Introduction
Headache: Causes and Mechanisms
Discussion on Endopathic/Internal Headache
Differentiative Diagnosis
Channels of Headache
Locations/Characteristics of Headache
Conclusion
Discussion on Endopathic/Internal Headache:
It is also possible to differentiate the types of headache, exopathic disease or internal injury, syndromes of insufficiency or excessiveness, cold or heat according to the nature of headache and its accompanied symptoms. The eight principal syndromes for pathological diagnosis is listed below:
| The EIGHT PRINCIPAL SYNDROMES | |
| Yin | Yang |
| Cold | Heat |
| Insufficiency/Deficiency | Excessiveness |
| Interior | Exterior |
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Common endopathic causes/Symptoms |
Likely Syndromes |
| Less severe and spasmodic headache that has lingered for a long time | internal injury |
| Dull headache that becomes worse after overwork | insufficiency of qi |
| Dull pain with dizziness and pale complexion | deficiency of blood |
| Hollow headache with aching pain in the loins and knees | deficiency of the kidney |
| Headache with dizziness and a feeling of heaviness, fullness of the abdomen and watery stool | insufficiency of spleen |
| Pain of pricking localized in a certain place | blood stasis |
| Head aches as if it were wrapped up tightly with an oppressive sensation in the chest and with greasy coating of the tongue | stagnation of phlegm |
| Distending headache with a bitter taste in the mouth and dryness of the throat | flaming-up of liver-fire |