Wind-cold headache

Headache caused by wind-cold assailing from outside. Wind-cold headache is characterized by pain that may stretch to the nape and back, aversion to cold, pain in the joints, nasal congestion and runny nose, a thin white tongue fur, and a tight floating pulse.

Medicinal therapy: Course with and disperse cold with Tea-Blended Chuanxiong Powder (川芎茶调散 chuān xiōng chá tiáo sǎn).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on points of the three yáng channels, GV and LU. Select GB-20 (Wind Pool, 风池 fēng chí), GV-20 (Hundred Convergences, 百会 bǎi huì), Greater yáng (tài yáng) (太阳 tài yáng), LI-4 (Union Valley, 合谷 hé gǔ), LU-7 (Broken Sequence, 列缺 liè quē), and SI-3 (Back Ravine, 后溪 hòu xī). Needle with even supplementation and drainage and, if appropriate, add moxa. For selecting points according to affected area, see headache.