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Treats headache caused by Kidney Jue (Renal Cold Syndrome) and Phlegm Jue (Phlegm Obstruction Syndrome), when other medications are ineffective.
Sulfur (Liu Huang); Chuanwu Tou (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, processed and peeled, each half tael); Zhusha (Cinnabaris, water-floating method, two taels); Tiannanxing (Arisaematis Rhizoma, one tael, processed).
Grind the above into fine powder, use ginger juice to cook into a paste for pills, sized like wu zi (seeds of *Koelreuteria paniculata*). Take fifteen pills per dose, administered with decoction of fresh ginger and mint.

Treats severe headache as if breaking, caused by Qi attacking upwards.
Huluba (Trigonellae Semen, stir-fried); Sanleng (Sparganii Rhizoma, sliced, soaked in vinegar overnight, each one tael); Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens, processed, one fen).
Grind the above into fine powder. Take two qian per dose, mixed with decoction of fresh ginger or wine and administered.

Treats eight types of Head Wind (Tou Feng), along with vertigo, nausea, and vomiting, when other medications fail.
Tongming Xionghuang (Realgar, one tael); Chuanwu Tou (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, raw, peeled and tip removed, one and a half taels).
Grind the above two ingredients into fine powder, add drops of water to form pills, sized like wu zi. Take ten pills per dose, administered with tea clear liquid boiled with roasted green onion. Immediately follow with the following nasal insufflation medicine.

Bibo (Piperis Longi Fructus); Liangjiang (Alpiniae Officinarum Rhizoma, each one fen); Baizhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix, one qian); Xixin (Asari Radix et Rhizoma, half qian).
Grind the above into fine powder. Take a small amount (one xiao zi) per dose, first hold a mouthful of water, then insufflate into the nose in portions; stop once fluid is expelled.

Treats headache on either side or centrally, unbearable in intensity, caused by deficiency of Yuan Qi (Original Qi) with stagnation attacking upwards.
Da Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, processed, peeled and navel removed, one piece).
Grind the above into fine powder, use scallion juice to make a paste for pills, sized like mao dou (green bean seeds). Take ten to fifteen pills per dose, administered with tea clear liquid. Another method: grind Pao Chuanwu Tou (processed Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, peeled and tip removed) into powder, mix with natural juice of leek leaves to form pills, treating headache due to wind-deficiency and phlegm-saliva.

Treats Qi Jue (Qi Obstruction Syndrome) characterized by excess above and deficiency below, where phlegm-fluids, wind-cold, and latent pathogens remain in the Yang meridians, causing lateral or central headache, pain radiating to the vertex, vomiting, nausea, closed eyes, and deafness. Regular consumption clears the head and eyes, eliminates wind-phlegm, and warms the stomach Qi.
Chuanwu Tou (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata, raw, peeled); Tiannanxing (Arisaematis Rhizoma); Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens, each one tael); Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma); Chuanxiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma, each two taels); Tianma (Gastrodiae Rhizoma); Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix); Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma, washed to remove slipperiness, each half tael).
Grind the above into fine powder, soak in hot water, steam bing (steamed cake), mix to form pills, sized like jitou (artocarpus fruit), shape into flat cakes, and dry in the sun. Take five cakes per dose, chew finely together with three to five spikes of Jingjie (Schizonepetae Spica), administer with tea or wine as preferred; warm water is also acceptable, without restriction on time.