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REMEDY
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TYPE OF PAIN/ LOCATION
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BETTER/ WORSE
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OTHER
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Arsenicum alb.
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Generalised. Chronic pain is often burning,
sensitive scalp
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Acute > cold
Chronic > heat<
midnight - 2 a.m.
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Restlessness and anxiety. Headaches usually
accompany other complaints.
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Belladonna
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Feels as though head would burst,
throbbing, especially felt in forehead or around the eyes
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< movement,
noise, light, lying flat, bending forward. 3 p.m.> pressure, sitting up or bending back
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Face is flushed, pupils dilated. Very
violent pain
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Bryonia
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Bursting pain in forehead and behind eyes.
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< warm room, heat, slightest motion, as
the day progresses.
> firm pressure, sitting absolutely
still in the dark
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Great irritability. Wants to be left alone
in the dark. Migraines, with nausea. Very thirsty.
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Gelsemium
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Dull, heavy, aching feeling like band
around the head. Eyelids droop
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< morning, sun, heat
> lying down with head raised. After
urination.
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Not thirsty. Heavy feeling. Fluey headache.
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Hepar sulph.
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Like nail thrust into head. Scalp extremely
sensitive. Especially above nose
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< motion, riding in car, uncovering
head, drafts.
> firm pressure, dry weather.
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The sensitivity of the scalp is most
prominent. Complains intensely.
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Nux vomica
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With nausea and distaste for food. Back of
head or over eyes.
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< morning, mental effort, cold
> warmth, lying down, covering head.
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Check source of headache. Nux
relieves headache from overeating or stimulants, alcohol.
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Pulsatilla
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Front of head. Congestive headaches. Pains
wander. Head hot
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< sun, heat, blowing nose, evening
> cold, open air
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Common after eating rich foods.
School-girl’s headache.
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