According to Chinese Medicine: If its windy and cold and you get a headache it could be wind/cold entering the channels, those headaches tend to be in the back of the head because that's where those Tai Yang (most external) channels are located. We protect ourselves on the back of the neck but those channels run up the back of the head.

Migraines, temporal on side of head, usually a liver/gallbladder issue, the gallbladder channel runs along side of head.

Headaches behind the eyes, usually throbbing, usually due to hypertension and liver issues. Like a liver yang rising.

Qi and blood stasis can result in sharp stabbing pains in head, tonify qi and blood, astragalus has an upward moving quality to it which can help with sinking Qi in Qi deficiency. An example of excessive blood stasis and underlying deficiency.

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Migraine & Tension Headache

A placebo-controlled double-blind clinical trial involving 54 patients assessed the efficacy of a topical medication containing salicin for the treatment of either migraines and/or tension-type headaches. All the patients had headaches consistent with the International Classification of Headache Disorders (HIS) criteria for migraines and/or tension-type headaches, and had suffered from headaches for at least 1 year up to approximately 40 years. The patients were divided into two groups. One group received a placebo topical medication. The other group received a topical medication containing salicin. Neither preparation induced any stinging sensation. The patients were instructed to apply the medication, which was in a roll-on form, to the frontal region at the onset of a headache, take their usual oral or parenteral medications, apply a mask which covered the eyes and frontal region, and then lie down. They subsequently filled out forms rating the degree of relief which they attributed to the topical medications and the masks using a scale of 0 to 10. They were also asked if this form of treatment had helped or not. Seven of the 20 patients who received the placebo stated that the medication and mask helped. This group rated the treatment an average of 4.31 on the scale of 0 to 10. Twenty-eight of 34 patients who received salicin stated that it was effective.

This group rated it 7.42 on the scale of 0 to 10 (p < 0.001). The majority of the patients treated with salicin stated that the duration of their headaches was significantly reduced, as was their need for analgesic and/or narcotic medications. This study demonstrates a significant difference between placebo and salicin in association with the photoprotective mask in treating migraines and/or tension-type headaches with associated frontalis pain and photophobia. (WHO-VOL4 pg 317)

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Migraine & Tension Headache

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