
A migraine is a common type of headache that may occur with symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, or sensitivity to light. In many people, a throbbing pain is felt only on one side of the head.
Some people who get migraines have warning symptoms, called an aura, before the actual headache begins. An aura is a group of symptoms, usually vision disturbances, that serve as a warning sign that a bad headache is coming. Most people, however, do not have such warning signs.
Causes
Migraine attacks may be triggered by:
Symptoms
Migraine headaches, which can be dull or severe, usually:
Symptoms accompanying migraines include:
Warning signs (auras) that can precede a migraine include seeing stars or zigzag lines, tunnel vision, or a temporary blind spot.
Symptoms that may linger even after the migraine has gone away include:
Acupuncture treats the primary headache have quite effective result, some case in acute headache attack: the therapy may relief pain soon. Also, acupuncture help maintain and prevent headache.
Case Study
The disease mostly evil heat stagnation in Shaoyang meridians, upstream in the head and caused headaches. Treatment of the disease mainly through the remote points to take Shaoyang channel. Before treatment to take Hand-Shaoyang Sanjiao Zhigou points, such as pain after needle not immediately disappear, then add a little by the Guanming points, or foot Shaoyang Zhulingqi. Severe migraine, after more than Acupuncture treatment is still more than those who can be treated with the Feng-chi point. In order to dredge through the local Qi flow. Treatment practices in order to raise a combination of interpolation and Twist reducing method. Use through the photo is, according to three methods to promote needle flu (along by a sense of mass) to the cardiac conduction,mostly can be received pain only immediately.
Shaoyang headache (migraine headaches)
34-year-old woman, staff, the right half of a headache for four years, on and off, drowsy and affect life and work. Has been the subject of Cerebral blood flow diagram, diagnosis: vascular tension increased. EEG blood pressure were normal. Loss of appetite can be, more than urine, constipation, headache, but connect with menstruation. Check: pulse strings, thin, red tongue fur is thin, looking red and clear talk. Have press pain on points zulinqi, Taichong, Hegu. Dialectical part of hepatobiliary inflame fire up, cause headache and constipation. Pathogenesis mainly in the bile and location in head. Governance in order to dredge liver channel, Reduce Pathogenic Fire pass through.
Prescription, zulinqi, Taichong, Hegu, waiting.
After the treatment: clear after liver and gallbladder, according to Point has facilities needles. Prick the right, left left needle 5 minutes, every 5 minutes Twist 1. After attending two headache, dizziness mitigation; three visits head is not painful; four times stool as usual; five attending systemic light, the reaction weakened, continued to needle five times, tenderness reaction to disappear, clinical cure. Have been months, no more headache relapse .
Headache (vascular headaches)
Male, 29 years old. Alcohol. Drinking a week ago the following day, sudden pain in the head, cerebrospinal fluid tests shown normal, take sedatives medication invalid. In patients with sane, headache was paroxysmal, in order to attack both sides of the taiyan points, ear and post-occipital even worse, can not be tolerated, tongue dull red, moss yellow, tight pulse. The Ophthalmoscope examination
fundus (-). Tip: cerebral artery blood supply worse. Diagnosis: the hot and humid on brain. Governance in order to clear heat humid, pass through the channel and stop pain.
Prescription: fengchi, wangu, tianzhu, taiyan, yingtan , sanyinjiao , renzhong.
Treatment Path: after acupuncture treatment twice, illness largely subsided, a week later clear leader. Consolidation treatment recovery week.
This card legislation, according to the meridian theory that pain location is for the hands, feet and foot Shaoyang meridians, so the incidence of prescriptions taken by the points as above to clear leader and stop pain.
Face pain (trigeminal neuralgia)
55 years old men, from three months ago, right facial pain, showing paroxysmal attack, 10 to 20 times a day, severe pain, the very in the knife. A particular doctor diagnosed as trigeminal neuralgia, treatment is not effective. Search: The patient suffering face with color yellow, red tongue, yellow tongue fur, pulse a few strings. This is Sanyang channel hot on the head and face on the result, after channel Qi energy stagnation, so the pain can not be banned.
Treatment to pass through the channel Qi energy and clear hot.
Prescription points: Neiting.
After the treatment: diagonal stabbing a 45-degree angle 0.5-0.8-cun, with twisting method, pay attention to pass Qi energy to regulate menstruation. Themselves as having a sense of slightly cool feeling from the legs up into the abdomen lateral to the stomach, to the cheek and the mouth. Three times the symptoms greatly reduced, but every time only 2-3 times slightly pain, needle treatment 7 times the symptoms disappeared completely. After manipulation of needle technical, the patient quickly to alleviate the pain.
Face pain is stomach Yangming channel real hot, up-through in the head and face. Governance in order to clear evil hot and pass through the air, supplemented by appropriate manipulation, they can be played good efficiency.
Write by Chen Xia, PhD, LAc
June 13, 2008
Resources used: Medical Encyclopedia, National Library of Medicine
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