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The tight band across the head, the throbbing behind one eye, the visual aura and nausea that force you into a darkened room — headaches and migraine are among the most disruptive everyday complaints, and repeated painkillers can bring their own problems, including rebound headache. This guide explains how the antihomotoxic approach addresses migraine and headache, and the Heel remedies the Biotherapeutic Index recommends.
Understanding migraine and headache
Both headache and migraine are classed in the homotoxicology framework as a neurodermal impregnation phase — a disturbance that has settled into the regulation of the nervous and vascular systems (Biotherapeutic Index, Therapeutic Index, ‘Headache’ and ‘Migraine’). The antihomotoxic approach works on two fronts: cutting short the acute attack, and, over the longer term, easing the tendency to attacks by supporting circulation and the liver.
The compendium makes a practical observation many sufferers recognise: ‘the consumption of pork and chocolate, when hepatic damage or disturbances of the liver functions are present, may release an acute attack of migraine.’ This is why the liver features so prominently in its long-term strategy.
The antihomotoxic approach
The main remedy for headache is Spigelon, whose indication is simply ‘constitutional headache’. For an acute headache the Index gives it intensively — ‘1 tablet every 5-10 minutes (allowed to dissolve on the tongue)’ — adding Gelsemium-Homaccord for cervical (neck-related) migraine and Psorinoheel for migraine, ‘8-10 drops morning and evening’.
For migraine itself the compendium sets out a long-term rhythm: ‘Spigelon 8-10 drops or 1 tablet in the morning, Gelsemium-Homaccord 8-10 drops at midday, Chelidonium-Homaccord (or 1 tablet Hepeel) 8-10 drops in the afternoon, Psorinoheel 8-10 drops in the evening.’ Crucially, ‘in acute cases, the attack can often be cut short by frequently alternating doses of Spigelon drops and Gelsemium-Homaccord.’
Recommended remedies
The remedies the Biotherapeutic Index names for headache and migraine, each linked to its page in the store:
- Spigelon — the mainstay for constitutional headache and the acute attack; tablets or drops, taken very frequently at onset.
- Gelsemium-Homaccord — for cervical migraine and neck-related headache, and, alternated with Spigelon, to cut an acute attack short.
- Psorinoheel — the second main remedy for migraine, taken as part of the long-term evening dose.
- Hepeel — to support the hepatic function the compendium links so closely to migraine attacks.
- Ypsiloheel and Nervoheel — named as intermediate remedies ‘for psychological elements’ where stress and tension drive the attacks.
- Aesculus compositum — for the regulation of the peripheral circulation, an adjunct in recurrent migraine.
How to use them
At the first sign of an attack, the compendium's approach is intensive and simple: take Spigelon (a tablet every 5-10 minutes, or drops), and where the pain is one-sided or neck-related, alternate frequent doses of Spigelon and Gelsemium-Homaccord until the attack eases. For those prone to regular migraine, the long-term rhythm spreads the remedies across the day — Spigelon in the morning, Gelsemium-Homaccord at midday, Hepeel in the afternoon and Psorinoheel in the evening — taken consistently to reduce how often attacks strike. For chronic headache, the Index suggests the indicated remedies once daily over a longer period, and it is worth watching for dietary triggers such as pork and chocolate.
For stubborn, frequent migraine the compendium also describes practitioner-led injection protocols — Spigelon mixed with Gelsemium-Homaccord and Hepeel, and enzyme and liver support such as Coenzyme compositum and Hepar compositum — used under professional guidance.
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Source: Protocols and quotations from the Heel Biotherapeutic Index — Ordinatio Antihomotoxica et Materia Medica, 5th revised English edition (Biologische Heilmittel Heel GmbH, Baden-Baden, 2000): Therapeutic Index, ‘Headache’ and ‘Migraine’, and the Spigelon and Gelsemium-Homaccord monographs.