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Shaqeeqa (Migraine) causes severe throbbing pain or a pulsing sensation, usually on one side of the head, associated with nausea, vomiting, and extreme sensitivity to light and sound. This is also known as Sudae Nisfi, Adhasisi (Hemicrania), Sudae Ghasyani (Sick Headache). It has been estimated that the lifetime prevalence of migraine is about 20% in female and 6% in males. A classical migraine starts with prodrome of malaise, lethargy, vague yawning, giddiness followed by the aura of a focal neurological event, and then a severe throbbing unilateral headache associated with photophobia, nausea and vomiting. It may last for few hours to several days. Migraine variants are numerous in modern medicine but here in Unani, It is of two types shaqeeqa har (due to blood or bile) and shaqeeqa barid (due to phlegm or black bile) mainly. Unani physicians have described various etiologies of migraine in their manuscripts. Identification and avoidance of these causes and precipitating factors certainly cure the disease. Unani System of Medicine has broad range of treatment modalities viz Regimental therapy, Dietotherapy, Pharmacotherapy and surgery to eliminate shaqeeqa.