Migraine, Herb Therapy
by: Joe Hing Kwok Chu
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The therapy should be based on the traditional Chinese medicine diagnostics.:
Samples of formulae:
Formula 1:
Syndromes: Migraine with Yinxu (yin deficient), pixu (spleen deficient) condition.
Prescription: he shou wu 9 g, tu fu ling 30 g, tian ma, dang gui, fang feng 6 g each.
One package per day. Make into servings. Ten days is one therapy period.
After solving the migraine, use tonic herb formula to correct the Yinxu (yin deficient), pixu (spleen deficient) conditions.
處方一
主治﹕偏頭疼兼有陰虛 , 脾虛 者
處方﹕
何首烏 9 g, 土茯苓 30 g, 天麻, 當歸, 防風 各 6 g.
每天一劑。分二次服用。十天為一療程。
偏頭疼痊癒後。服用補脾補陰方劑。
Other commonly used formulae:
shi zheng (strong pattern): use ge gen tang
xu shi interwoven zheng (weak and strong pattern): wu ling san , gou teng san
xu zheng (weak pattern): gui zhi ren shen tang, ban xia bai zhu tian ma tang
Note: In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), tonifying the kidney and the spleen has nothing to do with kidneys nor with spleen. It refers to correcting the condition of shenxu (kidney deficient) and pixu (speen deficient).
常用處方 :
實證: 葛 根 湯
虛實間證: 五苓 散﹐釣藤散
虛證: 桂枝人參湯﹐半夏白朮天麻湯.﹐吳茱萸湯
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Folk formulae:
(1) ye ju hua tea
Ingredients:ye ju hua 9 g, gou qi zi 15 g, American ginseng 9 g.
Simmer with water for about 15 minutes. Make it daily and use daily as tea. .
(2) ge gen tea
Ingredient: ge gen 10 to 20 g
Add 1000 c.c. of water and simmer to about 400 c.c. Make into 2 serving. Make it daily. Take for 10 to 15 days.
民間驗方﹕
(1) 野菊杞子洋參湯
野 菊花3錢﹐枸杞子5錢﹐