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utter folly

Posted by novice_2009 zone 6 (My Page) on
Mon, May 11, 09 at 12:28

" If we look to ancient Greek medicine we can see how healing was approached by some of the great philosphers and healers of that time. In one of Plato's dialogues a young man named Charmides complains about a headache. He would like a certain drug; but Socrates explains to him at length that this simple treatment is not adequate. ' To treat the head by itself, apart from the body as a whole,' he says, ' is utter folly. ' A Thracian physician had once described the ideal approach to him.

You ought not to attempt to cure the eyes
Without head,
Or head without body,
So you should not treat body
Without soul."

-from The Sustainable Herbalist;
The Sustainable Life

by Candis Hope Kirjales


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RE: utter folly

Socrates had that right.

Not even he could have imagined that so many different causes have been found for headache.

Here are just a few that may need to be considered when someone presents with new onset headache:

Brain Abscess
Sinusitis
Stroke, Hemorrhagic
Encephalitis
Stroke, Ischemic
Glaucoma, Acute Angle-Closure
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Headache, Cluster
Subdural Hematoma
Headache, Migraine
Temporal Arteritis
Meningitis
Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome
Otitis Media
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Fever
Anoxia
Cervical spondylosis
Tumor
Caffeine dependency
Nonprescription analgesic dependency
Severe anemia or polycythemia
Uremia
Hepatic disorders
Toxic effects from drugs or fumes (carbon monoxide)
Dental disease
Paget disease of bone
Refractive error
Hypertension
Hypoxia
Lesions of the eye or middle ear
Lesions of the oral cavity

Even for a partial list, that's pretty daunting - and a good reason to get checked out by a qualified practitioner, even for something deceptively simple-sounding like "headache", if it's a new problem.


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RE: utter folly

Another very common cause of headache is dehydration. Easy enough to drink a glass of water first instead of reaching for the aspirin, acetaminophen, or ibuprofen.


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RE: utter folly

Your so right lucky gal. Sometimes a good nights sleep will cure a headache as will eating a meal. common sense goes a long way. Now i need a cure for lack of commonsense.LOL


 
 

 

 


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