Headache

Question 1

Occipital headache

Answer 1

Taiyang - UB - ( acute characteristics - windy)

Question 2

Vertex

Answer 2

Jue yin - LV ( LIV blood def - feeling of empty, or LIV yang rising)

Question 3

Forehead

Answer 3

Yangming - forehead and eyebrows

• ST/LI
• Blood
• Diet related - dairy?

Question 4

Temples and sides of head

Answer 4

Shaoyang

• External wind - diffuse come and go, acute □
• GB - Shaoyang □
• LV yang raising - throbbing, unanchored headache

Question 5

Temples / Sides of head and behind eyes

Answer 5

Shoayang §

• Not wind §
• Yang raising

Question 6

Behind eyes

Answer 6

jueyin §

• Insomniac headache - dragging pain behind the eyes
• LIV blood def §
• LV yang raising §
• Or pericardium - if anxiety - Palpatations, insomnia, tightness in the chest • Whole head

Question 7

• Whole head

Answer 7

• Wind heat - external - sore throat, stuffy ○
• Pain from the center, runs through the whole head, teeth and eyes ○
• KI def. - nature will be a lot less, pale urinination yin night sweats, or bright urine…

Question 8

Feels like a wet towel wrapped around head

Answer 8

impeded movement, heaviness - indicative of dampness,

Question 9

Dull ache

Answer 9

Def

Question 10

Sharp pain

Answer 10

Excess

Question 11

Aversion to wind or cold

Answer 11

Exterior

Question 12

Worse with cold

Answer 12

cold pattern

Question 13

Worse with Heat

Answer 13

Heat pattern

Question 14

Better with rest

Answer 14

Qi def

Question 15

Aggravated by emotional tension

Answer 15

LIV yang rising

Question 16

Aggravated by sexual activity

Answer 16

KI Patter

Question 17

Dizziness - sudden onset

Answer 17

XS

Question 18

Dizziness - Chronic

Answer 18

Def

Question 19

Dizziness

Answer 19

• Sign of LV wind or phlegm - factors of wind stroke in elderly •
• LIV blood def, or KID def in women - hormonal or menstruation, cold trapped in uterus

Question 20

What are signs of phlegm obstructing the head

Answer 20

Muzzyness, foggy head, cotton balls,

Question 21

What are the 5 main causes of Heaviness in the head

Answer 21

1. Wind dampness, sudden is wind
2. Damp heat - severe heaveyness, red symptoms, sweating, thirst, red face
3. Damp obstructing clear Yang orifaces - severe: decreased hearing, blurry vision, maybe nasal congestion
4. Phlegm - dizziness only one that causes
5. Def. characteristic = mild sensation of Heavyness - less severe

Question 22

What are symptoms of XS heat in the face

Answer 22

XS throughout the day

Question 23

What are symptoms of def heat in the face

Answer 23

Def heat, in afternoon or evening

Question 24

What are the four reasons for heat in the face

Answer 24

1. KI yang and yin def together
2. Blood def with Def heat
3. Disharmony of the Penetrating vessel / Chong Mai
4. Yin fire - SP def. and sometimes the lung - sometimes the yuan Qi