A Migraine is a widespread serious health calamity owing to modern lifestyle, which made a grievance disability in the world. Studies show that ten to fifteen percent people are migraine sufferers in India. Prevalence in women is three times more than men, utmost it is associated with their menstrual cycle and Menopause.

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Causes
Some of the MIGRAINE TRIGGERS are:
  • High stress, anxiety, anger
  • Hormonal fluctuations – in women
  • Irregular sleep
  • Some type of allergy
  • Food habits

Symptoms

A Migraine is a form of excruciating periodic headache allied with digestion and neurological disorders. Symptoms accompanying during the Migraine attack are:

  • Severe pain (unilateral), throbbing, pricking and pounding in the head
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Dizziness
  • Loss of appetite
  • Numbness and Fatigue in the body
  • Sensitivity to sound, light and smell.
  • Visual Disturbances – i.e. Shimmering, Spots of stars, Zigzag lines, Loss of vision in one eye, Blurred vision and flashes of light.

Warning symptoms appear prior to the Migraine attack. Some people experience the attack daily; others may get every month or every two or three months periodically. Duration of attacks may be last from 4 hours to 72 hours in some cases. The pain of a migraine headache is generally moderate to severe and can disturb our normal activities and spoil our health vulnerable. Although a variety of pain relievers are available to treat a Migraine, besides it suppresses the pain but the problem persists in the body and prolonged use of painkillers must cause severe side effect whereas Ayurveda provides a safe and natural treatment to get complete cure.

Among the ancient medical systems of the world, Ayurveda follows quite a different way of dealing with a Migraine; it tends to be result-oriented, not process oriented. It looks at the people as individual not as a generic group.

Treatment

The speciality of Ayurveda lies in the concept of disease and concept of complete cure. So it focusing the root cause of the disease. As described above, Toxin (Ama) and aggravation of Dosha are the main causes of the disease. So, effort can be made by removing the toxin, from the body, (by adopting various purificatory procedures) stimulate the digestive fire to stop further production of Ama and balancing the Dosha. In order to do that, Ayurveda classifies the local treatment (upakarmas) such as Shiro Pichu Shiro Dhara And main treatment (Pradhana Karmas) such as:

1. Virechana (Purgation Therapy)

2. Basti (Enema Therapy)

3. Nasya

These are an effective and powerful self-healing process, which helps the body to eliminate the toxins and to stop further production of toxins, strengthen our immune system and become more resistant to illness, enhance our self-reliance, strength, energy, vitality and mental clarity and bring about deep relaxation and sense of well-being. Along with these treatments, internal medicines (Herbo- Mineral - Compounds) play an important role in curing this disease. According to Ayurveda, if proper treatment is given, there are fairly good chances to cure.