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)
S1: Wind-Heat type
Clinical manifestations/Indications: Migraine with cold, cough, runny nose, lasting pain, intolerant of warmth.
Therapeutic Principle: Dispelling wind and clearing heat.
Recipe: Chrysanthemum Flower Powder
Main Ingredients: Rhizoma seu Radix Notopterygii, Radix Ledebouriellae, Flos Chrysanthemi, Gypsum Fibrosum.
The formula not only relaxes the nerves but also tranquilizes the mind, kills pain, subdues inflammation. The property of subduing inflammation is given rise by Gypsum Fibrosum.
Cautions: Rhizoma seu Radix Notopterygii is quite pungent and dispersing in its nature and actions. It shouldn't be administered for long for those who are deficient in blood and insufficient in qi.