Anyone suffering from migraines knows how painful it can be. However, Yogi Ashwini, an authority on the Vedic Sciences, reveals how traditional Ayurveda can help with your migraine.

Types of Headaches

In Ayurveda, two conditions, known as Ardhaavabheda (half-sided headache) and Anantavaata (unilateral pain) resemble the classic migraine. It can be triggered by a large number of factors such as anger, frustration, depression, conflict, indigestion, a particular food, and even the weather. Some blood pressure or asthma medicines can also cause migraine. You will have to observe carefully what triggers your migraine.

The Main Problem

Whatever the reason, in most cases of migraine, it’s an aggravated pitta dosha that is at the root of the problem. Pitta dosha impairs digestion and the ama produced by this gets stored in the manovah strotras (mind channels) and causes migraine. To avoid migraines, avoid excesses of any kind. Your lifestyle should reflect moderation in all things. Avoid quick fix painkillers because they aggravate the problem and once their effect wears off, the frequency of headaches starts to increase. Plus then you don’t look for its triggers and get caught in a vicious cycle of pain and pills.

Instead, for some quick relief lie down quietly in a dark room and put an ice pack on your neck and/or forehead and temples. You can also crush some ginger and apply its paste on your forehead.

Tips

• Extract the juice of tinospora cordifolia and have it with one teaspoon of honey.
• Or take three grams of coriander seeds, five grams of lavender flowers, five seeds of black pepper, and five almonds. Make sure you soak the almonds overnight in water and remove the skin before preparing the paste. Grind with water, sieve, and consume before sunrise.

(Article Written by: Yogi Ashwini)

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