Headache - final

Question 1

what are the 5 types of headaches according to biomedicine

Answer 1

tension - UB, DU, shao yang
cluster - debilitating pain on one side of the head; effects eye, nostril, muscles on side of pain
sinus - pressure h/a; w/ allergies or damp atmosphere
rebound - medication works for short-term but as soon as it wears off the h/a is back
migraine - 4-72 hours of throbbing pain

Question 2

what is the difference between an internally contracted h/a and an externally contracted h/a

Answer 2

external is usually wind + another evil

internal is an organ pathology

Question 3

occipital h/a

Answer 3

tai yang

Question 4

frontal h/a

Answer 4

yang ming

Question 5

temporal h/a

Answer 5

shao yang

Question 6

vertex h/a

Answer 6

jue yin

Question 7

pain of the teeth and/or brain/pressure behind eyes

Answer 7

shao yin (KD/HT)

Question 8

h/a that feels like a towel wrapped around your head

Answer 8

tai yin (think SP/damp)

Question 9

what is the standard h/a protocol?

Answer 9

prone: SP 2, KD 2, GB 39, UB 23, GB 25, C2/3 hua tuo jia ji
Supine: GB 20, KD 3, SP 6, LV 3, PC 6, GB 40, SJ 5
Auricular: shen men, sympathetic, endocrine, anxious