bubble_chart Efficacy

Dispelling wind to relieve pain, clearing heat and purging fire.

bubble_chart Indications

Chronic migraine that does not heal over time, accompanied by wind-cold dampness-heat obstructing the head and eyes, causing persistent severe brain pain, along with a bitter taste in the mouth, red eyes, scanty and dark urine, a reddish tongue with yellow coating, and a floating and rapid pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

This formula is for the taiyang, a medicine for the Shaoyang meridian. The head is the meeting point of the six yang meridians, its image is the sky, a place of clear emptiness. When wind-cold and dampness dry it, turbid yin rises and becomes solid! In the formula, Notopterygium, Saposhnikovia Root enter the taiyang meridian, Bupleurum enters the Shaoyang meridian, all are pungent and light, rising to expel wind and eliminate dampness; Sichuan Lovage Rhizome enters the Jueyin meridian, serving as a messenger to connect yin-yang and blood qi; Liquorice Root enters the Taiyin meridian, disperses cold and alleviates pain, and can harmonize all the medicines, the above medicines all have the meaning of pungent and sweet with dispersing effect pertaining to yang; Skullcap Root, Coptis Rhizome are bitter and cold, with the likes of Qiang and Fang to raise them, then they can remove heat from the high peak.

1. Migraine caused by wind-heat.
2. Bitter taste in mouth, red eyes.
3. Red tongue with yellow coating.
4. Floating and rapid pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

1. The headache is not improving: add a small amount of Asarum.
2. If wind-heat is more severe: add Chrysanthemum Flower and Chastetree Fruit.

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

1. Those with spleen and stomach deficiency should not take it for a long time.
2. Pregnant women or those during menstruation should use with caution.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Neuralgia, vascular headache, and those caused by wind-heat. Acute conjunctivitis, glaucoma-related eye pain attributed to liver meridian wind-heat.