The document discusses various types of headaches, their causes, and natural remedies for relief, highlighting that headaches can significantly impact daily life. It categorizes headaches into types like tension, cluster, sinus, migraine, and mixed headache syndrome, and provides specific herbal remedies such as peppermint oil, lavender oil, and feverfew for pain management. The author emphasizes the importance of recognizing the body's signals and adopting lifestyle changes to address headache triggers.

2. Medicinal Plants and Headache Pain & Tension
A series of Presentation
By
Mr. Allah D ad Khan
Former DG Agriculture Extension KP Province and Visiting
Professorthe
Universityof Agriculture Peshawar Pakistan

3. Headache
Headaches often get brushed aside as nothing
more than a common complaint, a quit-your-
whining-and-start-working type of thing…if only.
While many people suffer them at one point or
another, rarity is not the best way to judge just
how nasty something can be. The pain of a
headache can make day-to-day life a miserable
challenge, and forces us to head straight for the
aspirin. This is a sticky situation, because
ultimately that will only perpetuate the problem

5. Headache
• Headaches can be triggered by stress,
fatigue, allergies, eyestrain, poor posture, alcohol
or drugs, low blood sugar, hormones, constipation
and nutritional deficiencies. Your body is telling
you that something needs to change, so begin to
heed those signals. You may be wondering, how
do you make a headache go away? To find
headache relief, use these 10 headache remedies,
which include herbs, vitamins, posture correction,
diet changes and more, to overcome headaches in
a natural and healthy way.

6. Types of Headaches
• Although there are 150 different types of headaches, there are four types that are
most common. The most common types are: (1)
• Tension:
• This is the most common type of headache among adults and teenagers. Tension
headaches are also known as stress headaches, chronic daily headaches or chronic
non-progressive headaches. Causing mild to moderate pain, they come and go
over time.
• Cluster:
• These headaches are the most severe, but least common type. The pain is intense
and can feel like a burning or piercing pain behind the eyes. Cluster headaches
occur in groups over a period of time lasting from a couple of weeks to a couple of
months. They may go away for months or years, but then come back.

7. Types of Headaches contd
• Sinus:
• Inflamed sinuses can cause pain in your cheeks, forehead and
bridge of your nose. Usually other sinus symptoms, such as a runny
nose, fever, pressure in the ears and facial swelling, occur at the
same time.
• Migraine:
• Migraine headaches can last from a few hours to a few days and
usually occur one or more times a month. People usually have other
symptoms with migraines, including: sensitivity to light, noise or
smells; nausea or vomiting; loss of appetite; and upset stomach or
belly pain. A child experiencing a migraine may turn pale, feel dizzy,
have blurry vision, a fever and an upset stomach.
• Mixed Headache Syndrome:
This type of headache is also known as a transformed headache and
includes symptoms of both migraine and tension headaches. Adults
and children may both experience mixed headaches.

9. 1.Peppermint oil
Generates a long-lasting
cooling effect on the skin.
Research shows that
peppermint oil stimulates
a significant increase in
skin blood flow of the
forehead, and it soothes
muscle contractions. One
study showed that
peppermint oil, in
combination with ethanol,
reduced headache
sensitivity

10. 2.Lavender oil
Is commonly used as a mood
stabilizer and sedative.
Research has shown that the
use of lavender oil is a safe
and effective treatment of
migraine headaches. One
study conducted in 2012
measured the results of
inhaling lavender oil for 15
minutes. The 47 participants
were asked to record the
effects every half hour, for two
hours. Out of 129 headache
attacks, 92 responded to the
lavender oil remedy

11. 3.Feverfew
The leaves
of feverfew are used to
make medicine. Research
shows that consuming
feverfew reduces the
frequency of migraine
headaches and headache
symptoms, including pain,
nausea, vomiting and
sensitivity to light and
noise.

12. 4.Cayenne pepper
Can stimulate your body’s
circulation and reduce
acidity — and it makes for
one of the most surprising
headache remedies. The
capsaicin in cayenne is
good for treating pain and
inflammation — cayenne
depletes the bodily element
that makes us feel pain,
called substance P, by
stimulating a pain response
in another area of the body.

13. 5. Borage
Is known for
its soothing
properties and it helps
the body cope with
stress and nervous
tension. This is perfect
for tension headache
problems.

14. 6. Catnip:
This herb is a wonderful
sedative and helps relax
your body and relieve
stress. Even better, it is
safe for children. It will
help as a pain
reliever for your
headaches and can even
work for migraines,
though you will need to
take a strong infusion in
order to fully relieve a
migraine.

15. 7. Chamomile
Is a wonderful remedy
for stress, nerves, and
anxiety. This one is
also safe for children.
It has an anti-
inflammatory effect on
the body, helping with
certain types of
headaches.

16. 8. Lemon Balm:
This herb is good for
tension and anxiety-type
headaches. It promotes a
calming and relaxing
feeling and is a mild
sedative as well, if you are
like me and you need to
sleep off some of the
bigger headaches.

17. 9. Lemon Verbena:
Lemon Verbena is also a
calming herb, excellent for
relaxing and aiding nerves
and anxiety. It is also full
of Vitamin C, which is
helpful for bad headaches.

18. 10. Passionflower:
Passionflower is a
wonderful sedative and
helps those that suffer
from nervousness or
anxiety. It gives a calming
effect and is also a mild
pain reliever.

19. 11. Horseradish:
This herb/root is a
wonderful nasal and sinus
decongestant, for those that
suffer from sinus headaches.
The raw leaves are supposedly
an analgesic, and if you press
the leaves on your forehead, they
help numb headache pain. In
addition, if you have a sinus
headache, take some juice or
sauce made with horseradish and
watch the sinus problems
vanish. I find that just chopping
the horseradish helps drip out
the clogged sinuses and brings
relief.

20. 11. Sage:
This common culinary herb is
wonderful for a few specific types
of headaches. It is good for
cluster-type headaches, where
you need to keep the blood
circulating (making it a great
combination with Rosemary). It is
also good for headaches from
eating too heavy of
meals (stimulates digestion). It is
also good for hormonally caused
headaches, especially those from
menopause (it also helps with hot
flashes). In large doses, it is also
great for tension and nerve-
related headaches.

21. 12. Skullcap:
This herb is a relaxing
nervine and
has antispasmodic
properties. It is an
excellent remedy
for anxiety/stress/tensi
on headaches and is
a mild sedative as well.

22. 13. Rosemary:
This herb is a stimulant to the
nerves and also improves
circulation. For this reason, it is a
good tactic for some headache-
types, like cluster headaches. It
reminds me of the remedy where
you put your feet in as hot of
water as you can handle. You do
this to help improve your blood
circulation, because the blood
rushes to your feet, giving you
instant headache relief. A
rosemary tea/infusion would be
excellent in combination with this
tactic to help improve circulation
and relieve these types of
headaches.

23. 13. Valerian:
• Valerian is a strong
sedative and also a strong
pain-reliever. It helps heal
the nervous system and is
also an excellent remedy
for stress and anxiety. I
always include valerian in
my teas or as a tincture for
my headaches. I find that it
is more of a pain reliever
than Tylenol-type pills,
without the negative side
effects. I love that it helps
me sleep off my headaches
as well.

24. 14. Vervain:
This herb has a restorative
effect on the nervous
system. It is wonderful for
stress and tension
headaches for this reason.
It also has pain-relieving
qualities.

25. 15.Allspice:
This spice is an analgesic,
which means it has a
numbing effect on the
nerves and gives relief
from pains such as
headaches and sinus
problems. It is also a
relaxant, and has a
calming effect on the body
and mind