Homeopathy and headaches
Almost everyone experiences a headache from time to time, but for some the intensity or frequency (or both!) of the headaches means they must seek out treatment to get to the root of the problem.
The World Health Organization has put migraine right in the top twenty causes of disability because of the sheer numbers of people who are affected. The WHO concludes that reducing headaches is a cause for concern from a humanitarian as well as an economic point of view.
Common types of headache
Migraines are quite common but only account for a fifth of all headaches. The world’s most common headache is the tension headache with nearly 70 per cent of men reporting that they suffer from such headaches during periods of stress. In women, tension headaches are even more common, affected nearly 90 per cent of all women. People usually get their first tension headache between the age of 9 and 12 years.
Many things have been reported to trigger a migraine attack. Some of the most common are: alcohol, changes in temperature or weather, cheese and other dairy products, bananas, citrus fruits, figs, raisins, pickled foods, monosodium glutamate, processed meats such as salami, sweeteners such as saccharine, foods made with yeast and nuts. Stress, getting too much or too little sleep, bright lights, smoke and other strong smells and over exertion can also bring on an attack. For women, one of the worst triggers is their period – migraines are much more common during menstruation.
How can homeopathy help?
Headaches can vary wildly in their symptomatology and cause, so homeopathy has an immense advantage because it uses an individualised approach. Whereas conventional medicine uses toxic drugs (usually with their own side effects) to act directly on the chemicals within your body to hopefully provide relief, homeopathy works with your body, stimulating it to correct the problem itself, at its root cause. It can therefore give more effective, longer lasting relief, and avoid the regular use of medication or pain management.
Almost everyone experiences a headache from time to time, but for some the intensity or frequency (or both!) of the headaches means they must seek out treatment to get to the root of the problem.
The World Health Organization has put migraine right in the top twenty causes of disability because of the sheer numbers of people who are affected. The WHO concludes that reducing headaches is a cause for concern from a humanitarian as well as an economic point of view.
Common types of headache
Migraines are quite common but only account for a fifth of all headaches. The world’s most common headache is the tension headache with nearly 70 per cent of men reporting that they suffer from such headaches during periods of stress. In women, tension headaches are even more common, affected nearly 90 per cent of all women. People usually get their first tension headache between the age of 9 and 12 years.
Many things have been reported to trigger a migraine attack. Some of the most common are: alcohol, changes in temperature or weather, cheese and other dairy products, bananas, citrus fruits, figs, raisins, pickled foods, monosodium glutamate, processed meats such as salami, sweeteners such as saccharine, foods made with yeast and nuts. Stress, getting too much or too little sleep, bright lights, smoke and other strong smells and over exertion can also bring on an attack. For women, one of the worst triggers is their period – migraines are much more common during menstruation.
How can homeopathy help?
Headaches can vary wildly in their symptomatology and cause, so homeopathy has an immense advantage because it uses an individualised approach. Whereas conventional medicine uses toxic drugs (usually with their own side effects) to act directly on the chemicals within your body to hopefully provide relief, homeopathy works with your body, stimulating it to correct the problem itself, at its root cause. It can therefore give more effective, longer lasting relief, and avoid the regular use of medication or pain management.
Headache or Migraine?
Headaches that occur every day are not usually migraines, these are usually classed as DCH (Daily Chronic Headache) or Rebound Headache.There are periods between each attack when you will have no symptoms. Migraines may occur as often as several times a week or as little as once or twice a year.
Migraine tends to be misused as another term for headache, when in fact it covers a specific type of condition with associated symptoms, with or without headache e.g. aura, nausea vomiting etc.
Up to half the people who have migraines get a “warning” that an attack is coming. They may feel irritable or withdrawn; crave certain foods; yawn a lot or have trouble talking. This can develop slowly over a 24 hour period before a migraine attack.
Migraine tends to be misused as another term for headache, when in fact it covers a specific type of condition with associated symptoms, with or without headache e.g. aura, nausea vomiting etc.
Up to half the people who have migraines get a “warning” that an attack is coming. They may feel irritable or withdrawn; crave certain foods; yawn a lot or have trouble talking. This can develop slowly over a 24 hour period before a migraine attack.
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Did you know?...
There are up to 28 different types of Migraine Headaches
Worldwide, the percentage of people in the population who suffer from migraine varies quite a lot. In the UK, 11 per cent get migraines, which is similar to France (12 per cent) and Norway (9%) and other countries in Europe and to the USA and Canada. For some unknown reason, 17 per cent of adults in Denmark report migraines but they are apparently virtually non-existent in Japan. The record migraine rate goes to Peru – around 32 per cent of adults there report having regular migraines
Worldwide, the percentage of people in the population who suffer from migraine varies quite a lot. In the UK, 11 per cent get migraines, which is similar to France (12 per cent) and Norway (9%) and other countries in Europe and to the USA and Canada. For some unknown reason, 17 per cent of adults in Denmark report migraines but they are apparently virtually non-existent in Japan. The record migraine rate goes to Peru – around 32 per cent of adults there report having regular migraines
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