Headache and migraine — TCM
Belongs to: tcmB — moderate
- Purpose
- Expel wind, subdue Liver yang, activate the channel.
- Diagnosis
- By location (channel): frontal ST/yangming, temporal GB/shaoyang, occipital BL/taiyang, vertex LR/jueyin.
- Symptoms
- Headache, migraine.
- Treatment order
- Distal points first, then local by channel.
- Technique
- Needling; bloodletting at EX-HN5 in an acute attack.
- Frequency
- Prevention: weekly, 8–12 sessions.