Point Prescriptions

Headache: Liver Yang Rising

Subdue liver yang, settle wind and stop pain. For throbbing headache with dizziness, irritability, flushing and red eyes.

Needling Headache

POINT SELECTION

LR3 Taichong GB20 Fengchi LI4 Hegu LR2 Xingjian GV20 Baihui

Needle LR3, GB20, LI4, LR2 and GV20 with reducing method. Bloodletting at LR2 or at the temporal vessels is used when the headache is severe.

RATIONALE

LR3 and LR2 subdue liver yang and clear the head; GB20 dispels wind from the head and neck; GV20 raises clear yang while calming the spirit; LI4 is the command point for the face and head. Reducing the distal points first and the local points afterwards is the usual order for excess conditions of the head.

SOURCE After the Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion and the song of the four command points

NOTE These are general formulas recorded in the literature; in clinical use they must be modified according to the individual, the season and the setting. Acupuncture and moxibustion should be performed by a licensed practitioner.

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