400: Using Essential Oils for Headaches with Dr. Sarah LoBisco, ND, IFMCP

What You Will Learn:

• How the aromatic and physical properties of essential oils can help to restore the body back to balance as they address symptoms.
• The prevalence of headaches and what the most common symptoms are.
• The classification of headaches (primary, secondary, and cranial neuropathies).
• Common types of headaches and their symptoms (tension, migraine, and cluster).
• Common causes and triggers of headaches. These include low blood sugar from intermittent fasting, hormonal imbalances, gut issues, environmental exposures, nutrient deficiencies, and lifestyle factors.
• How to use the acronym “SNOOP” to determine if a headache is serious.
• Conventional and functional medicine laboratory blood work that can help determine the causes of headaches.
• Conventional treatments for headaches.
• Why we need to address the root cause of headaches.
• Some natural solutions for addressing headaches.
• Why peppermint and lavender were the essential oils I chose to review for headache relief.
• The concept of synergy and how it relates to essential oils.
• The two symptoms I use in my practice to indicate using peppermint oil may help a headache.
• The chemical makeup of peppermint oil and its various mechanisms of actions.
• The meaning of amphoteric and how it relates to essential oils.
• How peppermint oil can get to the root causes of headaches.
• The three symptoms that co-occur with a headache that would lead me to select lavender oil for relief.
• The chemical makeup of lavender essential oil and its mechanism of actions.
• How lavender oil can address the root cause of headaches.
• Studies that reported on the use of lavender oil for migraine headaches and prophylaxis.
• How to use essential oils for headaches.
• Additional resources.

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Resources

My Blogs, Videos, and Research Reviews on Headaches and Essential Oils:

• When Your Head Hurts: Headache Causes, Common Types, Red Flags That They are Serious, and Naturopathic and Functional Medicine Tests to Help Find the Cause
• My Aching Head! Naturopathic, Functional, and Mind-Body Medicine to Soothe Headaches
• Lavender Oil: The Go-To Essential Oil that Soothes the Brain, Lowers Anxious Symptoms, Calms Stress, Decreases Head Discomfort… and More!
• Peppermint Oil: A Powerful Ally for Digestive Health, Brain Support, Head Discomfort, and Much More

Links to Learn More About My Offerings and Education on Essential Oils:

• My Essential Oils Community Membership
• My Resource Page
• My CEU Course for Practitioners on the Clinical Use of Essential Oils

Previous Episode on the Vagus Nerve with Additional Resources:

• Ep. 397: Essential Oils for the Vagus Nerve

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