Headache Flashcards
etiology:
1) EPF (W-C-D-H)—>exogenous
2) stress—>LIV Qi stg—>LIV fire
3) constitution—>KID xu—>fail nourish brain/clear yang fail ascend
4) diet/overstrain—>PH-damp—>block clear yang
5) injury \ blood stg- block collaterals in head
6) chronic disease/ \deprive nutrients from brain
western types:
1) tension
2) vascular (migraine)
3) cluster
patterns:
1) W-C
2) W-H
3) W-D
4) turbid phlegm
5) blood stg
6) LIV yang raising
7) KID xu
8) yin/blood xu
differentiation:
1) EXO VS ENDO:
severe-acute mild-chronic
throbbing lingering
burning dull
distending hollow
contractile dizziness
aggravated by wind aggravated by overwork
2) SHI/XU
3) location (meridian involved)
which meridians involved:
(all yang)
1) taiyang (back of head)
2) shaoyang (sides)
3) yangming (frontal)
4) jueyin (vertex)
5) KID (deep in the brain)
cloudy, vertigo, fullness in chest and epigastrium, vomit with phlegm
turbid phlegm
turbid phlegm T/P
T= white and sticky P= slippery, wiry
heavy sensation, listlessness, fatigue, heaviness of limbs, poor appetite, chest tightness, dysuria, loose stool
W-D
W-D T/P
T= white and sticky P= soft
distending, severe, fever, aversion to wind, red face and eyes, thirst, constipation, scanty yellow urine
W-H
W-H T/P
T= red tip, thin yellow coat P= floating, rapid
dizziness, blurred vision, restlessness, irritability, insomnia, hypochondriac pain, red face, bitter taste in mouth
LV yang raising
LV yang raising T/P
T= red, thin yellow coat
lingering, dizziness, aggravated by overwork, tinnitus, 5 palm heat, restlessness, insomnia, dream-sleep, fatigue, palpitations, pale complexion
yin/blood xu
yin/blood xu T/P
T=pale, thin white coat
P= deep, thready
intermittent, occipital/nape, aggravated by wind, aversion to cold, mild fever, no thirst
W-C
W-C T/P
T= thin white coat P= floating
hollow, dizziness, sore/weak lumbar/knees, listlessness, fatigue, nocturnal emission, excessive leuchorrhea, tinnitus, insomnia
KID xu
KID xu T/P
T= red, little coat P= thready, weak
chronic, stabbing, fixed, history of injury, local swollen bruise
blood stg
blood stg T/P
T= purple, thin white coat P= thready, choppy
ST-36, PC-6, UB-15/20
yin/blood xu
DU-20, LIV-3
LIV yang raising
SP-10, UB-17
blood stg
