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Headache caused by phlegm-fire ascending counterflow. Phlegm-fire headache is a headache with ringing in the brain or a hemilateral headache attended by fullness and oppression in the chest and stomach duct, nausea and vomiting, upflow and ejection of phlegm-drool, heart vexation, irascibility, red face, thirst, constipation, slimy yellow tongue fur, and a slippery surging pulse.

Medicinal therapy: Transform phlegm and drain fire with formulas like Chlorite/Mica Phlegm-Rolling Pill (礞石滚痰丸 méng shí gǔn tán wán).

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), LI-11 (Pool at the Bend, 曲池 qū chí), ST-40 (Bountiful Bulge, 丰隆 fēng lóng), and ST-44 (Inner Court, 内庭 nèi tíng); 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). For nausea and vomiting, add PC-6 (Inner Pass, 内关 nèi guān), and SP-4 (Yellow Emperor, 公孙 gōng sūn), See headache.

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