Treat Migraine and Tension Headache Naturally

Migraine and tension headache are common complaints. Clinically these two types of headaches are mixed and hard to distinguish from each other. The causes for the headaches are similar. Thus we always treat them the same way. I believe that there are five major causes for the headaches: allergies, candida related, hormonal imbalance, emotional blockage and structural issues. Patients may have one or all of these factors involved.

Allergy related headaches are often sinus related as well. The pain is around your forehead and spread to one or both sides. It happens to individual with or without allergy symptoms. Allergy headaches are not easy to detect because of the delayed reaction from food allergies. If you have a headache in the morning, it may be related to the allergic food you ate last night. We are specialize allergy treatment with BioSET protocols. With detox and allergy desensitization the allergy headaches can be controlled completely. For those who have had sinus problems for their whole life the healing process for sinus may take a few years, but the headache may get better sooner than you think.

Candida is a hidden cause for many headaches. For more information about Candida please read FAQs for Candida. I believe that Candida overgrowth is partly related to food intolerance especially to sugar. Candida produces special toxins that may leak through a “leaky gut” to our body and cause a lot of physiological changes, such as hormone imbalance, problems in nerve and circulation systems, which in turn can cause headaches. Solving Candida is not very easy. The therapy involves allergy management, detox, helping ingestion and leaky gut. Special Candida protocol is used in the later stage of the therapy including Candida control remedies and dietary changes. Without dietary changes the Candida problem will not go away easily and will come back from time to time.

Hormonal headaches often happen around ovulation or menstruation period. It happens a lot during menopause period as well. The headaches often combine with other symptoms like irritable, mood changes, sleeping problems etc. I believe that the headaches are caused by high inflammation which is the result of hormonal fluctuation. A lot of factors can cause hormonal fluctuation. I think that immune response, Candida and hormone deficiency play major roll here. Chinese medicine is often used to treat hormonal headaches. Both acupuncture and Chinese herbs are useful to control hormone imbalance. Please read Chinese Medicine and Migraine Headaches for details.

Emotional related headaches often occurs after high emotional stress. It happens to those who would like to hold their emotion inside. Emotions are processed through different meridians. If for some reason there is a blockage in the meridian, the specific emotion can not be released easily. Emotional blockage can cause toxin build up, hormonal imbalance and other physiological changes in the body. For more information about emotional blockage and therapies, please read Emotional Therapy.

Structural headaches often happen after physical accident like auto accident or moving heavy object etc. Some patients don’t have clear accident but do shows structural imbalance such as spine misalignment. Structural headaches always start from the back of the head and often combine with neck or shoulder discomfort. A proper adjustment of bone or muscle will help to release the headache.

Clinically these above headaches are often mixed together. In the beginning we do not have to do specific therapy unless the type of headache is very clear. The first thing we need to do is to reduce inflammation and detox because the direct reason to cause headache is inflammation. BioSET program is very helpful to reduce inflammation of the body. After BioSET program, all other modalities will work better. Chinese medicine also works very well for headaches. You may read Chinese Medicine and Migraine Headaches for details.