Wind-damp headache

Headache due to wind evil assailing from outside and damp turbidity clouding the upper body. Wind-damp headache is characterized by headache with heavy head as if swathed (bag-over-the-head sensation), heavy cumbersome limbs, oppression in the chest and abdominal distension, nausea and torpid intake, dry mouth with little fluid intake, slimy tongue fur, and a soggy or floating moderate pulse.

Medicinal therapy: Dispel wind and transform dampness using formulas such as Notopterygium Dampness-Overcoming Decoction (羌活胜湿汤 qiāng huó shèng shī tāng).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on points of the three yáng channels, GV, and ST. Select GB-20 (Wind Pool, 风池 fēng chí), GV-16 (Wind Mansion, 风府 fēng fǔ), 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), SI-3 (Back Ravine, 后溪 hòu xī), SP-9 (Yīn Mound Spring, 阴陵泉 yīn líng quán), ST-40 (Bountiful Bulge, 丰隆 fēng lóng), and ST-8 (Head Corner, 头维 tóu wéi); needle with drainage. For selection of points according to affected area, see headache.