AYURVEDA FOR HEADACHE

Ayurveda For Headache

The healing science of Ayurveda opens new doors for treatment of migraine and other type of headaches.

Ayurvedic recommendations work best as preventive measures. Headaches are rarely a sign of a brain tumour (which causes neurological issues long before the onset of pain). There are three main types of headaches:

The most common three types of headaches—tension headaches, migraines, and sinus headaches—often arise as the result of specific imbalances in the doshas (vata, pitta, and kapha).

Headaches in Ayurveda are classified based on doshic involvement (body-mind-spirit). Migraine is mostly a vata-pitta dosha or tridoshic condition but it can also be triggered by any one of the individual doshas. Ayurveda believes in treating the disease at its root cause from within. Therefore, treatments focus on balancing the vitiated dosha (s) in the digestive and nervous systems. 

This can be achieved by avoiding triggers and prescribing doshic-specific diet, stress management (meditation, relaxation techniques, breathing exercises, yoga and mantra), herbal formulas, lifestyle modification, panchakarma and other holistic modalities to create a balanced physiology. This state of complete balanced in healing the body and mind, can allow the illness to resolve and symptoms disappear.

In Ayurveda, headaches are known by any of the following names: shiro roga, shiro tapa and shirah shula. According to Sushrutucharya and Bhavaprakashkar, there are eleven types of shirt roga: Vataja, Pittaja, Kaphaja, Sannipataj, Raktaja, Krimija, Kshyaja, Shankhaka, Suryavarta, Anantvata and Ardhavabhedaka.

Of each of these types, the translation of Ardhavabhedaka seems to be most fitting for migraine headaches, as Ardha refers to something affecting only one side of the head, and Bhedanavat indicates that is splitting in nature.

The Charaka Samhita lists only five diseases of the head, or shiro roga.

The Astanga Hrdayam lists ten types of diseases of the head: shiro roga, sirastapa (of vata, pitta, kapha and rakta origin), ardhavabheda, sirakampa, sankhaka, and suryavarta.

Vata’s influence is the involvement of the nervous system and of pain.
Pitta’s influence is the involvement of the circulatory system
Kapha’s influence is the presence of inflammation of tissue in the brain

Migraine headaches most often appear to be tridoshic in nature, though migraines can be caused by vitiation of either dosha.

Migraine headache (sometimes called "exhaustion headaches")
Characteristics:
- often one-sided
- often accompanied by nausea or a sick feeling
- occasionally accompanied by some warning or "aura" with changes in vision
- often debilitating
- often accompanied by photophobia and sensitivity to
smell
Tension headache
Characteristics:
- often located in the back of the head and neck
- often a feeling of a band around the head
- often related to stress
- often related to bowel movements and constipation 
Sinus headache
Characteristics
- pain in face and forehead
- feels worse when leaning forward
- often related to sinus infection (most sinus infections are viral, not bacterial, therefore antibiotics rarely work).

The goal of Ayurveda is to restore balance and optimum function within the patient. Ayurveda is a holistic, natural approach to health and well-being. Ayurveda, utilizes herbs to offer natural relief while striving to correct internal imbalances. More importantly, Ayurveda looks toward a person’s lifestyle as the primary cause of headaches. 

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Migraine headaches, or migraines, are fast becoming one of the more common diseases afflicting people today. There are different types of Migraine. Migraine headaches are primarily a vata type condition, but can be either a dual dosha or even a tridoshic condition.

Ayurveda believes in treating the disease at its root cause from within. Therefore, treatments focus on balancing the vitiated dosha (s) in the digestive and nervous systems. 

This can be achieved by avoiding triggers and prescribing doshic-specific diet, stress management (meditation, relaxation techniques, breathing exercises, yoga and mantra), herbal formulas, lifestyle modification, panchakarma and other holistic modalities to create a balanced physiology. 

Panchakarma - As migraine headache sufferers often show signs of toxic build-up and low ojas, pancha karma treatment may be warranted to help remove toxins from, and rejuvenate the body and re-establish doshic balance.