AYURVEDIC APPROACH TO THE MANAGEMENT OF MIGRAINE

Abstract

Migraine is highly prevalent lifestyle disorders caused by improper metabolism, poor elimina-tion, mental and physical stress, viewing TV, using laptop, mobile for long periods, reading with insufficient light, sleeplessness, irregular, spicy &junk food etc. The clinical condition of mi-graine is a commonly occurring vascular headache presenting with pain on one half of the head as cardinal feature. Migraine can be compared to Ardhavbhedaka in Ayurveda. Doshik domi-nance of Vata&Pitta is mainly seen in Migraine. Vata controls the nervous system and brain ac-tivity and it is the imbalance of this Vata that causes the disease. "Pitta" causes dilation of the blood vessels, which causes the onset of a migraine attack. Treatment principles mentioned in classics for migraine are Nasya, Shirodhara, Basti, Virechana, Raktamokshana. Aim of this arti-cle is to review the Panchkarma procedures for treatment of migraine.