Bircher-Benner Manual for headache and migraine

Table of Contents: Two Headache Patients. 20 First Example. 20 Second Example. 21 Summary of the various Types of Headache. 23 Cluster Headache. 24 The Epidemiology of Cluster Headaches. 26 Causes of Cluster Headaches. 26 Diagnosis of Cluster Headaches. 27 Triggers. 27 Treatment of an Acute Episode. 27 Drug Therapy to Prevent Episodes. 28 Treatment of Cluster Headaches with Complementary Medicine. 29 Order Therapy and Cluster Headaches. 29 Migraine. 31 Metabolism and the Vegetative System.. 34 Migraine Patient Types. 36 Migraine-Equivalent Convulsive Diseases. 37 The Story of the Migraine Patient's Life. 38 Early- and Late-Onset Migraine. 39 Focal Infections and Allergies. 40 The Intestinal Focus. 42 Migraine Forms and Types. 44 The Warning Phase (Prodromal Phase) 44 The Aura. 44 The Headache Phase of a Migraine. 45 The Regression Phase. 45 Migraines without an Aura. 45 Congenital Hemiplegic Migraine. 46 Sporadic Hemiplegic Migraine. 46 Basilar Migraine. 46 Vestibular Migraine. 46 Retinal Migraine. 46 Menstrual Migraine. 47 Complications of Migraine. 48 Chronic Migraine. 48 Status Migrainosus. 48 Migraine Infarction. 48 Migralepsy. 48 Visual Snow.. 48 The Epidemiology of Migraine. 50 Diagnosis of Migraine. 51 Scientific Studies on the Cause and Development of Migraines. 52 The Vascular Hypothesis. 52 The Hyperexcitability Hypothesis. 53 Hereditary Migraine. 53 The Hypothesis of Metabolic Poisoning as a Cause of Migraine. 54 Metabolism and Migraine from Today's Perspective. 60 Food Allergies, Food Intolerances and Migraines. 63 The Influence of a Sick Intestine on the Brain, the "Gut-Brain Axis". 65 Heavy Metal Poisoning and Migraines. 67 Lack of Sleep as a Contributing Factor to Migraine. 68 Studies on Migraine Triggers. 69 Official Drug Therapy for Migraines. 70 Acute Treatment of Migraine Episodes. 70 Official Drug Interval Therapy. 74 Drug Therapy for Migraines in Children. 75 Drug Therapy for Migraines during Pregnancy. 75 Homoeopathic Therapy for Migraines. 76

Dr. med. Andres Bircher grandson of Dr.med. Maximilian Bircher-Benner. Medical studies in Zürich and Geneva, ten years practice as a hospital physician in anaesthesiology, intensive care, emergency medicine, surgery, paediatrics, psychosomatics, haematology, geriatrics, psychiatry and psychotherapy, medical specialist(Facharzt) in an administrative position at Zürich university hospitals, teaching analysis with Brian Kenny, chief physician (Chefarzt) of a hospital for internal medicine in Zurich and later in Western Switzerland, medical specialist (Facharzt) in TCM and acupuncturist in Vienna; studies of neural therapy, manual therapy and traditional homeopathy, successful completion of medical specialist (Facharzt) training in balneology, climatology and physical medicine in Germany, scientific work on food energies, dietetics and the effects of regulatory medicine. Dr. med. Andres Bircher is the medical manager of the Centre for Scientific Natural Medicine Bircher-Benner.