Referred Headache ( Suda Shirki Midi)

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  • It is a condition in which headache occurs due to gastric involvement.
  • It is caused by Sū’-i Mizāj Mufrad Mi‘da (Simple morbid temperament of the stomach), Imtilā’-i Akhlāt (Accumulation of humours) or Rīh (Gas) in the stomach and Zu‘f-i Mi‘da (Gastric debility).
  • It is characterized by headache starting from frontal region. It is accompanied with or preceded by nausea, anorexia, indigestion, flatulence, gastric pain, etc. depending upon the causative factor. The severity of pain decreases after vomiting in case of Imtilā’-i Akhlāt and it may increase and decrease in case of Rīh.
  • It is a condition in which headache occurs due to gastric involvement.
  • It is caused by Sū’-i Mizāj Mufrad Mi‘da (Simple morbid temperament of the stomach), Imtilā’-i Akhlāt (Accumulation of humours) or Rīh (Gas) in the stomach and Zu‘f-i Mi‘da (Gastric debility).
  • It is characterized by headache starting from frontal region. It is accompanied with or preceded by nausea, anorexia, indigestion, flatulence, gastric pain, etc. depending upon the causative factor. The severity of pain decreases after vomiting in case of Imtilā’-i Akhlāt and it may increase and decrease in case of Rīh.
  • Oral administration of Mā’ al-‘Asl in case of phlegm being the causative factor.
  • Oral administration of Joshānda-i Aftīmūn in case of predominance of black bile as causative factor.
  • Oral administration of Kishnīz Khushk (Coriandrum sativum Linn.) mixed with sugar after meal for gaseous collection.
  • Oral administration of Shīra-i Tukhm-i Kasūs (Seed of Cuscuta reflexa Roxb.) and Shīra-i Bādiyān (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) along with Gulqand.
  • Oral administration of powdered Mastagī (Pistacia lentiscus Linn.) along with Gulqand.
  • Oral administration of Rubb (Dry extract) of Bihīdāna (Cydonia oblonga Linn.)/ Anār (Punica granatum Linn.)/ Ghawra (Unripe grape) for Taskīn-i  Harārat (Normalization of heat) and Taqwiyat-i Mi‘da.
  • Local Application of Roghan-i Gul or Roghan-i Banfsha or Roghan-i Nīlofar on scalp.

Compound drugs:

Ayārij-i  Fayqra

3-5 gm. with Itrīfal Saghīr 07 gm.

Habb-i Sibr

4.5 gm. with lukewarm water at bedtime for 03 days

Itrīfal Zamānī

5-9 gm. at bedtime

Itrīfal Kishnīzī

9-20 gm. with ‘Arq-i Bādiyān

Itrīfal-i Ustūkhudūs

7-12 gm. with water in the morning and at bedtime

Jawārish Kamū

10 -15 gm.

Jawārish-i  Pudīna

5-10 gm.

Jawārish Jālīnūs

7-12 gm.

Jawārish-i  Tabāshīr

5-7 gm in the morning

Murabba-i Halayla

1-2 washed pieces at bedtime

 

  • Aghziya Ghalīza Dry and viscous foods such as dry date, ‘Adas Musallam (Lens esculenta Moench.), etc. These are of two types i.e. Mahmūda (that produces good humour) and Ghayr Mahmūda (that produces morbid humour).
  • Fried and sweet dishes (In case of yellow bile being the causative factor)

 

  • Endoscopy

 

  • Qay’ (Emesis)
  • Ishāl (Purgation)
  • Natūl (Irrigation) with lukewarm water on head. - It is prepared by crushing or grinding the drugs and boiling them in the water or any suitable liquid. The filtrate obtained is poured on the affected part continuously from a small distance. 
  • Dalk (Massage) on extremities.
  • Hammām Mu‘tadil - A type of bath medically used for producing dryness, compactness, moistness and rarefication of normal range in the skin/body.
  • Mā’ al-Sha‘īr -  with Sikanjabīn (In case of  yellow bile being the causative factor) - Barley water
  • Aghziya Latīfa - Food stuffs which are easy to digest but have little nutritional value, and produce such a sanguine which is normal in viscosity. These are of two types i.e. Mahmūda (that produces good humour) .and Ghayr Mahmūda (that produces morbid humour) e.g. garlic, radish, spicy and salty foods, etc.
  • Aghziya Mahmūda  - Foods that produce good humours.
  • Aghziya Qābiza -  Foods that produce constipation.
  • Aghziya Hāmiza -  Sour foods e.g. lemon, sour pomegranate, sour apple, orange, vinegar, curd, etc. They change the thick waste products of stomach into smaller particles.
  • Aghziya Murattiba (In case of  black bile being the causative factor) - Foods of wet/moist temperament having ability to
    produce the humours which give rise to wetness in the body e.g. milk, Kadū (Cucurbita maxima Duchesne.), cucumber, watermelon, clarified butter, almond oil, etc.
  • Always take meal on time.
  • Avoid alcohol.
  • Avoid NSAIDs, tobacco chewing and smoking