Headache attributed to food stagnating in the stomach. Food damage headache is attended by glomus and fullness in the chest and diaphragm, putrid belching, acid swallowing, aversion to food, and a slippery replete pulse. In some cases, there may be generalized heat. See headache.
Medicinal therapy: Disperse food and abduct stagnation using formulas such as Costusroot, Amomum, Unripe Bitter Orange, and White Atractylodes Pill (香砂枳朮丸xiāng shā zhǐ zhú wán), Center-Ordering Decoction (治中汤zhì zhōng tāng), or Harmony-Preserving Pill (保和丸bǎo hé wán) and variations.
Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on ST and LI. Select ST-8 (Head Corner, 头维 tóu wéi), Greater yáng (tài yáng) (太阳tài yáng), CV-12 (Center Stomach Duct, 中脘 zhōng wǎn), PC-6 (Inner Pass, 内关 nèi guān), ST-25 (Celestial Pivot, 天枢 tiān shū), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), LI-4 (Union Valley, 合谷 hé gǔ), and Lǐ Inner Court (里内庭lǐ nèi tíng) and needle with drainage. For selection of points according to affected area, see headache.