Headache sufferers are invited to answer the following questions and put the answers in the consultation area to ask.
1. Is it a migraine or a whole headache? It is a whole headache, not a migraine
(1) If it is the whole headache, is the headache tight and heavy when it is cold but relieved when it is hot?
(2) If it is the whole headache, is the headache swollen and painful, mainly on the top or sides of the head, or is there dizziness or bitterness in the mouth?
(3) If it is a whole headache, is the head heavy as if it is wrapped, or does it have a lot of phlegm and a feeling of heaviness in the body?
2. It is a migraine (or left-sided or right-sided), not the whole headache
(1) If it is a migraine, is it a migraine after anger or tension, not related to cold?
(2) Is it a migraine, but is it a migraine after getting cold? (2) Is it a migraine, is it a migraine after being cold?
(3) Is it a headache, does the headache come on after exertion with back pain? Is it accompanied by back pain, or hair loss? Or memory loss?
4.Does the person with headache have a bloodless face? Do you have pale nails? Or less breath and lazy speech?
There are only two principles of headache: one is: headache when the meridians of the head are not open to qi and blood; the other is: headache caused by deficiency of qi and blood or deficiency of kidney essence that cannot reach the head.
There are two types of headaches caused by blockage of Qi and Blood: migraine and whole head pain.
There are several reasons why the head meridians are blocked by Qi and Blood and do not flow smoothly.
There are several causes of non-migraine head pain.
Blockage of meridians caused by cold – cold condensation; Yin deficiency causes Yang hyperactivity, and Qi and blood move up but not down – liver prosperity; phlegm clogs the pathways of Qi and blood – phlegm turbidity
There are two causes of migraine: Qi stagnation and blood stasis caused by anger, tension and anxiety; cold in the liver meridian that reaches the side of the head
For headaches caused by physical weakness, observe whether: if the kidney essence is insufficient, essence does not nourish the brain causing headaches; Qi and blood deficiency cannot nourish the brain causing headaches
From the analysis of the etiology of headache, it is generally divided into two categories: headache caused by cold (also called external headache) and internal headache. The point of difference between external headache and internal headache: whether the headache occurs in external headache, and whether there are external symptoms such as cold and fever, etc. If there is no discomfort of these symptoms, it is internal headache, and vice versa, it is external headache. If a person has a headache caused by a cold please refer to the cold section to regulate it, and it will not be discussed here.
Headaches caused by various diseases are not discussed in this article, and the original disease needs to be treated, so this article only discusses headaches as a symptom.
From the analysis of the location of headache
Wind is the most common type of headache on the left side.
Headache on the right side is usually caused by phlegm-dampness or blood deficiency.
Headache at the top of the head is usually caused by Yang deficiency and cold, while headache at the back of the head is caused by wind-cold.
Headache at the back of the head and neck is caused by wind and cold.
Lateral headache is mostly caused by evil in the liver and gallbladder.
From the analysis of the characteristics of headache attacks, headache with inward constriction is caused by cold evil, while headache with outward expansion is caused by heat evil.
Order of judgment
One is: headache due to lack of circulation of qi and blood in the meridians of the head.
The other is: deficiency of qi and blood or deficiency of kidney essence cannot reach the head causing headache
There are two types of headaches due to blockage of Qi and Blood: migraine and head pain.
There are several causes of blocked qi and blood in the head meridians that do not flow smoothly.
There are several causes of head pain in non-migraine headaches.
Blockage of meridians caused by cold – cold condensation
Insufficient yin causes yang to be hyperactive and qi and blood to move up but not down – liver exuberance
Phlegm blocking the pathways of Qi and blood – phlegm turbidity
Migraines have two causes.
Qi stagnation and blood stasis caused by anger and tension and anxiety
Cold in the Liver meridian that reaches the side of the head
Headaches caused by physical weakness, observe if.
If the kidney essence is insufficient, the essence does not nourish the brain causing headache
Qi and blood deficiency cannot nourish the brain causing headache
The etiology of headache is generally divided into two categories: headache caused by cold (also called external headache) and internal headache. The point of difference between external headache and internal headache: whether the headache occurs in external headache, and whether there are external symptoms such as cold and fever, etc. If there is no discomfort of these symptoms, it is internal headache, and vice versa, it is external headache. If a person has a headache caused by a cold please refer to the cold section to regulate it, and it will not be discussed here.
Headaches caused by various diseases are not discussed in this article, and the original disease needs to be treated, so this article only discusses the symptom of headache.
From the analysis of the location of headache, wind is the most common type of headache on the left side, while phlegm-dampness or blood deficiency is the most common type of headache on the right side; headache on the top of the head is mostly caused by Yang deficiency and cold, while pain in the back of the head and neck is caused by wind and cold, and headache on the lateral side is mostly caused by evil in the liver and gallbladder.
From the analysis of the characteristics of headache attacks, headache with inward tightness is caused by cold evil, while headache with outward expansion is caused by heat evil.
Headache is a disease that occurs almost all the time in a person’s life. Many diseases such as cold, hypertension, cervical spondylosis, plant nerve dysfunction and cerebrovascular disease can cause headache, and TCM health care and TCM treatment will emphasize the TCM analysis of headache instead of focusing on the disease name in Western medicine.
The other day, a white and thin young man came to my clinic with an anxious expression and said, “Doctor, I’ve had a headache for a long time, can you cure me?”
We doctors usually don’t say everything, so I said, “I’ll try my best to show you.”
At this point I looked at him more closely, he was less than thirty years old, his face was white with a greenish tinge, especially the sides of his nose were blue in color, his expression was anxious and painful, at this point I asked, “Do you have pain on one side or all over your head?”
”My left side hurts a lot, but my right side doesn’t,” he replied.
”Have you had any tests done?” I was going to rule out some diseases at this point.
”I’ve had a lot of tests, and I haven’t found out what it is. Some doctors say I have a neurological headache.”
I asked him, “Have you had a CT and a brain ultrasound?”
”Yes, I did, and it was fine.”
”When did you have a bad headache?” I asked again.
”I get headaches after 5 p.m. They make me want to throw up all the time, and sometimes I throw up what I ate at lunch.” He said.
”Are you usually afraid of the cold?” I asked further.
”I’m afraid of the cold. I’m afraid of the cold when I have a headache, and I’m afraid of the wind.”
”What else is wrong with you? Be sure to tell me.” I said seriously.
”I… I also have hepatitis B.”
Later he said he often had numbness in his legs, insomnia, bloating, did not want to eat anything when he had a bad headache, and when he had a headache, he would also have pain in his eyes, while he almost never had a headache when he got up in the morning.
His tongue was dark red with white coating and his pulse was thin.
I analyzed him as a typical liver yang deficiency. Liver yang qi rises from the left side of the body, and with insufficient liver yang qi, the yang qi on the left side cannot rise properly, especially when it is cold, the yang qi is obstructed and the qi of the liver and gallbladder meridian on the left side of the head does not work, causing pain. Why is it aggravated at 6 p.m.? Because 6 p.m. is the time of You according to the twelve hours, and You belongs to Jin in the classification of the five elements, and the theory of the five elements of Chinese medicine believes that Jin grinds wood, and liver and gallbladder belong to wood, so the qi of liver and gallbladder is weakest at You, so the symptoms of migraine will be most obvious.
In particular, he has hepatitis B. Hepatitis B affects the function of the liver, and the liver and gallbladder in TCM includes the function of the liver as generally believed. It will cause abdominal distension and loss of appetite.
I prescribed him compound yangjiao punch and then taught him the method of moxibustion of qihai and guanyuan points. After he was treated in this way for half a month, his headache did not recur, and later, once he felt he was going to have a headache or the headache just started, taking compound yangjiao punch could relieve the headache immediately.
Step 1 Observation: It’s not a migraine, it’s a whole headache
Symptom Analysis Solution Acupuncture Point Food
Step 1 observation: It is not a migraine, but the whole headache
Type 1: If the headache is tightly bound and heavy with cold but relieved with heat – cold condensation
If the headache is tightly bound and gets worse when it is cold but lessened when it is warm, accompanied by fear of wind and body cold, and such headache is easily associated with the back of the head and neck, it can be considered as wind-cold external headache, also called sun headache, which needs to be treated by dispelling wind and dispersing cold, and the Chinese medicine can be applied to Chuanxiong tea and dispersing cold, and moxibustion of the back bladder meridian can be used.
Meridian points: back bladder meridian, vital gate
In the back of the bladder meridian from the waist on both sides of the vital gate point of the bladder meridian up moxibustion, along the two lateral lines of the bladder meridian up the cycle back and forth moxibustion, do not moxibustion position too close to the top, such as to the cervical spine is not appropriate, moxibustion to the cervical spine around the bottom. Each time moxibustion 10-20 minutes.
Onion (white onion)
It has the effect of publishing and promoting the lung, promoting Yang and detoxifying. It is suitable for cold, nasal congestion, cough and other conditions caused by external wind and cold.
It should be noted that: it is not suitable for cold and fever; it is not suitable for those who are weak and sweaty; it is not suitable for those who have gastric ulcer disease and those who have fox smell; it should not be taken with honey; it is not good for eyesight if you consume too much onion. There are ancient texts that say “smoked pungency is harmful to the eyes”.
Food therapy formula: white onion and ginger brown sugar water
Ingredients: take 1 white onion, 4 slices of ginger and brown sugar.
Method: Cut the white onion and ginger into small pieces, and brown sugar into the right amount of water and boil for 5 minutes and drink.
Efficacy: It can instantly relieve headache caused by cold.
Chinese herbal medicine: Chuanxiong Xiong Cha Tiao San
This medicine is composed of Chuanxiong Ligusticum, Thornbush, Fangfeng, Hesperidin, Peppermint and Angelica dahurica, etc. It is suitable for headache caused by external wind or wind-cold such as cold, fever and nasal congestion.
It should be noted that it is not suitable for headache caused by Qi deficiency or Blood deficiency in prolonged illness, or due to deficiency of liver and kidney, or hyperactivity of liver and Yang; the formula contains pungent and scurrying products, which may hinder fetal energy, so pregnant women should take it with caution; the medicinal properties of this product are dispersing, and it is easy to hurt the righteousness of Qi.
The second type: head swelling and pain, mainly on the top or both sides of the head, or with dizziness, or bitterness in the mouth – liver vigor
If the head is swollen and painful, especially the headache or swelling and pain on both sides of the head, or there is dizziness or bitterness in the mouth, it is the headache caused by liver prosperity, that is, the head is obstructed by the circulation of qi and blood caused by liver qi and liver fire rising excessively, and the qi and blood cannot descend and accumulate in the top of the head, this kind of headache is most common in people who love anger and rage. Don’t be too serious, be tolerant and tolerant of people, and not be too obsessed with your own ideas and thoughts.
People with this kind of headache are also prone to tinnitus, dizziness, restlessness, and bloodshot eyes.
The treatment for this kind of headache is to calm the Liver Yang and lower the Liver Fire.
Acupoints: Tai Chong, Yang Ling Quan, Tai Xi, Feng Chi.
Tai Chong: It is the original point of the liver meridian and has a very good effect of draining the liver and Qi, and is known as the best outlet of Qi in the body.
Location: the seam between the big toe and the second toe (line between points) to the back of the foot direction, push to the front of the bone is too Chong points, press the Tai Chong will have a soreness.
Massage method: thumb press; massage time: 1-3 minutes; massage strength: moderate.
Matching points: Taichong with the period door (nipple directly under the sixth rib space, not drooping nipple flat fourth rib space), Taichong with the valley.
Method: massage the stage gate and hegu before massaging tai chong.
Taixi: the original point of the kidney meridian (infusion point), has the effect of nourishing kidney yin and pacifying liver and submerging yang.
Is in the medial side of our foot neck and the heel line of the midpoint, the inner side of the foot neck is the side of the big toe.
Massage method: thumb press method; massage time: 3 minutes; massage strength: medium.
Matching points: Taixi with Sanyinjiao.
Food therapy: chrysanthemum, cassia seeds, oysters, asparagus, bitter tea.
Food therapy: chrysanthemum hawthorn cassia seeds tea
Ingredients: Chrysanthemum 10 grams, raw hawthorn slices 15 grams, cassia seeds 15 grams.
Method: Crush cassia seeds, decoct with chrysanthemum and hawthorn slices in water, add some sugar if you do not have diabetes.
Effects: Drain wind, dissipate heat, calm the liver, laxative, laxative and hypotensive.
Suitable for people with headache caused by hyperactive liver yang, hypertension combined with coronary heart disease or combined with hyperlipidemia and constipation.
Chinese Patent Medicine: Zhengtian Pill
This medicine is composed of Hooked Vine, White Peony, Chuanxiong, Angelicae, Dihuang, Angelicae, Dahuricae, Fangfeng, Qiangwu, Tao Ren, Safflower, Hossein, Doklam, Ephedra, Pieces of Pine, and Chicken Blood Vine, which has the function of draining wind and invigorating blood, promoting circulation and relieving pain. It is suitable for headache and neuropathic headache caused by external wind and blood stasis, manifesting as prolonged head and facial pain, fixed pain, or localized throbbing pain, with purple and dark tongue or by petechiae.
It should be noted that: prohibited for infants, pregnant and lactating women; prohibited for those with liver and kidney insufficiency; prohibited for those who are allergic to this product. Hypertension, heart disease; allergic use; this product is not suitable for long-term use.
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Type 3 in step 1: heavy head as if wrapped, phlegm, heavy body – phlegm-damp obstruction
If the headache sufferer often coughs phlegm, vomits phlegm with nausea when he has headache, has distention in the upper abdomen and is anorexic (does not want to eat), it is often seen as phlegm-damp (turbid) obstruction type of headache, where phlegm-damp blocks the path of qi and blood and causes obstruction, and if it does not pass, it hurts.
The treatment for this type of headache is to resolve phlegm and lower the rebellion.
Acupuncture points: Zhongshang, Shusanli
Acupressure points
Self-massage acupuncture points: Zhongyu and Fenglong (with diagram)
Technique of taking acupuncture points in the middle: the point in the middle is located at the lowest point of the lower part of our sternum (this is called the sternal process) and the midpoint of the line connecting the navel.
Massage degree: medium
Massage method: knead with the palm of your hand
Massage time: 5-10 minutes
Food therapy
Food: can choose white radish, winter melon, barley, loofah, pumpkin.
White radish is pungent, sweet and cool, classified into the lung and stomach meridian, raw white radish has the effect of clearing heat and phlegm to stop coughing, cooked white radish has the function of strengthening the spleen and stomach, lowering gas and eliminating food. To remove phlegm use raw white radish.
We need to pay attention to: white radish energy consumption gas, for people with gas deficiency is not suitable to eat more, gas deficiency is also very simple to determine, such as whether the person is talking a little more consciously not enough gas or do not want to talk more, talk more will feel very weak. In addition, if the spleen and stomach function is weaker, people who are prone to loose stools should also eat less white radish.
Winter melon has the effect of clearing heat and resolving phlegm, and relieving water and detoxification. It should be noted that: winter melon is cold, people who have been sick and weak for a long time or whose body is deficient in yang energy (especially those who are afraid of eating cold and raw food) should eat less winter melon.
Job’s tear has the use of water and dampness and spleen to stop diarrhea, and also has a good anti-cancer and cancer prevention effect. If you are pregnant and have dry stools, you should use barley with caution.
Traditional Chinese Medicine: Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Wan
The pill is made up of Mu Xiang, Sha Ren, Chen Pi, Dang Ginseng and Atractylodes, and it has the effect of benefiting Qi, strengthening the spleen, resolving dampness and harmonizing the stomach. It is suitable for people with spleen deficiency and dampness obstructing qi. Symptoms of spleen deficiency and dampness obstruction such as indigestion, belching and less food, abdominal distention and fullness, loose stools.
It should be noted that it is not suitable for people with internal heat and damp-heat evidence of yin deficiency; it is not suitable for people with dry mouth, little tongue and dry stool; it is not suitable for people with acute gastroenteritis, mainly manifested as nausea and vomiting, frequent watery diarrhea in the stool and pain in the abdomen; it is not suitable for pregnant women; it is not suitable for people who eat cold, greasy and stimulating food.
Step 2 Observation: It is migraine (or left-sided or right-sided), not the whole headache
Are there symptoms Analysis Solutions Acupuncture points Food therapy
Migraine occurs after anger or tension, not related to cold – Qi stagnation and blood stasis
If the migraine appears after anger or tension, not after cold, this is a Qi stagnation and Blood stasis type of migraine, which is caused by Liver Qi stagnation causing obstruction of Qi circulation, and since Qi is what leads blood flow, the Qi path is obstructed and blood flow is also obstructed forming Blood stasis. This type of headache is characterized by distension and pain, especially dullness, at the beginning of the attack, and if the attack is not treated for a long time, it will develop into distension and pain with stabbing pain, and the pain will be fixed in one place (or one point) of the head, which is unbearable, and massage is ineffective or simply refuses to massage the painful area.
Some women will have obvious migraines before menstruation, and if they have the above manifestations (migraines from anger or tension), they are usually this type of migraine with qi stagnation and blood stasis.
People with this type of headache are careful not to accumulate bad emotions and to let the mind relax in order to regulate the flow of Qi in the body.
The treatment for this type of headache is to regulate the Qi and activate the Blood to stop the pain.
Acupoints: Jingmen, Taichong, Yanglingquan, Zhimen
Jingmen: A point for the Kidney, which has the function of regulating Qi and unblocking the path of Qi and water.
Location: at the edge of the twelfth rib, taken by crossing the waist with both hands, thumb in the back and four fingers in the front, the thumb will feel the two rib edges at the bottom of the rib cage at the waist, at the back the rib edge is the Jingmen point, and at the front the edge of the rib cage is the Zhangmen point.
Massage method: thumb press; massage time: 1-3 minutes; massage strength: moderate.
Matching points: Jingmen with the period door (nipple directly under the sixth rib space, not drooping nipple flat fourth rib space).
Method: massage Jingmen and Shimen and then use the back of the hand to rub the rib fork.
Food therapy: rose, Buddha’s hand, orange, hawthorn
Rose flower
Rose flower effects: dredging liver and Qi to relieve depression, harmonizing blood and dispersing stasis, resolving dampness and harmonizing the middle, regulating menstruation and relieving pain. Suitable for: dullness and pain in the ribs with abdominal distension and pain or irregular menstruation, premenstrual breast pain, etc. belonging to liver qi stagnation and liver blood stasis.
It is not suitable for those with yin deficiency and fire (thirst, red tongue with little coating, thin and string-like pulse) and those with bleeding without stagnation. Because of its warm nature, although most prescription books say it regulates qi without harming yin, it should be used with caution in severe yin deficiency (e.g. dry mouth and throat, hot hands and feet), or with the addition of several olives to regulate yin deficiency.
Buddha’s Hand
This herb is hard-warm in nature and belongs to the liver, spleen, stomach and lung meridians. It is effective in draining liver and Qi, harmonizing the spleen and stomach, and resolving phlegm. It is suitable for people with painful distension of the rib cage, breast distension, distention of the abdomen and other symptoms of liver stagnation and qi stagnation, as well as symptoms such as not wanting to eat, abdominal distension, nausea and vomiting, coughing and phlegm due to anger and liver stagnation. Inappropriate: There are no obvious inappropriate people.
Proprietary Chinese medicine: There is no particularly suitable proprietary Chinese medicine, if you have to choose, you can try Blood Mansions and Stasis Granules.
If migraine occurs after cold with nausea and vomiting – cold attacking liver’s yang energy
If the headache is mainly migraine, the headache is mainly inwardly throbbing, accompanied by nausea and even vomiting, and is aggravated by cold but relieved by warmth, it is a headache caused by cold attacking Yang energy of the liver, which is also known as Yang deficiency headache.
The treatment for this type of headache is to warm the Yang Qi and disperse the cold to relieve the pain.
Meridian moxibustion method: moxibustion along the liver meridian of the leg from the ankle to the calf, for 10-20 minutes.
Acupoints: Tai Chong, Ligou
Tai Chong: the original point of the Liver meridian, which has the effect of initiating the original Qi of the liver (initiating the original power of the liver).
Location: The seam between the big toe and the second toe (the interlinear point) is pushed in the direction of the back of the foot, to the front of the bone is the Tai Chong point, press and hold Tai Chong will have a soreness and swelling.
Method: Moxibustion Taichong with moxibustion Ligou point, moxibustion time: 5-10 minutes, if not effective then moxibustion 10-20 minutes.
Ligou
Location: 5 inches above the inner ankle bone, on the shin bone, acupuncture point method: except for the thumb four fingers together from the high point of the inner ankle bone upwards twice is 6 inches, from 6 inches downward minus 1 thumb width is 5 inches.
Food therapy: cumin, galangal, cinnamon, purple rice
Cumin
Cumin has the effect of dispelling cold and relieving pain, regulating qi and stomach, suitable for cold-induced hernia or less abdominal pain, testicular drop; suitable for stomach cold-induced vomiting and less food, abdominal distension and pain.
It is important to note that cumin is not suitable for liver-heat type.
It is also used for treating damp feet and kidney labor hernia, appetite, bladder pain and yin pain.
Galangal
Gao Liang Jiang has the ability to warm the middle of the body and relieve pain. It is suitable for people with abdominal pain and diarrhea and vomiting after Yang deficiency or Spleen Yang deficiency or cold.
Note that it should not be taken by people with heat in the body.
This herb is used to treat coldness, cold rebellion in the stomach, and abdominal pain from cholera.
The “Materia Medica Hui Yan”: Gao Liang Jiang, dispel cold and damp, warm the spleen and stomach medicine. If the elderly spleen and stomach cold, diarrhea, diarrhea, women’s heart and stomach pain, due to anger, due to cold phlegm, this medicine pungent hot pure Yang, in addition to all pure cold chronic cold.
I had contact with a graduate student from Peking University. This male student would get migraine as long as it was you time, and when it was heavy, it would involve eye cramps and even nausea and vomiting, while he almost never had migraine in the morning and morning. His stomach is often full at night, but it gets better in summer. He also says he often has dreams of being chased, and sometimes feels a spinning sensation in his head when he sleeps flat on his back. This is typical of Liver Yang deficiency. I prescribed him compound yangjiao punch, which resulted in no pain soon. I instructed him again that he needs to take this medicine regularly and taught him the moxibustion method at the same time. Since his family is in Beijing, he went home and had moxibustion at the vital gate and guan yuan points regularly, and he slowly recovered.
Prepared Chinese medicine: compound yangjiao punch
This medicine has the effect of pacifying liver and submerging yang, dispelling wind and relieving pain, and is suitable for headache of liver-yang deficiency type, manifesting as migraine, vascular tension headache, neuropathic headache, aggravated after cold, accompanied by nausea and vomiting or with eye pain in severe cases when the headache is severe.
It should be noted that patients with large liver and liver wind should not use it.
Step 3 Observe for the following symptoms.
Are there any symptoms Analysis Solutions Acupuncture points Food therapy
Headache comes on after exertion with lumbago, or hair loss, or memory loss – deficiency of kidney essence
If the headache is accompanied by lumbar pain, mental fatigue, dizziness, tinnitus, hair loss and other manifestations of the kidney system, it belongs to the type of headache with deficiency of kidney essence (qi), which needs to be regulated by tonifying kidney essence and kidney qi, using Zuo Gui Wan; moxibustion of Qi Hai and Guan Yuan points; food can be eaten with some wolfberry, sea cucumber and cuscuta.
Acupuncture points
For people who do not have heat symptoms and do not have fire, moxibustion can be used on Qihai and Guangyuan points, which can benefit kidney qi and yuan qi, which is the function of kidney essence, and strengthen the function of kidney essence, thus preventing hair loss. You can moxibustion 10-20 minutes each time, adhere to 1-2 months or even longer.
It is important to note that moxibustion is not suitable for people with yin deficiency or heat symptoms such as tuberculosis, nephritis, thirst and dry mouth, dry throat, hot hands and feet, bad breath, constipation, and easy to catch fire.
Food therapy
Choose sea cucumber, wolfberry and black bean for food therapy.
Sea cucumber
Sea cucumber is salty and cold in nature, and belongs to the kidney meridian. It is suitable for people with deficiency of kidney essence and blood deficiency, but it should be noted that sea cucumber is contraindicated for patients suffering from acute enteritis, bacillary dysentery, cold, cough, asthma, loose stools, bleeding with stagnation and phlegm-dampness obstruction.
Chinese wolfberry
It is suitable for people with liver and kidney deficiency or blood deficiency, with symptoms such as soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, hair loss and gray hair, loss of vision, fatigue, fatty liver and other diseases without damp-heat manifestation.
It should be noted that: during the cold, loose stools and people with phlegm and dampness in the body is not suitable for consumption of wolfberry. People with phlegm-dampness are characterized by laziness (or slow movement), abdominal distension, usually phlegm, slow speech, and easy mental fatigue.
It should be noted that people with kidney essence deficiency generally have two trends, one manifesting as kidney yang deficiency and the other manifesting as kidney yin deficiency (kidney yin deficiency is not allowed to do moxibustion), the self-care of these two types of people can refer to the insomnia chapter on kidney yang deficiency and kidney yin deficiency for self-analysis and treatment, and will not be repeated.
Whether it is kidney yang deficiency or kidney yin deficiency, kidney essence deficiency is the core of them, therefore, treatment of hair loss, only to supplement kidney yin or kidney yang is not effective, the focus is to supplement the kidney essence.
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Zuo Gui Wan is composed of Shu Di Huang, Shan Yao, Fructus Lycii, Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum, Chuan Niu Knee, Semen Cuscutae, Deer Antler Gum, and Turtle Board Gum, and is suitable for those who suffer from hair loss, seminal emission, forgetfulness, and weakness of the back and legs.
Note that it is not suitable for patients with cold or fever, avoiding oily food and sexual intercourse during taking the medicine.
In addition, this formula is based on nourishing yin medicine, which is often taken for a long time and can easily affect the digestive function of the spleen and stomach, leading to symptoms such as abdominal distension and loss of appetite, so people with abdominal distension, loss of appetite and a tasteless mouth (which is caused by dampness impeding the function of the spleen and stomach) should use it with caution.
People with headache have less blood on their face, pale white nails, and less qi and lazy speech – deficiency of both qi and blood
People with headaches such as this with shortness of breath and weakness, dizziness, easy panic and palpitations, and less florid complexion and nails, but without obvious symptoms such as distress and bitterness, generally belong to the type of Qi and Blood deficiency. The treatment requires tonifying Qi and Blood by strengthening the spleen and nourishing the heart to nourish Qi and Blood.
Moxibustion
Moxibustion can be applied to the Qihai and Sanli points for 20 minutes each time, once a day, for 2-3 months.
Food therapy
Cinnamon, jujube, yam, strawberry.
Strawberry is sweet, sour and cool in nature, belongs to the spleen and lung meridian, has the function of strengthening the spleen and moistening the lung, benefiting qi and nourishing blood. It is suitable for people with deficiency of both qi and blood. It should be noted that strawberries are not sweet and should not be eaten by diabetic patients, and they contain more calcium oxalate, so people with urinary tract stones should not eat more.
Food therapy
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Ginseng and Spleen Pill or Pat Chun Punch can be used.
Ginseng and Spleen Pill is composed of Ginseng, Atractylodes Macrocephala, Radix Astragali, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Fu Shen and Yuan Zhi, etc. It has the effect of benefiting Qi, strengthening the spleen and nourishing blood to calm the mind. It is suitable for people with Qi and Blood deficiency and is suitable to be taken before meals.
It should be noted that: it is not suitable for people with cold (external disease) or internal heat; it is not suitable for people with Yin deficiency and fire; during the period of taking the medicine, it is advisable to have a light diet and avoid spicy, cold and greasy food.