Head pain above the ear requires dialectical consideration from both Chinese medicine and Western medicine. From the perspective of Chinese medicine, headache above the ear is a kind of head wind, usually caused by fire in the upper jiao, when liver fire or spleen and stomach real fire will cause headache above the ear, especially when liver fire is serious, accompanied by tinnitus. From the perspective of Western medicine, headache above the ear is usually caused by the following factors: First, neurological headache, which is usually caused by severe stimulation or emotional excitement, insomnia and other reasons. Second, lack of oxygen in brain cells, head pain occurs when brain cells are deprived of oxygen, especially with paroxysmal pain is obvious. Third, insufficient blood supply to the cerebral arteries, especially when the blood supply to the large arteries, such as the vertebrobasilar artery, is inadequate, there will be bouts of pain in the head above the ear.