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Headache and stiff painful nape
头项强痛 〔頭項強痛〕 tóu xiàng qiáng tòng
A condition usually caused by obstruction of the channels by an externally contracted evils (the six excesses), usually forming exterior patterns. Occurring in enduring disease, it is a sign of wind-damp impediment (bì).
Medicinal therapy: Treat exterior patterns by effusing and dispersing exterior resolution. Treat wind-damp impediment by dispelling wind-damp and freeing the channels and network vessels.
Acumoxatherapy: Select GV-16 (Wind House, 风府 fēng fǔ), GB-20 (Wind Pool, 风池 fēng chí), LI-4 (Union Valley, 合谷 hé gǔ), LU-7 (Broken Sequence, 列缺 liè quē), and ST-8 (Head Corner, 头维 tóu wéi). Needle with drainage.
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