How to treat headache by acupuncture?

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Traditional Chinese medicine believes that headache is divided into two kinds. One is exogenous headache: headache up even to the neck and back, acute onset, endless pain; two is internal injury headache: often due to fatigue or emotional excitement after attack, aggravation. Capricious, sometimes light and sometimes heavy. The basic pathogenesis is that the Qi and blood of the whole body are incompatible, leading to the blockage of the meridians and unable to nourish the brain. It often affects the happy mood of life and work. In this case, we can use acupuncture at "Touwei, Taiyang, Tianzhu, Baihui" and so on. Now, let's learn how to treat headache by pressing and kneading acupoints~

How to treat headache by acupuncture?

First, we need to carry out a simple dialectical position of headache: Yangming headache: forehead. Shaoyang headache: lateral head. Sun headache: posterior occipital. Jueyin headache: at the top. It can also be divided into "1. Liver Yang headache: irritable mood, red face and bitter mouth". The moss is yellow. 2. Headache due to blood deficiency: fatigue and weakness, aggravation in case of fatigue, and pale tongue. 3. Phlegm headache: vomiting, dizziness, white and greasy tongue coating. 4. Headache due to blood stasis: there is a history of head injury or operation, the pain is not fixed, and the color of tongue is dark.

Second: after the end of the syndrome, we can know what kind of headache we belong to. Then we can start to choose acupoints: the principle of treatment is to harmonize qi and blood, dredge collaterals and relieve pain. The local acupoints were selected as the main points, combined with the distal acupoints along the meridians. Main points Yangming headache: Touwei, Yintang, yangbai, Ashi, Hegu, Neiting. Shaoyang headache: Taiyang, sizhukong, Lugu, Fengchi, Ashi, Waiguan, Xiaxi. Sun headache: Tianzhu, houding, Fengchi, Ashi, Houxi, Shenmai. Jueyin Toutong: Baihui, Sishencong, Ashi, Taichong, zhongchong.

Third, if you find it difficult to select points, you can use other treatment methods: ear acupuncture, skin acupuncture and acupoint injection. And so on will have the very good treatment effect. The curative effect of acupuncture in the treatment of headache mainly depends on the cause and type of headache. As the saying goes, "suit the remedy to the case.". The same is true for acupuncture treatment. Generally speaking, the treatment effect of functional headache is better. For those who are ineffective or aggravated after repeated treatment, the causes should be found out, especially the intracranial space occupying lesions should be excluded.

matters needing attention

1. Acupuncture is not suitable for those who are tired, nervous or hungry; For the elderly and the weak, the appropriate acupoints should be few and the hand should be light. 2. Acupuncture and moxibustion are prohibited at acupoints that can cause uterine contraction in pregnant women, such as Hegu, Sanyinjiao, Kunlun and Zhiyin. 3. Children do not keep needles. Acupuncture at Fengfu and yamen points is forbidden. 4. Acupuncture is not suitable for patients with hemorrhagic diseases. 5. Acupuncture is not allowed for skin diseases. 6. When acupuncture is weak or sensitive, the depth and angle should be mastered. 7. Acupuncture really has excellent curative effect on some diseases, but it is not omnipotent. Especially for the treatment of some acute and serious diseases, comprehensive treatment should be adopted in time according to the situation, so as to be more beneficial to the patients and give full play to the role of acupuncture.