A throbbing, penetrating head pain often only on one side, and often accompanied by nauseasness. Sometimes vomiting and/or visual problems. Can be triggered by a remarkably wide range of causes -stress, anxiety, menstruation, anger, excitement, depression, shock, diet, the Pill, climate, food allergy, or agitated behaviour.

The duration of such pain is anything from 2 hours to 3 days.
Subconscious, negative emotions are often at the root cause - suppressed anger and guilt, being frequently responsible for such emotions.
Some 25% of the adult Western population have suffered migraine attacks at some time or other. 70% are women.

LIFESTYLE ATTENTION

• Examine whether any of the following foods are causative triggers and drop them from diet: alcohol, cow's milk, eggs, chocolate, oranges, oats, orange juice, wheat, gluten, cheese, tomato, fish, chicken, beef, pork, soya, bacon, coffee, yeast, peanuts, cheese, tartrazine, benzoic acid, monosodium glutomate (MSG), bananas, apples.
• Examine whether any of the following chemical preservatives are causative: benzoic acid, tartrazine, sulphur dioxide, monosodium glutomate (MSG), nitrates, chlorine, fluoride.
• Eat meals more often (i.e. smaller portions) rather than less frequently (i.e. large portions).
• Keep sugars, honey, fruit juices (including those claiming sugar free) and other hidden sugars in manufactured foods out of your diet, or at least, vastly reduced.
• Reduce consumption of animal fats. Eat more fish.

HOMOEOPATHIC

• Versicolor - for visual disturbances - in any vomiting or stomach upsets
• Kali Bich - for easing visual disturbances accompanied by an oncoming headache
• Sanguinaria - for pain originating at base of skull and proceeding towards the right yes; often accompanied by flushes of heat for pain around left eye and left side of face accompanied by water and tears in that eye. To be taken every 15 minutes for up to 6 doses. Repeat if necessary.

TISSUE SALTS

• Nat Mur
  
  For severe pain preceeded by numbness and tingling in lips.

HERBALS

• Feverfew
• Cayenne Pepper
• Valeriana
• Yellow Jasmine

AROMATHERAPY

• Bath Mix - Melissa (20)
• Massage Mix - Melissa (20) Rosemary (20) Marjoram (20)

SPECIAL FOODS

• Food allergies must be eliminated.
• Increase vegetables, raw or steamed - to 80% of diet.
• Fish as meat substitute.
• Include garlic and onions.

SPECIAL EXERCISE

• Regular aerobics such as bouncing, swimming, walking for 20 minutes.

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

• Acupuncture
• Cervical Manipulation
• Relaxation Training (T.M.)
• Yoga Stretches
• Kinesiology to detect food (or other) allergies
• Craneosacral Osteopathy
• Chiropractic Attention