In 200 BCE, qoraallada ka soo dugsiga Hippocratic ee daawada ku tilmaamay aura muuqaal ah in ka hor madax xanuun iyo gargaar qayb ahaan ka dhacaya iyada oo loo marayo matag. A sharaxaad qarnigii labaad by Aretaeus of Cappadocia kala qaybiyey madax xanuun saddex nooc: cephalgia, cephalea, iyo heterocrania. Galen of Peron isticmaalay ereyga hemicrania (half-head gamut), kaas oo erayga madax xanuun ugu dambeyntii laga helay. Waxa uu sidoo kale soo jeediyay in xanuunka ka dhashay meninges iyo xididdada dhiigga ee madaxa.
madaxa oo badh ah