Migraine
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Remedy |
Characteristics Symptoms |
Patient Worse by |
Patient Better by |
| Ammonium Carbonicum | Suitable for stout women who are always tired and
weary, take cold easily and lead a sedentary life
Too frequent and profuse menses Very sensitive to cold air Great aversion to cold water; can not bear to touch it Heaviness in all organs Uncleanness of bodily habits Prostration form trifles Pulsating forehead; better pressure and in warm room. Shocks through head Pressing teeth together send shocks through head, eyes and ears Stools difficult, hard and knotty Burning, acrid, watery leucorrhoea |
Evenings
From cold Wet weather Wet applications Washing During 3 to 4 pm During menses |
Lying on painful side and on stomach
In dry weather |
| Ammonium Valerianicum | Suitable for nervous hysterical people
Great nervous irritability Headaches Sleeplessness |
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| Anacardium | Impaired memory, depression, irritability
Diminution of senses Aversion to work Lacks self confidence Irresistible desire to swear and curse Pressing pain in head, as from a plug; worse after mental exertion; better during a meal Menses scanty Anxious dreams |
On application of hot water | From eating
When lying on side From rubbing |
| Anhalonium | Head aches with disturbed vision; fantastic,
brilliant, moving colored objects
Pupils dilated Vertigo Brain tired Exaggerated reverberation of ordinary sounds |
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| Argentum Nitricum | Inco-ordination, want of balance and loss of
control
Trembling Great desire for sweets; desire for cheese and salt Splinter like pains; pains increase and decrease gradually Sensation as if a part were expanding Withered up and dried constitution Intolerance to heat Sensation of sudden pinch Headache with coldness and trembling Headache from mental exertion, dancing Aching in frontal eminence, with enlarged feeling in corresponding eye Boring pains in head; better on tight bandaging and pressure |
Warmth in any form
At night from cold food Sweets After eating During menses From emotions Left side |
From eructations
Fresh air Cold Pressure |
| Asparagus Officinalis |
Aching in forehead and root of nose
Migrainous morning headaches with scotoma Peculiar odor of urine |
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| Avena Sativa | Nervous headache at menstrual period, with burning
at top of head
Occipital headache, with phosphatic urine Nervous exhaustion Sexual debility
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| Belladonna | Pain in head with fullness, especially in forehead,
also occiput and temples
Headaches from suppressed catarrhal flows Headache worse light, noise, jar, lying down and in afternoon; better by pressure and semi erect posture Bores head into pillow Draws head backwards and rolls from side to side Headaches worse on right side and when lying down; from colds, having hair cut Hot, red skin Flushed face Glaring eyes Throbbing carotids Excited mental state Hyperasthesia of all senses Restless sleep Dryness of mouth and throat with aversion to water Great children's remedy Violent and sudden attacks Averse to meat and milk Urine dark, turbid and loaded with phosphates Menses bright red, too early and profuse |
Touch
Jar Noise Draught Afternoon Lying down |
Semi erect |
| Bryonia | Stitching, tearing pains; worse by motion, better
rest
Irritable Pressive headaches Bursting, splitting headaches, as if everything would be pressed out; as if hit by a hammer from within; worse motion, stooping and opening eyes Headaches becomes seated in occiput Headache; worse motion, even of eyeballs Frontal headache with frontal sinuses involved Dry, parched lips and mouth Excessive thirst; thirst for large draughts Stools large, dry and hard Suitable for a robust, firm fiber and dark complexion, with tendency to leanness Slowly developing complaints Urine red, brown, like beer; scanty and hot Menses too early and profuse |
Right side
Evening Open air Warm weather after cold days Warmth Any motion Morning Eating Exertion Touch |
Lying on painful side
Pressure Rest Cold things |
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| Calcarea Acetica | Migraine with great coldness in head and sour taste
Senses obscure while reading |
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| Calcarea Carbonica | Sense of weight on top of head
Headache with cold hands and feet Headache from over lifting, from mental exertion, with nausea Headache; better sneezing Increased perspiration Gets out of breath easily A jaded state, mental or physical, due to overwork Easy relapses, interrupted convalescence Takes colds easily Fat, fair, flabby, cold, damp and sour Aversion to meat, boiled things, fat Craving for indigestible things like chalk, coal, pencils; eggs, salt and sweets Milk disagree Thirst; longing for cold drinks Urine dark, brown, fetid, profuse, with white sediments Menses too early, profuse and too long Milky leucorrhoea Dreams of dead |
From exertion, mental or physical
Ascending Cold in every form Water Washing Moist air Wet weather During full moon Standing |
Dry climate and weather
Lying on painful side |
| Cannabis Indica | Feels as if top of head were opening and shutting
and as if calvarium were being lifted
Shocks though brain Throbbing and weight at occiput Headache with flatulence Migraine attack preceded by unusual excitement and loquacity Urine loaded with slimy mucus Menses profuse, dark, painful, without clots Dreams of dead bodies; prophetic |
Morning
From coffee Liquor Tobacco Lying on right side |
From fresh air
Cold water Rest |
| Carbolicum Acidum | Headache like a band; tight feeling as if
compressed by a rubber band
Orbital neuralgia over right eye Headache, better by green tea; while smoking Terrible pains; come and go suddenly Feeble pulse Depressed breathing Increased olfactory sensibility Mental and bodily languor Disinclination to study Desire for stimulants and tobacco Urine almost black, containing sugar Menses offensive Leucorrhoea irritating causing burning and itching |
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| Cedron | Useful in tropical or damp, warm, marshy countries
Adapted to persons of a voluptuous disposition, excitement, nervous temperament Pain from temple to temple across eyes |
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| Chionanthus | Headaches; neurasthenic, periodical sick, menstrual
and bilious
Pain in forehead, chiefly over eyes Dull frontal headache, over root of nose, over eyes, through temples, worse stooping, motion, jar Large amount of high specific gravity of urine; bile and sugar in urine; very dark |
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| Cimicifuga Racemosa | Useful in rheumatic, nervous patients
Muscular and crampy pains of neurotic origin Pains like electric shocks here and there Wild feeling in brain Shooting and throbbing pains in head after mental worry, over study, or reflex of uterine disease Waving sensation or opening and shutting sensation in brain. Brain feels too large Pressing out pains in head Menses profuse, dark, coagulated, offensive; always irregular |
Morning
Cold During menses The more profuse the flow, the greater the suffering
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Warmth
Eating |
| Cocculus | Esp suitable for light haired females, unmarried
and childless women, sensitive and romantic girls
Feels too weak to talk loud Sense of emptiness in head Headache in occiput and nape; worse lying on back of head Sick headache from carriage riding, can not lie on back part of head Opening and shutting sensation, especially in occiput Trembling in head Pain in eyes as if torn out of head Desire for cold drinks; esp beer Smell of food disgusts Menses too early, clotted Purulent, gushing leucorrhoea, between menses; very weakening, can scarcely speak |
Riding in a carriage or shipboard
Eating After loss of sleep Open air Smoking Swimming Touch Noise Jar Afternoon During menses After emotional disturbances |
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| Coffea Cruda | Great nervous agitation and restlessness
Intolerance of pain, driving to despair Unusual activity of body and mind Especially suited to tall, lean, stooping persons with dark complexions Tight pain in head. worse from noise, smell, narcotics Seems as if brain were torn to pieces, as if nail were driven in head Menses too early and long lasting |
Open air
Excessive emotions; joy Narcotics Strong odors Noise Cold Night |
Warmth
From lying down Holding ice in mouth |
| Crotalus Cascavella | Frequent lancinating pains; worse cold washing
Headache after sleep Entire skull compresses the brain like an iron band Sensation as if something alive were walking inside the head in a circle Shocks in head which almost throw her off her balance Acute lancinations in right temple Sensation as if a red hot iron was stuck into vertex Great desire for snow, without wanting either water or wine Dreams of corpses and ghosts |
At night | |
| Cyclamen | Salty Salivation
Sleepiness, moroseness and lassitude Aching in head in morning with flickering before eyes One sided headaches Disgust for meat, esp pork Desire for lemonade No thirst all day Menses profuse, black, membranous, clotted, too early with labor like pains from back to pubes; flows less when moving about |
Open air
Evening Sitting Standing Cold water |
During menstrual flow
By moving about Rubbing parts In warm room Lemonade |
| Epiphegus | Sick, neurasthenic and nervous headaches , esp in
women, brought on or made worse by exertion, shopping etc
Pressing pains in temples from without inwards; worse left side Sick headaches coming on when deviating from ordinary pursuits Headaches from nerve tire caused by mental or physical exhaustion; preceded by hunger Drowsy after meals Loose stools |
From working in open air | Sleep |
| Gelsemium | General prostration
Dizziness, drowsiness, dullness and trembling Slow pulse, tired feeling and mental apathy Sluggish circulation Heaviness in head; band like feeling around and occipital headaches Dull, heavy pain in head with heaviness of eyelids; bruised sensation; better compression and lying with head high Pain in temple, extending to ear and wing of nose and chin Headache with muscular soreness of neck and shoulders Headache preceded by blindness; better profuse urination No thirst Urine profuse, clear and watery Menses retarded |
Heat of sun
Cold and dampness Fog Before a thunderstorm Emotions or excitement Bad news Tobacco smoking When thinking of his ailments At 10 am
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Bending forward
By profuse urination Open air Continued motion Stimulants |
| Guarea | Sensation as if brain were falling forwards; as
from a blow on head
Objects appear gray, upside down |
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| Ignatia | Esp adapted to women of sensitive, easily excited
nature, dark, mild disposition, quick to perceive, rapid in execution
Great contradictions Alert, nervous, apprehensive, rigid, trembling patients who suffer acutely in body or mind Can not bear tobacco Pain in small, circumscribed spots Head feels hollow, heavy; worse stooping Headache as if a nail were driven out through the side Cramps like pain over root of nose Congestive headaches following anger or grief; worse smoking or smelling tobacco, inclines the head forward Averse to ordinary diet; longs for a great variety of indigestible articles Craving for acid things Profuse, water urine Menses too early, black Dreams continue for a long time; troubling him |
Drinking coffee
In the morning Open air After meals Smoking Liquids External warmth |
While eating
Change of position |
| Indigo | Sensation of a band around forehead
Undulating sensation through whole head Sensation as if brain were frozen Excited mood and desire to be busy Turbid urine |
During rest
Sitting |
Pressure
Rubbing Motion |
| Iris Versicolor | Sick headache; worse rest; begins with a blur
before the eyes, after relaxing from a mental strain
Frontal headache with nausea Profuse flow of saliva; ropy Deficient appetite |
In evening
At night From rest |
From continued motion |
| Kali Bichromicum | Indicated for fleshy, fat, light complexioned
persons
Pains migrate quickly More useful in sub acute than violent acute stage Headache over eyebrows, preceded by blurred vision Aching and fullness in glabella Semi lateral headaches in small spots and from suppressed catarrh Frontal pain in head; usually over one eye Bones of head and scalp feels sore Feeling of hair on tongue Dislikes water Can not digest meat Desire for beer and acids Ropy mucus in urine Yellow, tenacious leucorrhoea |
In the morning
Beer Hot weather Undressing |
Heat |
| Kali Carboniucm | Headache from riding in cold wind
Headache come on with yawning Stitches in temples, aching in occiput, one sided, with nausea, on riding in carriage Loose feeling in head Soft pulse Coldness General depression Stitches in any part of the body Sharp and cutting pains; better by motion Sensitive to every atmospheric change Intolerance to cold weather Indicated for fleshy, aged people Throbbing pains Tubercular diathesis Pain from within out and stinging character Giving out sensations Desire for sweets Large, difficult stools Wakes about two o' clock and can not sleep again |
After coition
In cold weather From soup and coffee In morning at 3 o' clock Lying on left and painful side |
Warm weather, though moist
During day Moving about |
| Lac Defloratum | Sick headaches, with profuse flow of urine during
pain.
Pain begins in forehead to occiput, in morning on rising Intense, throbbing pain in head, with nausea, vomiting, blindness Obstinate constipation |
Noise
Light Motion During menses |
Pressure
Bandaging the head tightly |
| Lachesis | Pain through on awaking
Pain at root of nose Pressure and burning on vertex Waves of pain; worse after moving Sun headaches Headache with flickering, dim vision and pale face Sensation of tension in various parts Can not bear anything tight anywhere Craving for alcohol, oysters Constipated, offensive stools Menses too short, too feeble Breathing almost stops on falling asleep |
After sleep
Left side In spring Warm bath Pressure or constriction Hot drinks |
Appearance of discharges
Warm applications |
| Melilotus | Violent congestive and nervous headaches
Headache with retching, vomiting, sense of pressure over orbits, pallor, cold hand and feet and black spots before eyes Head heavy, oppresses; throbbing in frontal part with undulating sensation in brain Sick headaches; relieved by epistaxis or menstrual flow Fullness all over the head Neuralgia around and over right side of head and neck Scalp sore and tender to touch Stools difficult, painful, constipated Menses scanty, intermittent |
Rainy, changeable weather
An approach of storm Motion 4 pm |
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| Menispermum | Migraines associated with restlessness and dreams
Pressure in head from within outward, with stretching and yawning and pain down the back Sick headache; pain in forehead and temples, moving to occiput |
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| Natrum Muriaticum | Throbbing in head
Blinding headache Head aches as if a thousand little hammers were knocking on the brain; in the morning on awaking, after menstruation, from sunrise to sunset Anaemic headache of school girls; nervous, discouraged, broken down Chronic headache, semi lateral, congestive, from sunrise to sunset, periodical, from eye strain, menstrual Immoderate thirst Craving for salt Aversion to bread, to anything slimy, like oysters, fats Has to wait for long time to urinate in presence of others Menses irregular, usually profuse Acrid, water leucorrhoea Dreams of robbers Great debility, most weakness felt in the morning in bed Coldness Emaciation most notable in neck Great liability to take cold Dry mucus membranes Constrictive sensation throughout the body Great weakness and weariness Sensitive to all sorts of influences |
Noise
Music Warm room Lying down About 10 am At seashore Mental exertion Consolation Heat Talking |
Open air
Cold bathing Going without regular meals Lying on right side Pressure against back Tight clothing |
| Niccolum | Periodical nervous sick headaches, with asthenopia,
weak digestion, constipation
Suits debilitated literary patients Pain at the top of head as from a nail Pressure on vertex , in morning; worse till noon and in warm room Migraine beginning on left side Thirst Menses late and scanty Profuse leucorrhoea; worse after urinating, after menses |
Periodically
Every two weeks Yearly Forenoon |
In evening |
| Nux Vomica | For rather thin, spare, quick, active, nervous and
irritable patients
Zealous fiery temperament Easily chilled; avoids open air Head in occiput or over eyes; brain feels turning in a circle Pressive pain in vertex, as if a nail driven in Frontal headaches with desire to press the head against something Congestive headaches, associated with Haemorrhoids Headache in the sunshine Desire for stimulants Loves fats and tolerates them well Frequent urination; little and often Menses too early, lasts too long; always irregular, blood black Sexual desire too strong Can not sleep after 3 am until towards mroning, awakes feeling wretchedly Dreams full of bustle and hurry |
Morning
Mental exertion After eating Touch Spices Stimulants Narcotics Dry weather Cold |
From a nap, if allowed to finish
In evening While at rest In damp, wet weather Strong pressure |
| Onosmodium | A remedy for migraine
Want of power of concentration and coordination Muscular tiredness Headaches from eyestrain and sexual weakness Sexual desire weakened Neuralgic pains Acts as if born tired Head dull, heavy, dizzy, pressing upwards in occiput Occipito-frontal pain in morning on waking, chiefly on left side Pain in temples and mastoid Craving for ice water and cold drinks; wants to drink often Menses too early and prolonged Leucorrhoea yellow, acrid and profuse |
Motion
Jar Tight clothing
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When undressed
When lying down on back From cold drinks Eating |
| Paullinia Sorbilis | Sick headaches in patients who have used tea and
coffee in excess
Throbbing headache after use of liquor Uncontrollable sleepiness and heaviness of head |
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| Platinum Muriaticum | Violent occipital headache | ||
| Pulsatilla | Wandering stitches about head; pains extends to
face and teeth
Frontal and supra orbital pains Neuralgic pains, commencing in right temporal region, with scalding lachrymation of the affected side Headache from overwork Pressure on vertex Desire for tonics Averse to butter, fat food, warm food and drink Two or three normal stools daily; no two stools alike Menses too late, scanty, thick, dark, clotted, changeable, intermittent Acrid, burning, creamy leucorrhoea Mild, gentle, yielding disposition Sad, crying readily; weeps when talking Changeable, contradictory Seeks open air; always feels better there, even though he is chilly Symptoms ever changing Thirstless, peevish, chilly Great sensitiveness Wants the head high; feels uncomfortable with only one pillow Lies with hands above head |
From heat
Rich fat food After eating Towards evening Warm room Lying on left or painless side When allowing feet to hang down |
Open air
Motion Cold applications Cold food and drink |
| Sangunaria | Circumscribed redness of cheeks
Flashes of heat Burning in palms and soles Burning sensations, like from hot water Sun headaches; worse right side Periodical sick headaches; pain begins in occiput, spreads upwards and settles over eyes, esp right Headaches better lying down and sleep Headaches return at climacteric; every seventh day Pain in small spot over upper left parietal bone Pain in back of head like " a flash of lightening" Aversion to butter Desire for piquant things Unquenchable thirst Fetid, corrosive leucorrhoea Menses offensive, profuse |
Sweets
Right side Motion Touch |
Acids
Sleep Darkness |
| Saponaria | Stitching pains in head, supra orbital; worse left
side, evening, motion
Throbbing over orbits Congestion to head; tired feeling in nape Left sided trigeminal neuralgia, esp supra orbital |
Night
Mental exertion Left side |
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| Scutellaria | Nervous fear
Dull frontal headache Migraine; worse over right eye; aching in eye balls Explosive headaches in school teachers with frequent urination; headaches in front and base of brain Nervous sick headaches; worse noise, odor, light; better night, rest Restless sleep and frightful dreams Must move about |
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| Sepia | Pulsating headache in cerebellum
Stinging pain from within outward and upward mostly left or in forehead; worse indoors and lying on painful side Headache in terrible shocks at menses with scanty flow Weakness, yellow complexion, bearing down sensation, esp in women Easy fainting Acts best on brunettes Feels cold even in warm room Everything tastes too salty Longing for vinegar, acids and pickles Large and hard stools Red, adhesive sand in urine Greenish yellow leucorrhoea |
Worse after milk, esp boiled
Forenoons and evenings Washing Laundry work Dampness left side After sweat Cold air After thunderstorms |
By exercise
Pressure Warmth of bed Hot applications Drawing up limbs Cold bathing After sleep |
| Silicea | Headaches from fasting
Headache begins at occiput and spreads over the head and settles over eyes Patient is cold, chilly. hugs the fire Wants plenty warm clothings Hates drafts Hand and feet cold Lack of vital heat Prostration of body and mind Intolerance of alcoholic stimulants Want of grit, moral or physical Roaring in ears Sensation of hair on tongue Disgust for meat and warm food Milky, acrid leucorrhoea Increased menses |
Winter
New moon In morning From washing During menses Uncovering Lying down Damp Lying on left side Cold |
Warmth
Wrapping up head Summer In wet or humid weather |
| Spigelia | Pains beneath frontal eminence and temples
extending to eyes
Headaches semi lateral, involving left eye; pains violent, throbbing; worse making a false step Pain as if a band around head Esp adapted to anemic, debilitated, rheumatic, and scrofulous patients Stabbing pains Very sensitive to touch Parts feel chilly and send shudder through the frame |
Touch
Motion Noise Turning Washing Concussion |
Lying on right side with head high
Inspiring |
| Stannum | Aching in temples and forehead
Headache worse motion; gradually increasing and decreasing as if constricted by a band; forehead feels pressed inwards Jarring of walking painfully resounds in head Talking causes a very weak feeling in the throat and chest Pains come and go gradually Smell of cooking causes vomiting Menses early and profuse |
Using voice i.e. laughing, talking, singing
Lying on right side Warm drinks |
Coughing or expectorating
Hard pressure |
| Sulphur | Ebullitions of heat
Dislike of water Dry and hard hair and skin Red orifices Sinking feeling in stomach about 11 am Cat nap sleep Aversion to being washed Relapsing complaints Offensive discharges and exhalations Beating headache; worse stooping and with vertigo Sick headache recurring periodically Whizzing in ears Bitter taste in morning Food tastes too salty Milk disagrees Great desire for sweets Great quantity of colorless urine Menses too late, scanty, short and difficult Burning, excoriating leucorrhoea |
Standing
At rest Warmth of bed Washing Bathing In morning 11 am Night From alcoholic drinks Periodically |
Dry. warm weather
Lying on right side From drawing affected limbs |
| Tabacum | Sick headache, with deathly nausea, periodical
Tight feeling as from a band in head Sudden pain in head; as if struck by a hammer Complete prostration of muscular system Wants abdomen uncovered Constriction of throat, chest, bladder, rectum |
Opening eyes
Evening Extremes of heat and cold |
Uncovering
Open fresh air |
| Thea | Sick headaches, radiating from one point
Faint gone feeling in stomach Craves acids Horrible dreams cause no horror |
Night
On walking in open air After meals |
Warmth
Warm bath |
| Theridion | Headache worse anyone walking over floor
Sensitive to noise; in penetrates the body, esp teeth |
Touch
Pressure On shipboard Riding in a carriage Closing eyes Jar Noise Coitus Left side |
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| Verbascum | Pains affecting zygoma, temporo maxillary joint and
inferior maxillary branch of the fifth pain of cranial nerves
Sensation as if parts were crushed with tongs Pains seem to come in flashes, excited by least movement, occurring periodically at same hour in morning and afternoon each day |
Change of temperature
Talking Sneezing biting hard From 9 am to 4 pm |
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| Xanthoxylum | Patients of spare habits and nervous, delicate organization
Occipital headaches Weight and pain on vertex Pain over eyes, throbbing pressure over nose, pressure in forehead Head seems divided Sick headaches with dizziness and flatulence Menses too early and painful Leucorrhoea at time of menses |
In bed
Afternoon Evening and night Open air |
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| Zincum S | Nervous headaches
Burning, acute pain in head Sensation as if a painful electric shock had gone through his head Intolerable thirst |
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| Zincum V | Violent, neuralgic, intermittent headaches
Becomes almost insane with pain, which is piercing and stabbing Uncontrollable sleeplessness from pain in head with melancholy |