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1. Headache occurring in greater yáng (tài yáng) disease in cold damage, attended by stiffness of the neck and accompanied by aversion to cold, heat effusion, and floating pulse.

Medicinal therapy: Classically, greater yáng (tài yáng) headache without sweating is treated with Ephedra Decoction (麻黄汤 má huáng tāng), whereas with sweating it is treated with Cinnamon Twig Decoction (桂枝汤 guì zhī tāng). It can also be treated with formulas containing chuanxiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma, 川芎 chuān xiōng), notopterygium (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix, 羌活 qiāng huó), pubescent angelica (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix, 独活 dú huó), and ephedra (Ephedrae Herba, 麻黄 má huáng).

Acumoxatherapy: Select GB-20 (Wind Pool, 风池 fēng chí), GV-16 (Wind Mansion, 风府 fēng fǔ), ST-8 (Head Corner, 头维 tóu wéi), TB-5 (Outer Pass, 外关 wài guān), LI-4 (Union Valley, 合谷 hé gǔ), GB-12 (Completion Bone, 完骨 wán gǔ), and BL-64 (Capital Bone, 京骨 jīng gǔ).

2. Headache characterized by pain on the path of the greater yáng (tài yáng) channel, i.e., one that runs over the vertex and that is associated with stiffness of the neck, back, and lumbus.

Medicinal therapy: Formulas used to treat it often contain notopterygium (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix, 羌活 qiāng huó) and ephedra (Ephedrae Herba, 麻黄 má huáng), which act as conductors.

Acumoxatherapy: Select BL-10 (Celestial Pillar, 天柱 tiān zhù), GV-14 (Great Hammer, 大椎 dà zhuī), SI-3 (Back Ravine, 后溪 hòu xī), and BL-60 (Kunlun Mountains, 昆仑 kūn lún).

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