Sinus Headache: Ayurvedic Treatment, Causes & Natural Remedies
Headache caused by sinus inflammation or congestion.
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Recommended Herbs for Sinus Headache
Cinnamon Cinnamomum cassia Blume Dalchini (Ceylon Cinnamon) is the inner bark of Cinnamomum zeylanicum. It is one of the finest spice barks, thin and delicate compared to cassia. The bark is aromatic with a pleasant sweet-spicy flavor. It is widely used in Ayurveda as a digestive, carminative, and flavoring agent. It has significant antimicrobial properties. The essential oil contains cinnamaldehyde as the principal component. It pacifies Vata and Kapha and is used in cough, cold, digestive disorders, and oral care. It also has aphrodisiac properties. Dalchini is used internally in typhoid and externally for skin conditions. Garlic Allium sativum Linn Arteriosclerosis, asthma, blood and lymphcleanser (anti- ama ); nerve and bone tissue rasayana (rejuvenative); cholesterol, colds, colic, convulsions, cough, detoxifier, ear problems (external use), edema, flu, gas, heart disease, hemor-rhoids, hypertension, hysteria, impotence, indiges-tion, lung/bronchial antiseptic and antispasmodic,memory, paralysis, rheumatism, skin diseases, T.B., tremor, tumors, Vayu fevers, Vayu/Kapharasayana , worms (round). Used effectively on parasites in dogs. Spiritual Uses: It is tamasic , and only suggested as medicine; not as a food for thehealthy. Haritaki is its spiritual substitute.Precautions: Hyperacidity, toxic blood heat, excess Pitta, cause mental dullness, not for spiritual devo-tees except as medicine. Ginger, Dry Pungent taste; heating virya; pungent vipak. Calms vata and kapha but may stimulate pitta more than fresh ginger. Kindles digestive fire. Sea Salt Sodii muras (Sodium chloride — sea-derived) Common salt from sea water evaporation. Unlike Saindhava (Rock Salt), it aggravates Pitta and is considered inferior for medicinal use. However, it is the most commonly used salt in cooking worldwide. Vacha Acorus calamus Vacha literally means ‘speech’.
Calamus thrives in wet, damp
marshland and is a semi-aquatic
perennial. Its qualities treat similar
‘terrain’ in the whole system; sluggish, congested, heavy and wet
conditions, like those of a marshland, are opposed by the warm,
drying, penetrating and stimulating qualities of vacha.
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