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nervous system
headache: nonvascular
chinese formulae

formulas

Ophiopogon and Asarum C.: All types of headache (Hsu, 1980, p. 443; Dharmananda, 1986, p. 341)
Cnidium and Tea F. (Chuan Xiong Cha Tiao Wan) (available as patent): Wind-Cold; headache with nasal congestion including sinus headache; headache in these locations: sides of head (Xiao Yang), top of head (Jue Yin), forehead (Yang Ming), back of head, neck/upper back (Tai Yang) (Cnidium and Tea: Hsu, 1980, p. 40; Yeung, p. 40; Dharmananda, 1986, p. 341; Bensky and Barolet, p. 49; patent: Fratkin, p. 52, Zhu, p. 41)
• Gan Mao Dan (patent): Wind-Heat (Zhu, p. 45)
Gentiana C. (Long Dan Xie Gan Wan) (available as patent); Gentiana 12 (patent): Liver and Gall Bladder Invaded by Damp-Heat (Gentiana: Hsu, 1980, p. 181; Yeung, p. 154; Dharmananda, 1986, p. 229; Bensky and Barolet, p. 96; patent: Zhu, p. 172; Fratkin, p. 82; Gentiana 12: Dharmananda, 1990, p. 69)
Niu Huang Jiang Ya Wan (patent): Liver Yang Rising (Zhu, p. 147)
• Bupleurum and Tang Kuei F. (Xiao Yao San): Liver Qi Stagnation with Xue Xu (Blood Deficiency): headache (usually vertex, sometimes temporal), hypochondriac pain, fatigue, dry mouth, poor appetite, alternating chills and fever, menstrual disorders, bloated breasts
(Bensky and Barolet, p. 147; Hsu, p. 94; Yeung, p. 263; Dharmananda, 1986, p. 228)
• Shuang Liao Hou Feng San (Superior Sore Throat Powder) (patent): Sinus headaches with Heat (Zhu, p. 158)
Yan Hu Suo Zhi Tong Pian (Corydalis Yanhusus Analgesic Tablets) (patent): Chronic headache, with Qi Stagnation and Xue Yu (Blood Stasis) (Zhu, p. 232)
Ginseng and Longan C. (Gui Pi Tang) (Kwei Be Wan) (available as patent): Heart Xue Xu (Blood Deficiency) with Spleen Qi Xu (Deficiency): headache due to overthinking
(Ginseng and Longan: Hsu, p. 425; Yeung, p. 112; Dharmananda, 1986, p. 244; Bensky and Barolet, p. 255; patent: Zhu, p. 274)
• Rehmannia Six F. (Liu Wei Di Huang Wan) (available as patent): Kidney and Liver Yin Xu (Deficiency) (Hsu, 1980, p. 245; Yeung, p. 152; Bensky and Barolet, p. 263; patent: Zhu, p. 288)
Bu Nao Wan (Cerebral Tonic Pills) (patent): Liver Xue Xu (Blood Deficiency) (Zhu, p. 316)
• Angelica 14 (patent): any head or facial pain (Dharmananda, 1990, p. 35)
• Gastrodia 9 (patent): Liver Wind Stirring (Dharmananda, 1990, p. 83)
• Tang Kuei 18 (patent) plus Angelica 14 (patent): menstrual headache (Dharmananda, 1990: Tang Kuei, p. 25: Angelica, p. 35)


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