What are the symptomatic differences between the headache caused by exopathy and internal injury?
Affection by exopathogen-Acute onset,sharp pain and fever manifested as cramping pain.jumping pain,burning pain,swollen pain and lasting pain.Most under excessive pattern.Internal injury-Slow onset,slight pain and fever marked by vague pain,void pain,dizzy pain,long-lasting,aggravated with overstrain,onset by fits and starts.Most under deficient pattern.Try to describe respectively the symptomatic features,treatments and recipes of headaches caused by hyperactivity of the liver-Yang,deficiency of blood,stagnation of phlegm and accumulation of blood stasis.
(1)Headache caused by the liver-Yang
[Main points of differentiation]Headache with dizziness,restlessness.irritability,hypochchondriac pain,bitter taste,and wiry pulse.
[Treatment]Calming the liver and suppressing hyperactivity of Yang.
[Recipe]Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin
(2)Headache caused by deficiency of blood
[Main points of differentiation]Headache with dizziness,pale complexion,palpitation,pale tongue and weak Pulse.
[Treatment] Nourishing Qi and blood.
[Recipe]Jia Wei Si Wu Tang
(3)Headache caused by stagnation of phlegm
[Main points of differentiation]Headache with dizziness,Vomiting of sputum and saliva whitish greasy fur,slippery pulse.
[Treatment]Resolving phlegm and lowering the adverse flow of Qi.
[Recipe]Ban Xai Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang
(4)Headache caused by blood stasis
[Main points of differentiation] Lasting headache with fixed aching-spot as pain as being drilled,purplish tongue or with ecchymosis.
[Treatment]Promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis.
[Recipe]Tong Qiao Huo Xue Tang
Acupuncture Treatment
(1) Invasion of wind-cold
[Treatment]Select points on the Foot-Taiyang and Hand-Yangming meridians as main points.The reducing method of needling is used.Insome cases,moxibustion is applicable.
[Prescription]Dazhu,Fengmen,Tianzhu,Hegu,and Lieque
(2) Invasion of wind-heat
[Treatment]Select points mainly from the Yangming meridians and use the reducing method.
[Prescription]Hegu,Quchi,Neiting,and Touwei.
(3) Hyperactivity of liver Yang
[Treatment]Select points on the Foot-Jueyin and Foot-Shaoyang meridians as main points.The reducing method of needling is used?
[Prescription]Fengchi,Xuanlu,Taichong,Xiaxi
(4)Phlegm
[Treatment]Select points on the Foot-Yangming and Ren meridians as main points.The reducing method of needling is applied.
[Presription]Fengghi,Yintang,Zhongwan,and Fenglong
(5)Blood deficiency
[Treatment]Select points on the Foot-Yangming meridian and back Shu points as main points.The reinforcing method is applied.Moxibustion is applicable at the same time.
[Prescription]Baihui,Ganshu,Pishu,Zusanli and Sanyinjiao
(6)Blood stasis
[Treatment]Select points from the Hand-Yangming,Foot-Taiyin and Foot-Jueyin meridians as main points.The reducing method of needling is used.Pricking to cause bleeding is applicable when necessary.
[Prescription]Hegu,Taichong,Xuehai,Taiyang and Ashi points
Another treatment way: Oral Chinese Medicine in Headache Pills, or Zao Jiao Ci Herbal Tea, these will be more convenient to treat apoplexy.
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