Headache Flashcards
Occipital headache
Taiyang - UB - ( acute characteristics - windy)
Vertex
Jue yin - LV ( LIV blood def - feeling of empty, or LIV yang rising)
Forehead
Yangming - forehead and eyebrows
- ST/LI
- Blood
- Diet related - dairy?
Temples and sides of head
Shaoyang
- External wind - diffuse come and go, acute □
- GB - Shaoyang □
- LV yang raising - throbbing, unanchored headache
Temples / Sides of head and behind eyes
Shoayang §
- Not wind §
- Yang raising
Behind eyes
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
• Whole head
- 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…
Feels like a wet towel wrapped around head
impeded movement, heaviness - indicative of dampness,
Dull ache
Def
Sharp pain
Excess
Aversion to wind or cold
Exterior
Worse with cold
cold pattern
Worse with Heat
Heat pattern
Better with rest
Qi def
Aggravated by emotional tension
LIV yang rising
Aggravated by sexual activity
KI Patter
Dizziness - sudden onset
XS
Dizziness - Chronic
Def
Dizziness
- 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
What are signs of phlegm obstructing the head
Muzzyness, foggy head, cotton balls,
What are the 5 main causes of Heaviness in the head
- Wind dampness, sudden is wind
- Damp heat - severe heaveyness, red symptoms, sweating, thirst, red face
- Damp obstructing clear Yang orifaces - severe: decreased hearing, blurry vision, maybe nasal congestion
- Phlegm - dizziness only one that causes
- Def. characteristic = mild sensation of Heavyness - less severe
What are symptoms of XS heat in the face
XS throughout the day
What are symptoms of def heat in the face
Def heat, in afternoon or evening
What are the four reasons for heat in the face
- KI yang and yin def together
- Blood def with Def heat
- Disharmony of the Penetrating vessel / Chong Mai
- Yin fire - SP def. and sometimes the lung - sometimes the yuan Qi
