Introduction
Migraine (Neuroheadache)
Modern understanding of the causes of migraine
Modern interpretation of the manifestations
Treatments According to Syndromes
S1: Wind-Heat type
S2: Wind-Phlegm type
S3: Qi Stagnation due to Liver-Fire type
S4: Jueyin Inner Cold type
S5: Blood deficiency
S6: Insufficiency of Qi
Migraine differentiation in accordance with symptoms
Type 1: Mono Type (Accumulation of Cold in the Liver Channel and Qi Stagnancy)
Type 2: Blinking Dim Spots Type (Three syndromes in TCM)
Type 3: Complex Light Spots Type (Accumulation of Cold in the Liver Channel and Qi Stagnancy)
Type 4: Cluster Type (Stagnancy of the Liver-Qi and Exterior Wind)
S4: Jueyin Inner Cold type
Clinical manifestations/Indications: Jueyin headache (Cold feeling in the vertex) manifested dry vomiting, secreting bubble-like saliva, coldness in hands and feet.
Therapeutic Principle: Warming middle-jiao, restoring qi, arresting vomiting by calming down reverse qi flow.
Recipe: Decoction of Evodia Fruit
Main Ingredients: Fructus Evodiae, Radix Ginseng, Fructus Ziziphi Jujubae, Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens.
The formula alleviates pain, promotes blood circulation in digestive tract, prevent vomiting. Migraine, Meniere's syndrome, gastritis of the Jueyin Inner Cold type can be treated with the modified formulae.
Cautions: Patients with similar symptoms but of heat syndrome or of high blood pressure should not administer the formula.