiri in gingelly oil. Apply warm

24 Soak a handful of vettiver in a jug of water and apply the infusion
over forehead

25 Apply leaf juice of kuppaimeni

26 Apply paste of vasambu

27 Soak handful of fresh jasmine flowers in small cup of water for 90
minutes. Then add ¼ tsp of salt and stir well to dissolve. Instill 2 or 3
drops into nostrils twice a day

28 Grind black pepper. Extract the juice of drumstick leaves and mix and
make a good paste. Apply on the forehead
29 Mix finely powdered tail pepper and dried ginger in a little rose water
and apply

30 Make a fine paste of the rind [not the seed] of kadukkai and apply

Migraine

Migraine is more a sick headache. It is usually one sided with a throbbing pain accompanied by disturbances to the vision. Its attack can be on either side. Sometimes it also accompanies nausea and vomiting. Sometimes neck and shoulders also get stiff and neck movements could get restricted. In these cases use of pain killers would only do more harm in the long run than getting any permanent relief. Trained migraine patients may even have premonition of an attack.

It is caused by narrowing of the blood vessels to the brain. In ladies, it could even be connected to their menstrual cycles. This attack stops completely during pregnancy and disappears generally when the patient reaches 55 years.

1 Heat 2 tbsp sesame oil; Mix ½ tsp each of powdered cardamom and cinnamon
Apply on head

2 Grind ½ tsp mustard seeds with 3 tsp water and stain
Instill 2 drops in nostrils

3 Grind handful of jasmine leaves with 2 tbsp dried ginger and 2 tbsp milk. Heat the mixture and apply on the forehead. Tie a napkin tightly around the head