Headache remedy

Headache is the most common symptom in many diseases, a subjective feeling influenced by external factors (exogenous).

According to Oriental medicine, if the headache is sudden and lasts for several days, it is due to external factors; if the pain is intermittent and dull, it is due to internal injuries, so it must be combined with systemic symptoms for an accurate diagnosis.

Headaches caused by external factors are divided into two types: those caused by wind-cold and those caused by wind-heat. Here are some remedies.

Headache due to wind-cold: Patients often have headaches, fear of cold, stuffy or runny nose, no thirst, thin white tongue coating, floating and rapid pulse. Treatment is to dispel wind and cold. Use one of the following prescriptions:

Recipe 1: 10g each of perilla, mint, silver leaf, and shallots, 6g of raw ginger. Boil 1 cup of water and give to drink, twice a day, after meals. Children divide into 3-4 doses. Can be crushed and steeped in a thermos to drink.

Recipe 2: Ligusticum wallichii tea: 4g white peony root, 8g ligusticum wallichii root, 8g perilla, 16g mint, 4g ginger root, 2g asarum, 3g saposhnikovia root. Grind all ingredients into powder, take 24g per day, with tea, 1-2 hours after meals. Treats headaches, migraines caused by wind-cold.

If the patient has a cough with thin white phlegm, add 8g of almonds, 8g of Qianhu, and 12g of perilla leaves; if the patient has a stuffy nose and clear runny nose, add 8g of Xanthium fruit and 6g of Xinyi; if the patient has a headache, add 8g of Caoban; if the patient has a sticky tongue coating and feels nauseous, add 12g of tangerine peel and 12g of processed Pinellia ternata; if the patient feels cold a lot and feels nauseous, add 12g of raw ginger and 12g of perilla leaves; if the back and back of the neck are painful and uncomfortable, add 24g of Sand root.

Recipe 3: Modified version of Xiao Sai Hu Tang: 12g of Safflower, 8g of Scutellaria baicalensis, 12g of Pinellia ternata, 24g of Codonopsis pilosula, 6g of Licorice, 5 slices of Ginger, 8 jujubes. Boil and drink. Treats headaches caused by wind-cold that has entered Shao Yang (half exterior, half interior), with symptoms: intermittent heat and cold, fullness and pain in the chest and ribs, loss of appetite, anxiety, nausea or palpitations, difficulty urinating.

Mulberry leaves.

Recipe 4: 10g each of Ligusticum wallichii, Asarum sieboldii, Asarum sieboldii, Mint essence, Tea leaves, Perilla fruticosa, Platycodon grandiflorum, Saposhnikovia divaricata. Dry the ingredients, grind into fine powder, and put in a sealed jar. Use 0.1g each time, place in the nostril on the side of the headache, inhale gently and it will take effect after 4-6 minutes.

Recipe 5: 3g camphor, 3g angelica. Grind the ingredients into coarse powder, roll them into a cigarette using paper. Light the cigarette and inhale into the nose. Do this 2-3 times a day, 1 cigarette each time. Use continuously for 3-5 days.

Headache due to wind-heat syndrome: Patients often have headaches, fear of wind, thirst, sore throat, thin yellow tongue coating, floating and rapid pulse. Treatment is to relieve wind and clear heat. Use one of the following formulas:

Recipe 1: 16g mulberry leaves, 12g chrysanthemum, 12g man kinh tu, 10g mint, 10g perilla. Boil and drink, divided into 2 times a day, after meals. Children divide into 3-4 times. Can be crushed, steeped in a thermos for drinking.

Recipe 2: Tang cuc am gia vi: mulberry leaves, aloe vera each 10g; chrysanthemum, forsythia each 6g; platycodon, almond, scutellaria, gardenia each 8g; mint, licorice each 4g. Boil and drink.

If heat is strong and damages the body, the heart is upset and the mouth is thirsty, the tongue is red and has little coating, add 12g of rehmannia root, 8g of gypsum, 8g of trichosanthes root, 8g of fennel; if cough cannot clear phlegm, yellow and sticky phlegm, mouth is thirsty and throat is sore, add 4g of fritillary, 6g of qua lau nhan, 8g of sa sam; if constipation causes boils in the nose and mouth, and the bowels are not clear, add 6g of rhubarb.

Recipe 3: High-quality spices: ginger root (fried with wine), fang feng, chuan khung, coptis (fried with wine), bupleurum each 4g; gypsum 8g, scutellaria root (half of the part fried with wine) 12g; licorice root, anemarrhena each 6g. Boil and drink.

Lesson 4: 3g Ligusticum wallichii, 6g tea leaves. Wash all ingredients, put in a pot, boil for 5-10 minutes; strain the water, drink before meals.

Lesson 5: 3g of nha tạo, 3g of nga bất thực thảo, 2g of thanh đại, 2g of tế tân. Grind the ingredients into a fine powder. Use for 7 days each time, 3 times a day, each time use 0.2 - 0.4g, blow into the nose to cause sneezing.

Lesson 6: Fresh radish, pound and squeeze out the juice, add a little camphor; drop into the nose. 2-3 drops each time, 2-3 times a day. Use continuously for 5 days.

Lesson 7: Chrysanthemum, mint, mulberry leaves, green bean pods, equal doses, stuffed into pillow to lie on. Use for 1 month.

According to Health and Life