ACUPRESSURE POINTS FOR HEADACHE

Headache

The head is where all the yang channels of the hand and foot meet. Attack of endogenous or exogenous factors may cause headaches due to derangement of Vital energy and Blood in the head and retardation of the circulation of Vital energy in the channels that traverse the head.

Headache such as in a common cold is caused by exogenous pathagenic factors. Headache of endogenous origin, called " HEADWIND" is intermittent, protracted and intractable. Pain occurs on either side of the head. It may be of the excess or deficiency type, the former due mainly to hyperactivity of yang of the Liver and the later due to deficiency of vital energy and blood.

Frontal headache:

Acupressure points are :-

GB 14

UB 2

St 44

St 43

Temporal headache

 Acupoints are:-

SJ 23

GB20

SJ5

GB 41

Parietal headache

Acupoints are:-

GB 8

St 8

Sj 3

Sj 5

Vertical headache:

Acupoints are:-

GV20

K1

UB60

Occipital headache

Acupoints are:-

GV 20

UB10

Lu7

SI 6

In all cases of headache the acupoint L.I. 4 to be used.