Chinese herbal remedies for frontal headaches

Chinese medicine prescriptions for frontal headache, depending on the type of headache, include Chuanxiong Cha Zhi San (川芎茶調散), Qiang Wu Sheng Dampness Tang (羌活胜湿汤), Yi Qi Smart Tang (益氣聪明汤) and Han Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang (半夏白术天麻汤).
1. Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong Cha Zhi San: This formula is suitable for the syndrome of wind-cold attack, manifesting as dizziness and pain in the forehead, accompanied by bad cold (fear of cold) and thirst, and it is suitable to use Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong Cha Zhi San to reduce the wind, dissipate the cold and alleviate the pain.
2. Qiang Hu Sheng Dampness Tang: This formula is suitable for the evidence of wind-dampness attack, manifesting as forehead headache like wrapping, limbs trapped in the middle, and poor appetite, it is suitable to use Qiang Hu Sheng Dampness Tang to eliminate wind and dampness to relieve pain.
3. Yiqi Smart Tang: this formula is suitable for headache with Qi deficiency, manifesting as vague forehead headache, aggravated by exertion, shortness of breath, poor diet, it is recommended to use Yiqi Smart Tang with addition or subtraction to promote Qi and clear the air to relieve pain.
4. Radix et Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae Tianma Tang: This formula is suitable for phlegm-dampness headache, manifesting as heavy forehead headache, loss of appetite, vomiting, it is recommended to use Radix et Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae Tianma Tang to resolve phlegm and reduce reversal of blood pressure to relieve pain.
If you have a frontal headache, you should go to the hospital in time and be treated by a professional Chinese medicine practitioner to identify the symptoms.