Headaches

For half head-ache:    Grind  together  one onion and 3-4 cloves of pepper in a little water, strain and put a few drops in the nostril opposite to the side of head-ache.

Half head-ache of some people can be cured by drawing in through the nostrils the smoke of burnt paper. Rub the seed kernel of pungam tree in water, add a little jaggery and heat it and put 3-4 drops into the nostril opposite to the side of head-ache and into the other nostril half an hour later.

Even longstanding half head-aches can be permanently cured by this treatment.

Extract the juice of the flowers or the leaves of sesbania plant and put two drops into the nostril first on the side of the head-ache and then to the other nostril every morning for 3-4 days, Half head-ache will be surely cured.

For head-ache which starts in the morning and increases as the sun rises mix tender leaves of Cassia tora plant with a little jaggery and eat it on empty stomach in the morning for 3 days sure cure. OR, extract the juice of kadiggara, mix it with equal quantity of goat’s milk, dry it in the sun and draw it inside the nostrils.

All kinds of head-aches can be cured by mixing a little jaggery in water, and mixing a little dry ginger into it and drawing this mixture into the nostrils.

In case of head-ache the paste of dry ginger, if applied on the forehead,  provides quick relief.