Phlegm-damp headache

Headache attributed to phlegm-damp clouding the upper body. Phlegm-damp headache is a headache with heavy head as if swathed, fullness and oppression in the chest and stomach duct, regular bouts of nausea and vomiting producing copious phlegm, white slimy tongue fur, and slippery pulse.

Medicinal therapy: Transform phlegm and dispel dampness with formulas such as Phlegm-Abducting Decoction (导痰汤 dǎo tán tāng) which can be combined with Chuanxiong and Asarum Decoction (芎辛汤 xiōng xīn tāng).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on CV and ST. 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), LI-4 (Union Valley, 合谷 hé gǔ), and ST-40 (Bountiful Bulge, 丰隆 fēng lóng); needle with drainage. For fullness and oppression in the chest and stomach duct, add CV-17 (Chest Center, 膻中 shān zhōng), and PC-6 (Inner Pass, 内关 nèi guān), See headache.