TCM and Chronic headaches and Migraines
February 2nd, 2011 § Leave a Comment
A helpful insight into why migraines/ headaches keep recurring. Disclaimer is necessary.
“Tian Ma” is known as a specific herb for dispelling the pathogenic wind in the body. According to Chinese physicians, dizines, chronic headache, migrane, convulsion and numbness in the wind are mainly resulting from pathogenic wind. Clinical applications involve the usage for the relief of vertigo, migraine, chronic headache and convulsion. It dissipates pathogenic wind, regulates liver function and suppresses spasm.
Interesting articles relating to pathogenic wind that causes chronic headaches:
http://www.damo-qigong.net/pathogen1.htm
http://www.damo-qigong.net/pathogen2.htm
“TCM believes that the Heart is related to joy, the Liver to anger, the Lung to worry and sorrow, the Spleen to anxiety, and the Kidney to both terror and fright. Therefore, excessive joy impairs the Heart; excessive anger impairs the Liver, excessive worry or sorrow impairs the Lung, excessive anxiety impairs the Spleen; and excessive terror or fright impairs the Kidney.”
“Anger induces Qi to flow upward. This indicates that excessive anger can induce Liver Qi to go up excessively and give rise to the subsequent upward adverse flow of Blood. As Liver Qi tends to go up and anger corresponds to the Liver, excessive anger injures the Liver and disturbs the nornial descent and ascent of Liver Qi. In such cases, it is often manifested as a red face and eyes, dizziness and vertigo, distending pain of the head, or even sudden coma or syncope. Sometimes, hematemesis and diarrhea may also be seen as a result of Blood following the adverse Qi to rise excessively or due to Liver Qi attacking the Spleen.”
“Excessive mental activity. This mainly refers to worry impairing both the Heart and Spleen. As the Heart controls both Blood and mental activity and the Spleen is related to thinking in emotions, excessive mental activity is most likely to impair the heart and Spleen, causing Deficiency of both Heart Blood and Spleen, whicb is usually manifested as palpitations, forgetfulness, insomnia, dream disturbed sleep, loss of appetite, abdominal distention and loose stools.”
