Brain & Nerves

Headache

Comprehensive overview of homeopathic remedies for various types of headaches

85 remedies

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Throbbing, bursting headache in temples

  • Flushed, hot, and red face
  • Bloodshot, injected eyes
  • Headache pains that appear and disappear suddenly
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Pains beginning in the nape of the neck and shifting to the head, causing a bursting sensation in the forehead and eyeballs

  • Bursting sensation in the forehead and eyeballs
  • Sensation of the head being full and heavy
  • Increased pain with movement or touch
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Head feels enormously large, as if the skull is too small for the brain

  • Head feels abnormally large or swollen
  • Headache is worse from heat, light, or sun exposure
  • Headache is accompanied by dizziness or dizziness
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Headache accompanied by profuse sweating

  • Headache that increases with the rising sun and stops at sunset
  • Headache in school-aged children or adolescents, worse with eye strain
  • Sensation of hammering or bursting pain in the head
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Spigelia anthelmiaIntense, pressive pain in the eyeballsNatrium phosphoricumHeadache with thick, clotted, dark menstrual flowSanguinaria canadensisPeriodic, right-sided headaches that begin in the occiput and spread to the eye and templePlatinum metallicumTic douloureux - shooting pain from right eye extending backwardCedronSevere, unbearable pain recurring daily at 6 p.m.Bryonia albaHeadache that is worse with motion and better with restMelilotus officinalisViolent congestive headache with a sensation of the brain bursting through the foreheadCollinsonia canadensisChina officinalisHeadache worse with slightest contact, better with hard pressureKalium bichromicumHeadache begins with blurred vision, which improves as the headache increasesKalium cyanatumHeadache after eating
Lac VacIntense throbbing headache with nausea and vomiting
Lithium carbonicumBursting, throbbing headacheRuta graveolensPain in the periosteum (the membrane covering the bones)OleanderHeadache feels like a heavy weight crushing the head, relieved by looking sideways or crossing the eyesArnica montanaAching, bruised pain as if nails were being driven into the brainNux vomicaHeadache with nausea and vomiting of sour, nasty matterChamomillaPeevishness and angerChininum sulphuricumViolent pulsating pains in the forehead and eyesKalium muriaticumNoises in the head like chirping of cricketsIodiumHeadache that is worse in a warm room or near fire, but better in cold air and while eatingParis quadrifoliaSensation of expansion and tension in the headPhytolacca decandraIncreased sense of hearingCalcarea phosphoricaHeadache from mental exertion or overworkThuja occidentalisHeadache as if a nail were driven into the occiput or frontal regionCoffea crudaHeadache as if a nail is being driven into the occiput (back of the head)Picricum acidumHeadache relieved by tight bandagingRobinia pseudacaciaFeeling as if the head is full of boiling waterChloralum hydratumTerrific, dull, heavy, frontal headacheTarentula hispanicaSensation of thousands of needles pricking the headLac vaccinum defloratumThrobbing headache beginning in the forehead and extending to the back of the headVeratrum albumHeadache with vanishing of sight and icy cold sensation on the top of the headViola odorataSudden onset of headache without apparent causeChionanthus virginicaDull, frontal headache over the root of the nose, eyes, and templesIctodes foetidaHeadache alternating with low back painAllium sativumHeadache better on onset of menses, worse thereafterCalcarea aceticaStupefying, pressing pains in the forehead that force the person to stop workEpiphegus virginianaConstant, viscid excess saliva with an urge to spitIgnatia amaraHeadache with a sensation of a nail or needle being driven into the headLobelia inflataSevere, throbbing headache over the right eyeAurum metallicumSensation of air blowing on the head, despite no draftSilicea terraHeadache relieved by wrapping and coveringOnosmodium virginianumIntense aching pain in the head, especially around the eyesCimicifuga racemosaIntense aching pain in the head, especially at the inner angle of the orbits, extending through the brain and across the scalpNux moschataHeadache from eating too muchPulsatilla pratensisHeadache worse from warmthTuberculinum bovinum kentSensation of a tight hoop of iron around the head
Aurum ArsIcy cold hands, legs and feet
StaphisagriaPressing, inward and outward pains in the head, especially the forehead, that are aggravated by the slightest touchCalcarea iodataHeadache that is aggravated by binding up the hairCrotalus horridusVomiting of large quantities of bileAnacardium orientaleHeadache relieved by eatingChelidonium majusSevere, frantic headache that makes the patient want to chop off their handsCocculus indicusHeadache that comes on like a shadow, with nausea and dizzinessIris versicolorThrobbing, severe headache with visual disturbances relieved by vomitingPsorinumHeadache with a sensation of emptiness or confusionAlumina silicataHeadache worse from binding the hairPhellandrium aquaticumSensation as if a weight were on the top of the headCannabis indicaSensation as if the head were opening and shutting along the vertexBadiagaSevere headache between 2-7 PMKalmia latifoliaDizziness and confusion worse from stoopingJaborandiPeriodic headaches occurring at noonNatrium sulphuricumBasal headache as if crushedSelenium metallicumIncreased urine flow during headachesPodophyllum peltatumHeadache alternating with diarrheaPlumbum metallicumFrontal or occipital headache with nausea and vomitingPhosphorusSensation of coldness at the base of the brainPetroleumOccipital headacheLachesis mutusViolent, bursting, hammering headache relieved by the menstrual flowConium maculatumDizziness with a feeling of the brain turning in a circleAluminaDry, stuffed nose with large, offensive nasal crustsCistus canadensisHeadache relieved by eatingCalcarea arsenicosaHeadache pain that moves from the side the patient is lying on to the opposite sideAmbra griseaPressing, tearing headache that worsens with nose blowing and is accompanied by burning in the right eyeFluoricum acidumSudden glimmering before the eyes, feeling confused and emptyAgaricus muscariusIntermittent, drawing and tearing pain in the foreheadAlumenBurning, crushing pain at the top of the headAmmonium carbonicumTearing pain in templesBovista lycoperdonSensation of head enlarging, especially in the occiputCalcarea carbonicaIcy coldness in and on the head, especially the right sideLycopersicon esculentumBursting pain starting in the back of the head and spreading all over

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