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Hi All,

 

I have an 18-year old female patient who has had constant headaches for the

last 5 years. She has seen all the western docs, had all the tests done, and

nothing is conclusive. Her neurologist referred her for acupuncture.

 

Her history is most interesting. Prior to her headaches, she had a bout of

mononucleosis at age 13, followed by removal of her tonsils. After the surgery,

her headaches started. One of the things I am wondering, is whether is might be

a long-lasting side effect of the anesthesia?

 

On her first visit, she appeared morose, depressed, lethargic, and extremely,

ghastly pale. She wears sunglasses and a hat indoors, because light aggravates

her headaches. Headaches are also aggravated by exposure to humid weather and

cold, damp weather. Other symptoms included achy joints in her hands and

fingers, knees, and hips, which also worsened with the same kinds of weather

that aggravates the headaches. Other complaints also included difficulty

sleeping - restless tossing and turning; profound fatigue, and loss of appetite.

In addition, her hands and feet were extremely cold and damp, with her abdomen

feeling burning hot and sweaty on palpation. Note that she wore gloves and

thermal underwear underneath her clothes and heavy jacket on an 85-degree day.

Yes, she complained of feeling cold all the time.

 

6 acupuncture treatments have not impacted her headache in the slightest. I

have worked to raise yang, release muscle tension in the neck and shoulders,

downbear liver yang, and tonify qi to no avail. However, her sleep has improved

to the point that she is now sleeping soundly through the night and does not

need to spend her days languishing exhausted in bed. Her appetite has improved

with digestive enzymes. Her energy has increased to the point that she has

taken up skateboarding on warm days! Her mood is greatly improved, and she

laughs and smiles when she comes for her appointments now. She is interested in

learning what she can to do help herself heal.

 

Part of her problem is that she has been a vegetarian most of her life, and

has not eaten any red meat since age 3. Her muscles are very weak and droopy,

without shape or vigor. She has an issue about eating anything " that has eyes " .

She is thirsty all the time. There are no complaints about digestion,

defecation, or urination.

 

Her MD's have suggested that she might have Epstein-Barr, or fibromyalgia, or

" mono in her bones " .

 

Last spring, she had a rare form of pneumonia caused by Chlamydia in her

lungs, which caused her to lose a great deal of weight. She was severely ill

for 5 months before coming to see me. She had been gaining 10 pounds per month

prior to the pneumonia, with no cause diagnosable by her doctors. Her mother

claimed she had not increased her food intake.

 

Her tongue is pale pink with a slightly red tip and sides, and a wet, thin,

sticky yellow coat.

Her pulse is weak and fine on the right, soft and weak on the left, medium

depth, at 70 beats per minute.

 

She has dark circles under her eyes.

 

Before having mono, she says her health was great.

 

Her headaches are mostly onthe right temporal-vertex region of her head, and

slightly on the left side also. They are there all the time, varying only in

severity. At their most severe, her right eyelid droops and her vision in her

right eye is impaired.

 

I have diagnosed her with a shao yang disorder, also with spleen qi deficiency

generating dampness, and kidney qi deficiency. There is also a wei qi

deficiency. I'm not sure about the latent pathogen axis. I could benefit from

some guidance at this point.

 

I have given her two different herbal formulas - Si Ni San, for the

possibility that she did have heat constrained in the interior all this time, as

reflected by her hot abdomen, with her cold hands and feet. The coldness in her

hands and feet improved only slightly with this formula. I also gave her Tong

Qiao Huo Xue Tang for the headache, on the basis that any 5-year headache would

have stagnant blood as part of its disharmony. The headache did not change with

this formula.

 

I am now looking at Xiao Chai Hu Tang, and wondering if there is something I

am missing. One of the things I am wondering about is her inordinate sense of

cold. Could she have a cold pathogen lodged in her head causing the headaches?

And what about the possibility that this is somehow due to some damage from

anesthesia during her surgery - how would we treat that?

 

This young woman has been home-schooled during the last 5 years due to her

intolerance of noise, light, and crowds. She has missed out on her teen years.

I'd like to give her her life back.

 

Oh yeah, a related question - how long should we administer formulae like Si

Ni San or Tong Qiao Huo Xue Tang or Xiao Chai Hu Tang, before expecting to see

results or trying a different approach? In a case like this, would we give a

higher dose?

 

Any ideas are most welcome.

 

Thank you,

 

 

 

 

 

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Dear Andrea Hi.

 

I think your answer is in your history

> Prior to her headaches, she had a bout of

mononucleosis at age 13, followed by removal of her

tonsils. After the surgery, her headaches started.

 

one of the main reasons for relapses and hard

responding patients are scars of surgery

,tonsillectomy , she may have sinusitis and dental

problems as well.

 

but most important of all see from ear if the pharynx

,tonsils ( site of the operations ),sinuses has become

tender or you may find and changes in electrical

potentials there. check if it is right ear or left .or

needle both side ,

 

+local points ( Temple ,---)

+ psychotropic points , depression , anxiety ,Valium

......

 

+ shen , thalamus ....

 

I think you main work will be to work on the scar.

 

 

regards.

Dr,Fadaie

>

 

 

 

 

--- < wrote:

 

> Hi All,

>

> I have an 18-year old female patient who has had

> constant headaches for the last 5 years. She has

> seen all the western docs, had all the tests done,

> and nothing is conclusive. Her neurologist referred

> her for acupuncture.

>

> Her history is most interesting. Prior to her

> headaches, she had a bout of mononucleosis at age

> 13, followed by removal of her tonsils. After the

> surgery, her headaches started. One of the things I

> am wondering, is whether is might be a long-lasting

> side effect of the anesthesia?

>

> On her first visit, she appeared morose,

> depressed, lethargic, and extremely, ghastly pale.

> She wears sunglasses and a hat indoors, because

> light aggravates her headaches. Headaches are also

> aggravated by exposure to humid weather and cold,

> damp weather. Other symptoms included achy joints

> in her hands and fingers, knees, and hips, which

> also worsened with the same kinds of weather that

> aggravates the headaches. Other complaints also

> included difficulty sleeping - restless tossing and

> turning; profound fatigue, and loss of appetite. In

> addition, her hands and feet were extremely cold and

> damp, with her abdomen feeling burning hot and

> sweaty on palpation. Note that she wore gloves and

> thermal underwear underneath her clothes and heavy

> jacket on an 85-degree day. Yes, she complained of

> feeling cold all the time.

>

> 6 acupuncture treatments have not impacted her

> headache in the slightest. I have worked to raise

> yang, release muscle tension in the neck and

> shoulders, downbear liver yang, and tonify qi to no

> avail. However, her sleep has improved to the point

> that she is now sleeping soundly through the night

> and does not need to spend her days languishing

> exhausted in bed. Her appetite has improved with

> digestive enzymes. Her energy has increased to the

> point that she has taken up skateboarding on warm

> days! Her mood is greatly improved, and she laughs

> and smiles when she comes for her appointments now.

> She is interested in learning what she can to do

> help herself heal.

>

> Part of her problem is that she has been a

> vegetarian most of her life, and has not eaten any

> red meat since age 3. Her muscles are very weak and

> droopy, without shape or vigor. She has an issue

> about eating anything " that has eyes " . She is

> thirsty all the time. There are no complaints about

> digestion, defecation, or urination.

>

> Her MD's have suggested that she might have

> Epstein-Barr, or fibromyalgia, or " mono in her

> bones " .

>

> Last spring, she had a rare form of pneumonia

> caused by Chlamydia in her lungs, which caused her

> to lose a great deal of weight. She was severely

> ill for 5 months before coming to see me. She had

> been gaining 10 pounds per month prior to the

> pneumonia, with no cause diagnosable by her doctors.

> Her mother claimed she had not increased her food

> intake.

>

> Her tongue is pale pink with a slightly red tip

> and sides, and a wet, thin, sticky yellow coat.

> Her pulse is weak and fine on the right, soft and

> weak on the left, medium depth, at 70 beats per

> minute.

>

> She has dark circles under her eyes.

>

> Before having mono, she says her health was great.

>

> Her headaches are mostly onthe right

> temporal-vertex region of her head, and slightly on

> the left side also. They are there all the time,

> varying only in severity. At their most severe, her

> right eyelid droops and her vision in her right eye

> is impaired.

>

> I have diagnosed her with a shao yang disorder,

> also with spleen qi deficiency generating dampness,

> and kidney qi deficiency. There is also a wei qi

> deficiency. I'm not sure about the latent pathogen

> axis. I could benefit from some guidance at this

> point.

>

> I have given her two different herbal formulas -

> Si Ni San, for the possibility that she did have

> heat constrained in the interior all this time, as

> reflected by her hot abdomen, with her cold hands

> and feet. The coldness in her hands and feet

> improved only slightly with this formula. I also

> gave her Tong Qiao Huo Xue Tang for the headache, on

> the basis that any 5-year headache would have

> stagnant blood as part of its disharmony. The

> headache did not change with this formula.

>

> I am now looking at Xiao Chai Hu Tang, and

> wondering if there is something I am missing. One

> of the things I am wondering about is her inordinate

> sense of cold. Could she have a cold pathogen

> lodged in her head causing the headaches? And what

> about the possibility that this is somehow due to

> some damage from anesthesia during her surgery - how

> would we treat that?

>

> This young woman has been home-schooled during the

> last 5 years due to her intolerance of noise, light,

> and crowds. She has missed out on her teen years.

> I'd like to give her her life back.

>

> Oh yeah, a related question - how long should we

> administer formulae like Si Ni San or Tong Qiao Huo

> Xue Tang or Xiao Chai Hu Tang, before expecting to

> see results or trying a different approach? In a

> case like this, would we give a higher dose?

>

> Any ideas are most welcome.

>

> Thank you,

>

>

>

>

>

>

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I think of primary importance is to rebuild the Liver. Mono severely

depletes Liver qi and yang. Instead of trying to downbear Liver yang, you

may want to try nourishing it. A simple formula like Dang Gui Bu Xue Tang

with large dosages of Huang Qi would be advisable. Of course, you want to

confirm that her left middle pulse position shows significant deficiency,

i.e., an Empty pulse (according to Hammer's definition -- Qi depth present,

but separating or absent at the Blood and Organ depths).

 

LV deficiency: depressed, lethargic, severe fatigue, sleep issues,

temporal-vertex HA, photosensitivity, digestive complaints

 

Of course there are multiple deficiencies presenting simultaneously, so

modifications to the above formula would be warranted.

 

--

Ross Rosen, LAc, CA, Dipl OM (NCCAOM)

Center for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine

166 Mountain Ave.

Westfield, NJ 07090

(908) 654-4333

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Thank you for your response, Majid. I hadn't considered the scars, but how do

you needle a scar that is deep inside the mouth? I wil check the ear points you

suggested - great idea!

 

Andrea Beth

 

majid fadaie <majidfadaie51 wrote:

Dear Andrea Hi.

 

I think your answer is in your history

> Prior to her headaches, she had a bout of

mononucleosis at age 13, followed by removal of her

tonsils. After the surgery, her headaches started.

 

one of the main reasons for relapses and hard

responding patients are scars of surgery

,tonsillectomy , she may have sinusitis and dental

problems as well.

 

but most important of all see from ear if the pharynx

,tonsils ( site of the operations ),sinuses has become

tender or you may find and changes in electrical

potentials there. check if it is right ear or left .or

needle both side ,

 

+local points ( Temple ,---)

+ psychotropic points , depression , anxiety ,Valium

......

 

+ shen , thalamus ....

 

I think you main work will be to work on the scar.

 

regards.

Dr,Fadaie

>

 

--- < wrote:

 

> Hi All,

>

> I have an 18-year old female patient who has had

> constant headaches for the last 5 years. She has

> seen all the western docs, had all the tests done,

> and nothing is conclusive. Her neurologist referred

> her for acupuncture.

>

> Her history is most interesting. Prior to her

> headaches, she had a bout of mononucleosis at age

> 13, followed by removal of her tonsils. After the

> surgery, her headaches started. One of the things I

> am wondering, is whether is might be a long-lasting

> side effect of the anesthesia?

>

> On her first visit, she appeared morose,

> depressed, lethargic, and extremely, ghastly pale.

> She wears sunglasses and a hat indoors, because

> light aggravates her headaches. Headaches are also

> aggravated by exposure to humid weather and cold,

> damp weather. Other symptoms included achy joints

> in her hands and fingers, knees, and hips, which

> also worsened with the same kinds of weather that

> aggravates the headaches. Other complaints also

> included difficulty sleeping - restless tossing and

> turning; profound fatigue, and loss of appetite. In

> addition, her hands and feet were extremely cold and

> damp, with her abdomen feeling burning hot and

> sweaty on palpation. Note that she wore gloves and

> thermal underwear underneath her clothes and heavy

> jacket on an 85-degree day. Yes, she complained of

> feeling cold all the time.

>

> 6 acupuncture treatments have not impacted her

> headache in the slightest. I have worked to raise

> yang, release muscle tension in the neck and

> shoulders, downbear liver yang, and tonify qi to no

> avail. However, her sleep has improved to the point

> that she is now sleeping soundly through the night

> and does not need to spend her days languishing

> exhausted in bed. Her appetite has improved with

> digestive enzymes. Her energy has increased to the

> point that she has taken up skateboarding on warm

> days! Her mood is greatly improved, and she laughs

> and smiles when she comes for her appointments now.

> She is interested in learning what she can to do

> help herself heal.

>

> Part of her problem is that she has been a

> vegetarian most of her life, and has not eaten any

> red meat since age 3. Her muscles are very weak and

> droopy, without shape or vigor. She has an issue

> about eating anything " that has eyes " . She is

> thirsty all the time. There are no complaints about

> digestion, defecation, or urination.

>

> Her MD's have suggested that she might have

> Epstein-Barr, or fibromyalgia, or " mono in her

> bones " .

>

> Last spring, she had a rare form of pneumonia

> caused by Chlamydia in her lungs, which caused her

> to lose a great deal of weight. She was severely

> ill for 5 months before coming to see me. She had

> been gaining 10 pounds per month prior to the

> pneumonia, with no cause diagnosable by her doctors.

> Her mother claimed she had not increased her food

> intake.

>

> Her tongue is pale pink with a slightly red tip

> and sides, and a wet, thin, sticky yellow coat.

> Her pulse is weak and fine on the right, soft and

> weak on the left, medium depth, at 70 beats per

> minute.

>

> She has dark circles under her eyes.

>

> Before having mono, she says her health was great.

>

> Her headaches are mostly onthe right

> temporal-vertex region of her head, and slightly on

> the left side also. They are there all the time,

> varying only in severity. At their most severe, her

> right eyelid droops and her vision in her right eye

> is impaired.

>

> I have diagnosed her with a shao yang disorder,

> also with spleen qi deficiency generating dampness,

> and kidney qi deficiency. There is also a wei qi

> deficiency. I'm not sure about the latent pathogen

> axis. I could benefit from some guidance at this

> point.

>

> I have given her two different herbal formulas -

> Si Ni San, for the possibility that she did have

> heat constrained in the interior all this time, as

> reflected by her hot abdomen, with her cold hands

> and feet. The coldness in her hands and feet

> improved only slightly with this formula. I also

> gave her Tong Qiao Huo Xue Tang for the headache, on

> the basis that any 5-year headache would have

> stagnant blood as part of its disharmony. The

> headache did not change with this formula.

>

> I am now looking at Xiao Chai Hu Tang, and

> wondering if there is something I am missing. One

> of the things I am wondering about is her inordinate

> sense of cold. Could she have a cold pathogen

> lodged in her head causing the headaches? And what

> about the possibility that this is somehow due to

> some damage from anesthesia during her surgery - how

> would we treat that?

>

> This young woman has been home-schooled during the

> last 5 years due to her intolerance of noise, light,

> and crowds. She has missed out on her teen years.

> I'd like to give her her life back.

>

> Oh yeah, a related question - how long should we

> administer formulae like Si Ni San or Tong Qiao Huo

> Xue Tang or Xiao Chai Hu Tang, before expecting to

> see results or trying a different approach? In a

> case like this, would we give a higher dose?

>

> Any ideas are most welcome.

>

> Thank you,

>

>

>

>

>

>

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Thank you Ross, for reminding me that many of her symptoms can be attributable

to liver deficiency. I think I overlooked this possibility, because she has

none of the typical personality or emotional characteristics I usually see with

liver issues. If I were to choose one word to describe everything about her, it

would be flaccid. There is no detectable muscle tension, nor any other kind of

tension, anywhere in her body, and perhaps she is too deficient to manifest it

and make it apparent.

 

Her pulses are overall deficient - deep, thin and weak; the liver pulse is the

same as the others. At your suggestion, I will look more closely for other

liver signs and symptoms.

 

Thanks again,

Andrea Beth

 

Ross Rosen <rossrosen wrote:

I think of primary importance is to rebuild the Liver. Mono severely

depletes Liver qi and yang. Instead of trying to downbear Liver yang, you

may want to try nourishing it. A simple formula like Dang Gui Bu Xue Tang

with large dosages of Huang Qi would be advisable. Of course, you want to

confirm that her left middle pulse position shows significant deficiency,

i.e., an Empty pulse (according to Hammer's definition -- Qi depth present,

but separating or absent at the Blood and Organ depths).

 

LV deficiency: depressed, lethargic, severe fatigue, sleep issues,

temporal-vertex HA, photosensitivity, digestive complaints

 

Of course there are multiple deficiencies presenting simultaneously, so

modifications to the above formula would be warranted.

 

--

Ross Rosen, LAc, CA, Dipl OM (NCCAOM)

Center for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine

166 Mountain Ave.

Westfield, NJ 07090

(908) 654-4333

www.acupunctureandherbalmedicine.com

 

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I hope you will check out Kiiko Matsumoto's clinical strategies vol 1 for

similar types of cases. This might be considered an immune reaction, confirmed

by

palpation of the upper cervicals and also lower right abdominal areas. Protocol

would also suggest checking the oketsu reflex, lower left abdominal area

for sensitivity. Working with original trauma is important and often can cause

blood stagnation (oketsu). It would be hard to speculate further w/o actual

palpation of reflex areas and release points as to diagnosis. Please get a copy

of the text. When stagnation occurs for a long time, it creates a decline in

many areas and systems. I would recomment first opening up the channels and

then see where things go from there. Let me know if you have more directed

questions about this method. Best of luck.

 

 

Mike W. Bowser, L Ac

 

________________________________

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; alumni-sd

>

> Mon, 20 Nov 2006 15:41:35 -0800

> Help for 5 years of daily headaches

>

> Hi All,

> I have an 18-year old female patient who has had constant headaches for the

last 5 years. She has seen all the western docs, had all the tests done, and

nothing is conclusive. Her neurologist referred her for acupuncture.

> Her history is most interesting. Prior to her headaches, she had a bout of

mononucleosis at age 13, followed by removal of her tonsils. After the surgery,

her headaches started. One of the things I am wondering, is whether is might be

a long-lasting side effect of the anesthesia?

> On her first visit, she appeared morose, depressed, lethargic, and extremely,

ghastly pale. She wears sunglasses and a hat indoors, because light aggravates

her headaches. Headaches are also aggravated by exposure to humid weather and

cold, damp weather. Other symptoms included achy joints in her hands and

fingers, knees, and hips, which also worsened with the same kinds of weather

that aggravates the headaches. Other complaints also included difficulty

sleeping - restless tossing and turning; profound fatigue, and loss of appetite.

In addition, her hands and feet were extremely cold and damp, with her abdomen

feeling burning hot and sweaty on palpation. Note that she wore gloves and

thermal underwear underneath her clothes and heavy jacket on an 85-degree day.

Yes, she complained of feeling cold all the time.

> 6 acupuncture treatments have not impacted her headache in the slightest. I

have worked to raise yang, release muscle tension in the neck and shoulders,

downbear liver yang, and tonify qi to no avail. However, her sleep has improved

to the point that she is now sleeping soundly through the night and does not

need to spend her days languishing exhausted in bed. Her appetite has improved

with digestive enzymes. Her energy has increased to the point that she has taken

up skateboarding on warm days! Her mood is greatly improved, and she laughs and

smiles when she comes for her appointments now. She is interested in learning

what she can to do help herself heal.

> Part of her problem is that she has been a vegetarian most of her life, and

has not eaten any red meat since age 3. Her muscles are very weak and droopy,

without shape or vigor. She has an issue about eating anything " that has eyes " .

She is thirsty all the time. There are no complaints about digestion,

defecation, or urination.

> Her MD's have suggested that she might have Epstein-Barr, or fibromyalgia, or

" mono in her bones " .

> Last spring, she had a rare form of pneumonia caused by Chlamydia in her

lungs, which caused her to lose a great deal of weight. She was severely ill for

5 months before coming to see me. She had been gaining 10 pounds per month prior

to the pneumonia, with no cause diagnosable by her doctors. Her mother claimed

she had not increased her food intake.

> Her tongue is pale pink with a slightly red tip and sides, and a wet, thin,

sticky yellow coat.

> Her pulse is weak and fine on the right, soft and weak on the left, medium

depth, at 70 beats per minute.

> She has dark circles under her eyes.

> Before having mono, she says her health was great.

> Her headaches are mostly onthe right temporal-vertex region of her head, and

slightly on the left side also. They are there all the time, varying only in

severity. At their most severe, her right eyelid droops and her vision in her

right eye is impaired.

> I have diagnosed her with a shao yang disorder, also with spleen qi deficiency

generating dampness, and kidney qi deficiency. There is also a wei qi

deficiency. I'm not sure about the latent pathogen axis. I could benefit from

some guidance at this point.

> I have given her two different herbal formulas - Si Ni San, for the

possibility that she did have heat constrained in the interior all this time, as

reflected by her hot abdomen, with her cold hands and feet. The coldness in her

hands and feet improved only slightly with this formula. I also gave her Tong

Qiao Huo Xue Tang for the headache, on the basis that any 5-year headache would

have stagnant blood as part of its disharmony. The headache did not change with

this formula.

> I am now looking at Xiao Chai Hu Tang, and wondering if there is something I

am missing. One of the things I am wondering about is her inordinate sense of

cold. Could she have a cold pathogen lodged in her head causing the headaches?

And what about the possibility that this is somehow due to some damage from

anesthesia during her surgery - how would we treat that?

> This young woman has been home-schooled during the last 5 years due to her

intolerance of noise, light, and crowds. She has missed out on her teen years.

I'd like to give her her life back.

> Oh yeah, a related question - how long should we administer formulae like Si

Ni San or Tong Qiao Huo Xue Tang or Xiao Chai Hu Tang, before expecting to see

results or trying a different approach? In a case like this, would we give a

higher dose?

> Any ideas are most welcome.

> Thank you,

>

>

> Sponsored Link

> Mortgage rates as low as 4.625% - $150,000 loan for $579 a month. Intro-*Terms

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Hi

Andrea:

 

 

It's

possible that your patient is suffering from what used to be called

“tou2 feng1” -- Wind in the head Wind. This is a term that isn't

used much in Chinese medicine these days, and references to it in

English-language literature are a little hard to come by. In modern

Chinese, it seems to be used as another name for migraines.

Perhaps my biased view arises from the fact that i'm currently doing some

research into this term/entity called " tou2 feng1 " . What follows is partially

derived from that research:

 

 

 

Dictionaries

(Wiseman & Ye's Practical Dictionary and the Zhong Yi Da

Ci Dian) define “tou2 feng1” as:

 

*

“prolonged and difficult to cure”

 

* The

causative factors are often phlegm fire or wind cold which become

lodged in the body and then cause heat constraint and oppressive

pain.

 

 

*

wind cold can enter the nape and rise “to the ears, eyes, mouth,

nose and above the eyebrow; and can cause many local problems:

numbness in the eye/ear region or mouth, heaviness and dizziness in

the head, stubborn dandruff or dazedness

and lack of taste. Also either deafness or eye pain or

pulling pain above and below the eyebrow or hypersensitive sense of

smell, or one might be very dizzy when merely yawning.

 

 

*

At the time of onset, it is generally ferocious, pain is linked to

the outside edge of the eyebrow, can't open the eyes, dizzy unable to

rise, scalp numbness, This pattern is often from phlegm fire, and

also caused by wind bringing along cold evil and entering the brain

from the fengfu area, because there's constraint then there is

pain ...

 

 

 

 

A

different form is called “shou1 feng1”, which

 

 

*indicates

evil Qi rising and poisoning the head and so there is pattern of

unceasing headache.

 

 

*

if the head wind has sweating at head and face, aversion to cold this

is called shou feng

(head wind).

 

 

*

<<Xuan Ming Lun Fang>>

2nd article: “sudden dizziness, @ the exterior with Yang

Qi & wind-cold contending, there is phlegm fluids @ the

stomach-diaphragm, tendency to head pain, body is restricted and

weary.

 

 

<<Za

Bing Yuan Liu Xi Zhu: Tou Tong Yuan Liu>>:

“shou feng is a

disease of Wind damaging the wei,

after washing, then pores are all opened... evil attacks and enters,

then affects the wei, therefore it constitutes shou1 feng1,

its sign is sweating of head region, and there must be aversion to

cold.”

* It

is generally believed that head pain on the left belongs to Wind due

to Blood xu or to Blood xu causing exuberant Fire; head pain on the

right side belongs to phlegm which in turn is part of heat, or to qi

xu which brings along with it phlegm

 

 

Another

symptom is worsening or improvement of symptoms during days of

stronger winds. (Qin Bo-Wei: “one day before it starts to get windy

may be one day of severe pain, or on contrary with one day of

windiness there may be a small cure.”)

 

 

 

 

My theory is that the tonsillectomy surgery itself might be viewed as an

external pathogen.

 

Some

treatment ideas:

 

 

 

 

 

# If

pain is at the left and the right, often due to Shaoyang channel fire

constraint, suitable to use sweet ju hua, dan pi, shan zhi [zi], sang

ye, gou teng to “effuse” it

 

# “Yu

Hu Wan” (Imperial Standard Formulary) treats headaches from

Wind deficiency; it also treats patients suffering from phlegm.

 

bai

zhu 6 grams, remove the stems

 

This

ingredient is powdered finely, and mixed with ginger juice, then

steamed into pills. 20 pills make each dose, to be taken with ginger

tea.

 

#

“Chuan Xiong Cha Tiao San” (Imperial Formulary) treats all

cases of Wind rising and attacking the head and eyes, with dizzy

pain, nasal obstruction and low voice.

 

 

bo he

[120 grams] (remove the stems, and only use leaves)

 

jing

jie spikes, [60 grams]

 

chuan

xiong [60 grams]

 

qiang

huo [3 grams]

 

 

bai

zhi [3 grams]

 

 

zhi

gan cao [3 grams]

 

xi

xin [15 grams]

 

fang

feng [7.5 grams]

 

Finely

powder and mix together the above ingredients. Two qian [6 grams]

makes one dose; take it dissolved into tea after eating.

 

# [Zhu]

Dan Xi remarks that in all cases of treating Head Wind, one can

effectively treat it with “Er Chen Tang” with the

additions of chuan xiong (Radix Ligustici Chuanxiong) and

bai zhi (Radix Angelicae Dahuricae). If it is Taiyang channel

headache, add qiang huo (Rhizoma et Radix Notopterygii); if it

is Shaoyang channel headache, add chai hu (Radix Bupleuri) and

huang qin (Radix Scutellariae Baicalensis); if it is Yangming

channel headache, add shi gao (Gypsum Fibrosum) and bai zhi

(Radix Angelicae Dahuricae). If it is in the Taiyin channel, add

cang zhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis); if in the Shaoyin channel,

add xi xin (Herba cum Radice Asari); and if in the Jueyin

channel, add wu zhu yu (Fructus Evodiae Rutraecarpae).

 

 

#

Lin Pei-Qin: “If pain is more on the left side, it is Wind xu,

suitable to use chuan xiong, dang gui, fang feng, bo he. Pain more

on the right side is phlegm heat, suitable to use cang zhu, ban xia,

huang qin, shi gao.

 

Qi xu

case is exhaustion/taxation/overwork, “bu zhong yi qi tang” plus

chuan xiong, tian ma.

 

Blood

xu is best to be cooled, “si wu tang” plus bo he, bai zhi.

 

Heat

pain case will have aversion to heat, use “Xiao Feng San”

 

Cold

bi cases have the fear of cold, use “Zhui Feng San”

 

if

fever & chills due to longterm constraint, sometimes oppresion

and pain, wants to wear a cotton cloth on the head and has much

phlegm, use “Er Chen Tang” plus wine (washed) huang qin, jing

jie, chuan xiong, bo he, shi gan, xi xin.

 

Wind

and simultaneous heat causes, use “[chuan xiong?] cha tiao san”,

“Ju Hua San”.

 

Cold

which brings along dampness, use “Dao Tan Tang” plus cang zhu,

bai zhi.

 

Pain

which radiates to the teeth, use “Gou Teng San” plus jing jie, bo

he.

 

Pain

pulling sense at the eyebrow bone, use “Xuan Qi/Ji Tang”

 

Runny

nose with foul snivel, use “Chuan Xi San” or “Tou Ding San”

by nasal application to make the snivel exit.

 

If

the posterior brain sinew feels pulling, gou teng, he ye bian,

lian qiao, ku ding cha, sweet ju [hua].

 

If Qi

is rising and attacking causes the pain, use “Quan Xie San.”

 

If

not cured for many years, use wu tou, nan xing powdered and mixed

with scallion juice then smeared on the Taiyang points.

 

If

Wind is the cause, then there is aversion to Wind, “chuan xiong

cha tiao san”

 

Women

who get wind at the Blood level, use “Yang Xue Qu Feng Tang.”

 

If

the cause is GB fire rising counterflow causing dizziness and pain,

the appropriate treatment is to drain the heat, use ling yang jiao,

sheng di, dan pi, sweet ju [hua], ku ding cha, fresh sang ye.

 

If

caused by the Liver Yang taking advantage of the Stomach, there is

vomiting, suitable treatment is to secure/tranquilize the Wind, use

fu shen, sweet ju [hua] tan, gou teng, ban xia qu, bo he, shan shi

[zi].

 

If

the cause is Liver Yin xu, there is Wind moving internally,

appropriately treated by nourishing the fluids, use “Fu Mai Tang”

minus [ren] shen, [sheng?] jiang, gui [zhi?rou?], and add ji zi huang

(egg yolk), bai shao.

 

If

the cause is summerheat rising to cloud the clear orifice/upper

orifices/head, the suitable treatment is to clear and to seep, use

shi gao, he geng, bo he, ling yang jiao, tong cao, yi mi [yi yi ren].

 

 

The

pattern of “brain Wind” is often from phlegm fire, and also

caused by wind bringing along cold evil as it enters the brain from

the fengfu area, because there's constraint then there is

pain, can use “Xiao Feng San” (qiang huo, jing jie,

fang feng, huo xiang, huo po, jiang can, chan yi, ren shen, fu ling,

chen pi, gan cao) mixed with tea and taken. At same time use

“Tou Ding San” (xi xin, gua di, ding xiang, bing pian,

she xiang, glutinous rice) which is taken via the nose.

 

 

Qin

Bo-Wei: Most cases of Head Wind are for years, also are stubborn

cases, Since caused by different causes, treatments are different,

however the commonly used herbs are chuan xiong, bai zhi, qiang

huo, fang feng, xi xin, gao ben, huang qin, jiang can, dan xing, tian

ma, quan xie.

 

 

 

--chris

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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