HeadAche

It is undeniably difficult to stay present and joyful when it feels like your head is going to explode. Sometimes we can attribute a pounding headache with the binge-watching that kept us up all night, or maybe it was that 3rd glass of wine or bag of salty potato chips. But there are other times when our headaches seem like a total mystery.

The traditional Ayurveda healers, or Vaidyas, would say your headache is a wake up call. And while it is our intention to relieve this suffering it is also an opportunity to take a deeper look into our physical body as well as our current emotional state.

There are many types of head and facial pain that fall under the category of headache. For most of us, headaches come and go, and we often can figure out the trigger (certain foods, outdoors in cold or heat, nervousness, etc). Not all headaches are an issue, but for recurrent ones, or headaches that are severe in nature, we need to pay attention and determine the root cause.

Headaches might be a result of a serious health condition. Therefore for recurrent, severe, and persistent headaches, a medical doctor or Ayurvedic practitioner should be consulted, especially if there is no relief after taking conventional pain-relieving medication. Headaches that are more severe than the ones in the past, headache along with fever, sensory changes, and neck stiffness, and headaches that are debilitating are signs that there could be a more serious underlying problem