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Summary
Migraine has been characterized as cephalic dysmenorrhoea, and dysmenorrhoea as uterine
migraine. Conception can occur in the head or uterus, and in the legend of the birth
of Pallas Athene, Zeus' migranious headache or labour pains is relieved by her delivery
from his head.
In the migraine attack, substantial processes push up into the head which is properly
the place of insubstantial images or reproduction. Substantial reproduction belongs
properly to the uterus.
In migraine, sclerotic tendencies in the head are healed to some extent by the inflammatory
processes from the blood, but of course these may themselves go too far. There are
correspondences between gout and migraine.
The unilateral component in the migraine points to the metabolic origin, and in the
drug pictures of Chelidonium, Sanguinaria and Spigelia, for instance, we can trace the dynamic process further.
Six cases (five with malignant tumours) are reported which suggest a migrainous process
manifesting as inflammation in the limbs. These cases further illustrate the idea
of a tumour as a displaced sense organ and the reactive, potentially healing process
arising from the blood.
The importance of Hahnemann's concept of one-sided disease is related to the Bahnson's
spectrum of disease and to Steiner's concept of the polarity between cancer and inflammation
and insanity, and the polarity between cancer and migraine.
