Headache
Notice
This does not replace a doctor. Information is for educational purposes only. Serious or persistent symptoms → see a qualified professional.
Folk use
Traditional and folk associations have not been clinically validated. They are not treatments.
Plants traditionally associated with Headache
- Jatamansi (spikenard)Nardostachys jatamansiClinicalCaution
- Gokshura (puncture vine)Tribulus terrestrisClinicalCaution
- Nirgundi (five-leaved chaste tree)Vitex negundoClinicalCaution
- WillowSalix nigraClinicalCaution
- Sichuan lovage rhizome / chuanxiong (川芎)Ligusticum chuanxiongClinicalCaution
- Horse ChestnutAesculus hippocastanumClinicalDanger
- WormwoodArtemisia absinthiumClinicalDanger
- EphedraEphedra sinicaClinicalDanger
- St John's WortHypericum perforatumClinicalDanger
- WalnutJuglans regiaClinicalCaution
- LavenderLavandula angustifoliaClinicalCaution
- Bo he / Chinese mintMentha haplocalyxClinicalCaution
- PeppermintMentha piperitaClinicalDanger
- RosemarySalvia rosmarinusClinicalCaution
- SennaSenna alexandrinaClinicalDanger
- FeverfewTanacetum partheniumClinicalDanger
- Eastern teaberry (wintergreen)Gaultheria procumbensPreclinicalCaution
- Cat's-claw / gou teng (钩藤)Uncaria rhynchophyllaPreclinicalCaution
- Manchurian wild ginger / xi xin (细辛)Asarum heterotropoidesPreclinicalDanger
- Fang feng (防风) / silerSaposhnikovia divaricataPreclinicalCaution
- Dahurian angelica / bai zhi (白芷)Angelica dahuricaPreclinicalCaution
- Tian ma / gastrodiaGastrodia elataPreclinicalCaution
- JuniperJuniperus communisPreclinicalDanger
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaTraditional (systematized)Caution
- Ground IvyGlechoma hederaceaFolkCaution
- Peppermint / garden mintMenthaFolkCaution
- RoseRosaFolk
- VervainVerbena officinalisFolkCaution
- Spiny cockleburXanthium spinosumFolkDanger