Introduction to Migraine

Generally, there are six syndromes and four symptoms cases in which migraine can be classified into:

Migraine by syndromes means that we are to find out the actual causes that give rise to migraine in terms of existence of wind, cold, heat, phlegm, and as pathological changes in liver system, or the lack of qi or blood and etc.

Whereas migraine by symptoms means that how the pain affects us objectively, or how it shows out as manifestations. Both methods are crucial in diagnosis of actual syndrome before which a therapeutic principle can be deduced and thus the formation of a prescription can be drawn upon. 

There are also a few discussions on the 'modern' understanding of the causes of migraine in this section. However, if you are interested in 'old and odd' ideas about what causes migraine, you may want to check out writings by prominent TCM practitioners in the past about headache and migraine in the Resources section.