SOME ACUPUNCTURE POINTS WHICH TREAT HEADACHE

JOURNAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE NUMBER 55 SEPTEMBER 1997 This article is not intended to be a comprehensive discussion of either the differentiation or treatment of headache. Such material is well covered in previous issues of this Journal1 and in many acupuncture textbooks. Rather it is intended as a discussion of some of the more important acupuncture points traditionally used to treat headache, and the rationale for their selection and range of action. Many are points that would be commonly

selected by acupuncturists today. One or two have clearly been considered more important in past times, as evidenced by material found in classical sources, but are less used in modern clinical practice. By contrast, some distal points in common use today for the treatment of headache were barely indicated for such use previously, Xingjian LIV-2 and Taichong LIV-3 being typical examples. In considering the treatment of headache in classical texts, it is important to be familiar with the commonly-used term ‘head wind’. This traditional term has two principal meanings. Firstly it is used to refer to severe, long-standing and repetitive headaches (for example migraine), in contrast to a single incident of headache. Secondly, it describes a condition deriving from attack by exterior wind, whether combined with cold, heat or dampness, which invades the channels of the head and gives rise to headache, dizziness and deviation of the mouth and eye. The indications listed below are almost entirely derived from classical sources. Only those indications relating to headache have been included in this article, and of course all the points have many additional unrelated indications. LOCAL POINTS TOUWEI ST-8 Head’s Binding Indications • Headache, splitting headache with chills...

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