大芎辛汤
治痰厥、饮厥、肾厥、气厥等证，偏正头疼不可忍者，只以此药并如圣饼子服之
病退，但多服自能作效。气虚高年人，仍服养正丹、黑锡丹。若发热头疼，却不
生附子（去皮尖） 生乌头（去皮尖） 天南星（泡洗） 干姜（炮） 细辛（去芦） 川
芎（各
一两
上锉散。每服四钱，水二盏，姜七片，茶芽少许，煎至六分，食前服。中脘素寒者，不
用茶
如圣饼子
治男子妇人气厥，上盛下虚，痰饮、风寒伏留阳经，偏正头疼，痛连脑巅，吐逆
目眩，耳聋。常服，清头目，消风痰，暖胃气。
川乌（炮制，去皮脐） 天南星（炮） 干姜（炮。各一两） 甘草 川芎（各二两） 天
麻防
风
上为末。汤浸蒸饼和丸如鸡头子大，捻作饼子，晒干。每服二十饼。姜汤或茶任意咽下。
须
消风散
治风证头痛至亟，用生柚叶、葱白研汁，调贴头上两太阳穴，立验！（方见风科热
大附丸（一名葱涎丸） 治元气虚壅上攻，偏正头疼不可忍。
大附子（一只，炮，去皮脐）
上为末，葱涎丸如梧子大。每服十五丸至二十丸，临卧，茶清送下。一方，以川乌头泡
去皮
四川丸
治头痛如破。
大川乌（一个，生，去皮脐） 川白芷 川细辛（去叶） 大川芎（各一两）
上为末，韭叶自然汁丸，黄丹为衣。每服一丸，细嚼葱白，淡茶清下。又名鹤顶丹。
硫黄丸
治头痛如破，每发则数日不食，百药不疗。
硫黄（二两） 硝石（一两）
上用水为丸，指头大。空心，腊茶嚼下一丸。或丸如梧子大，每服十五丸。暑 懵冒者，
冷
葫芦巴散
治气攻头痛。
葫芦巴（微炒） 三棱（锉，醋 一宿，炒干。各一两） 干姜（炮，等分）
上为末。每服二钱，温生姜汤或酒调下。凡气攻头痛，一服即瘥。万法不愈，头痛如破
者，
又方，点头散
川芎（二两） 香附子（炒，去毛，四两）
为末，淡茶清调。常服，除根。
附子汤
治头风至验。
大附子（一个，生用，去皮脐） 绿豆（一合）
上同入铫子内煮，豆熟为度，去附子，服豆即安。每个可煮五服，后为末服之。
荜茇散
治偏头痛，绝妙。
上一味为末，令患者口中含。左边疼，令左鼻吸一字，右边疼，右鼻吸一字。即效。
至灵散
治偏正头痛。
细辛 雄黄（各等分）
上为末，以少许搐鼻，左痛搐左，右痛搐右
一字轻金散
治偏正头风痛，夹脑风，眉棱骨痛，牵引两眼抽掣，疼痛迸出，或生翳膜，视
藿香叶 荆芥穗 旋复花 香白芷 石膏末（细研，水飞） 防风（各半两） 川乌（两
头
尖者
上各修事，挂日中晒干，同捣为末，每服一字，食后淡茶调下。神效！
川乌散
治脑泻。
防风 白附子 北细辛 白茯苓 川乌 菖蒲 干姜 香白芷 川芎 甘草节（各等
分）
上为末。每服三钱，嚼生葱，白汤调下，食后服。
天香散
治远年日近头风，才发则顽痹麻痒，不胜爬搔，或块瘰停痰，呕吐，饮食莫入，两
断根。
天南星（汤泡七次） 半夏（制同上） 川乌（生，去皮脐） 川香白芷
上等分，为末。每服七钱或十钱，水一碗半，煎至一碗，入生姜自然汁半碗，再煎至八
分，
之。
白附子散
治脑逆头痛，齿亦痛。
麻黄（不去节） 天南星（泡） 乌头（炮，去皮。各半两） 白附子（炮，一两） 朱
砂（研）
麝
上为末。酒调半钱。服讫，去枕卧少时。
备急丸
治积聚，头痛。
大黄 干姜 巴豆（去皮、心，出油）
上等分，为末，炼蜜丸如碗豆大，米饮下一丸，羸人服半丸，绿豆大。以大便利为度。
四柱散
治大病后及诸虚头痛。
上用水煎，将熟时，入腊茶一钱服之。（方见痼冷类。）
二陈汤
治眉心并眉梁骨疼者，痰饮也，宜用二陈汤煎饮，吞下青州白丸子最验。（方见
风科通治类。）
瓜蒂散
治胸中有伏痰，吐之即愈。
瓜蒂末 赤小豆末（各等分）
上研匀，热米饮调一钱匕，羸弱服半钱。得吐为度，痛即止。
都梁丸
大治诸风眩晕，妇人产前、产后，乍伤风邪，头目昏重，及血风头痛，服之令人目
凡沫浴后服一二，并甚佳。暴寒乍暖，神思不清，头目昏晕，并宜服之。
香白芷（大块者，以沸汤泡洗）
上为末，炼蜜和丸如弹子大。每服一丸，多用荆芥点腊茶细嚼下，食后。常服，诸无所
忌，
灸法∶
囟会穴在鼻心直上，入发际二寸，再容豆许是穴，灸七壮。真头痛者，其痛上穿风府，
陷入于泥丸宫，不可以药愈。夕发旦死，旦发夕死。盖头中人之根，根气先绝也！
Da Xiong Xin Tang (Great Costus and Asarum Decoction)
Treats syndromes such as Phlegm Jue (syncope due to phlegm), Fluid Jue (syncope due to fluid retention), Kidney Jue (syncope due to kidney deficiency), Qi Jue (syncope due to qi stagnation), and severe lateral or frontal headaches that are unbearable. Take this medicine together with Rusheng Bingzi (Like-Sage Cakes).
When the disease recedes, continued administration will naturally produce efficacy. For elderly patients with Qi deficiency, continue taking Yangzheng Dan (Nourish Righteousness Pill) and Heixi Dan (Black Tin Pill). If fever and headache occur, do not use Sheng Fuzi (Raw Aconite Root, peeled and cleft), Sheng Wutou (Raw Aconite Lateral Root, peeled and cleft), Tian Nan Xing (Arisaema Rhizome, processed and washed), Gan Jiang (Dried Ginger, processed), Xi Xin (Asarum Root and Rhizome, de-rhizomed), Chuan Xiong (Ligusticum Rhizome) (each 1 liang).
Crush into a powder. Each dose is 4 qian, boiled with 2 zhan of water, 7 slices of ginger, and a small amount of tea buds, decocted until 6 fen remains. Take before meals. If the Zhongwan acupoint area is inherently cold, do not use tea.
Rusheng Bingzi (Like-Sage Cakes)
Treats Qi Jue in men and women, characterized by excess above and deficiency below, with phlegm-fluid and wind-cold lingering in the Yang meridians, causing lateral or frontal headaches radiating to the vertex, accompanied by vomiting, vertigo, and deafness. Regular consumption clears the head and eyes, eliminates wind-phlegm, and warms the stomach qi.
Chuan Wu (Aconitum Carmichaelii Lateral Root, processed, peeled and de-navelled), Tian Nan Xing (Arisaema Rhizome, processed), Gan Jiang (Dried Ginger, processed) (each 1 liang), Gan Cao (Licorice Root), Chuan Xiong (Ligusticum Rhizome) (each 2 liang), Tian Ma (Gastrodia Rhizome), Fang Feng (Saposhnikovia Root).
Grind into powder. Soak steamed wheat dough in hot water, mix into pills the size of corn seeds, flatten into cakes, and dry in the sun. Each dose is 20 cakes. Swallow with ginger soup or tea as desired.
Xiaofeng San (Eliminate Wind Powder)
Treats severe wind-induced headaches. Grind fresh pomelo leaves and scallion whites to extract juice, mix, and apply to the Taiyang acupoints on both sides of the head. Immediate effect! (Formula seen in Wind Section, Heat Diseases.)
Da Fu Wan (Great Aconite Pill, also known as Congxian Wan)
Treats attacks of severe lateral or frontal headaches caused by deficiency and stagnation of Yuan Qi (Original Qi) rushing upward.
Da Fu Zi (Large Aconite Root, one piece, processed, peeled and de-navelled).
Grind into powder, make pills with scallion juice the size of smartweed seeds. Each dose is 15-20 pills, taken at bedtime with clear tea. Another method uses Chuan Wutou (Aconitum Carmichaelii Lateral Root), processed and peeled.
Sichuan Wan (Sichuan Pill)
Treats headaches feeling like bursting.
Da Chuan Wu (Large Aconitum Carmichaelii Lateral Root, one piece, raw, peeled and de-navelled), Chuan Baizhi (Angelica Dahurica Root), Chuan Xi Xin (Asarum Root and Rhizome, de-leaved), Da Chuan Xiong (Ligusticum Rhizome) (each 1 liang).
Grind into powder, make pills with natural juice of leek leaves, coat with Huang Dan (Lead Monoxide). Each dose is one pill, chew thoroughly with scallion white, swallow with light clear tea. Also known as Heding Dan (Crane Top Pill).
Liuhuang Wan (Sulfur Pill)
Treats severe headaches feeling like bursting, where the patient cannot eat for several days upon onset, and other medicines fail.
Liuhuang (Sulfur, 2 liang), Xiaoshi (Niter, 1 liang).
Make pills with water, size of a finger tip. On an empty stomach, chew Lacha (aged Pu'er tea) and swallow one pill. Or make pills the size of smartweed seeds, each dose 15 pills. For heat-induced dizziness, take with cold tea.
Huluba San (Trigonella Powder)
Treats headaches caused by Qi attack.
Huluba (Fenugreek Seed, lightly stir-fried), Sanleng (Sparganium Rhizome, crushed, soaked in vinegar overnight, stir-fried dry) (each 1 liang), Gan Jiang (Dried Ginger, processed) (equal parts).
Grind into powder. Each dose is 2 qian, mixed with warm ginger soup or wine. For all Qi-attack headaches, one dose brings recovery. For cases unresponsive to ten thousand methods, with headaches feeling like bursting...
Another Formula, Diantou San (Head-Nodding Powder)
Chuan Xiong (Ligusticum Rhizome, 2 liang), Xiang Fuzi (Cyperi Rhizome, stir-fried, de-hairy, 4 liang).
Grind into powder, mix with light clear tea. Regular consumption eradicates the root cause.
Fuzi Tang (Aconite Decoction)
Highly effective for Toufeng (Wind-Cold Headache).
Da Fu Zi (Large Aconite Root, one piece, raw, peeled and de-navelled), Lv Dou (Mung Bean, 1 he).
Boil together in a ding pot until beans are cooked. Remove the aconite, consume the beans for relief. One piece can be decocted five times; afterwards, grind the aconite into powder for consumption.
Bibo San (Piper Longum Powder)
Treats migraines, excellent effect.
Take the single ingredient (Bibo / Piper Longum Fruit), grind into powder, and let the patient hold it in the mouth. For left-sided pain, inhale one zi of powder through the left nostril; for right-sided pain, through the right nostril. Immediate effect.
Zhi Ling San (Utmost Spirit Powder)
Treats migraines and frontal/lateral headaches.
Xi Xin (Asarum Root and Rhizome), Xionghuang (Realgar) (equal parts).
Grind into powder, insufflate a small amount into the nose. Left pain insufflate left, right pain insufflate right.
Yizi Qingjin San (One-Zi Light Gold Powder)
Treats lateral/frontal wind-headaches, brain-wind, supraorbital pain,牵引 (pulling/twitching) of both eyes, bursting pain, or formation of corneal opacities affecting vision.
Huoxiang Ye (Patchouli Leaf), Jingjie Sui (Schizonepeta Spike), Xuanfu Hua (Inula Flower), Xiang Baizhi (Angelica Dahurica Root), Shigao Mo (Gypsum Fibrosum, finely ground, water-suspended), Fang Feng (Saposhnikovia Root) (each half liang), Chuan Wu (Aconitum Carmichaelii Lateral Root, pointed ends, 1 liang).
Process each herb separately, hang in the sun to dry, crush together into powder. Each dose is one zi, taken after meals mixed with light tea. Divine effect!
Chuan Wu San (Aconite Powder)
Treats Nao Xie (Brain Diarrhea/Discharge).
Fang Feng (Saposhnikovia Root), Baifuzi (Typhonium Rhizome), Bei Xi Xin (Northern Asarum Root and Rhizome), Bai Fulinq (White Poria), Chuan Wu (Aconitum Carmichaelii Lateral Root), Changpu (Acorus Rhizome), Gan Jiang (Dried Ginger), Xiang Baizhi (Angelica Dahurica Root), Chuan Xiong (Ligusticum Rhizome), Gancao Jie (Licorice Root Nodes) (equal parts).
Grind into powder. Each dose is 3 qian, chew raw scallion, mix with plain water, take after meals.
Tianxiang San (Heavenly Fragrance Powder)
Treats chronic or recent Toufeng (Wind-Cold Headache). Upon onset, there is stubborn numbness and itching, unbearable scratching, or lumps, lymphadenopathy, retained phlegm, vomiting, inability to eat, bilateral termination of symptoms.
Tian Nan Xing (Arisaema Rhizome, soaked in water seven times), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber, processed similarly), Chuan Wu (Aconitum Carmichaelii Lateral Root, raw, peeled and de-navelled), Chuan Xiang Baizhi (Angelica Dahurica Root).
Equal parts, grind into powder. Each dose is 7 qian or 10 qian, boil with 1.5 bowls of water until 1 bowl remains, add half a bowl of natural ginger juice, decoct again until 0.8 bowl remains...
Baifuzi San (Typhonium Powder)
Treats headaches from rebellious Brain Qi, with toothache.
Mahuang (Ephedra Herb, without joints), Tian Nan Xing (Arisaema Rhizome, processed), Wutou (Aconite Root, processed, peeled) (each half liang), Baifuzi (Typhonium Rhizome, processed, 1 liang), Zhusha (Cinnabar, ground), She (Musk, implied missing character).
Grind into powder. Mix with wine, take half qian. After ingestion, lie down without a pillow for a short time.
Beiji Wan (Emergency Urgency Pill)
Treats Ji Ju (Accumulations and Masses), headaches.
Dahuang (Rhubarb Root and Rhizome), Gan Jiang (Dried Ginger), Badou (Croton Seed, peeled, de-heart, oil removed).
Equal parts, grind into powder, refine honey to make pills the size of peas. Swallow one pill with rice drink. Frail patients take half a pill, size of a mung bean. Stop when bowel movement is achieved.
Sizhu San (Four Pillars Powder)
Treats headaches after serious illness and various deficiency syndromes.
Decoct with water. When nearly ready, add 1 qian of aged tea and take. (Formula seen in Chronic Cold Category.)
Erchen Tang (Two-Aged Decoction)
Treats pain in the glabella and superciliary arches, caused by Phlegm-Fluid. Use Erchen Tang (Two-Aged Decoction) decocted and drunk, swallowing Qingzhou Bai Wanzi (Qingzhou White Pills) for best results. (Formula seen in Wind Section General Treatment Category.)
Gouti San (Melon Twig Powder)
Treats latent phlegm in the chest; vomiting leads to cure.
Gouti Mo (Melon Twig Powder), Chixiaodou Mo (Adzuki Bean Powder) (equal parts).
Grind evenly, mix with hot rice drink, take one qian bi. Frail patients take half qian. Stop when vomiting occurs; pain ceases.
Duliang Wan (Duliang Pill)
Primarily treats various wind-induced vertigo, pre- and post-partum conditions in women, sudden wind-pathogen invasion causing heavy/dizzy head and eyes, and Blood-Wind headaches. Consumption clarifies vision.
Best taken after bathing, 1-2 pills. Effective for sudden cold/warm changes, mental confusion, and dizzy head/eyes.
Xiang Baizhi (Angelica Dahurica Root, large pieces, soaked and washed in boiling water).
Grind into powder, refine honey to make pills the size of marbles. Each dose is one pill, chew thoroughly with Schizonepeta and aged tea, take after meals. Regular consumption has no taboos.
Moxibustion Method:
Xihui Acupoint is located directly above the center of the nose, entering the hairline by 2 cun, then another space holding a bean-sized object. Moxibustion 7 zhuang. True Tou Tong (True Headache) involves pain piercing upwards through Fengfu Acupoint, sinking into Niwan Palace. It cannot be cured by medicine. Evening onset leads to morning death; morning onset leads to evening death. This is because the head is the root of the human body; if the root Qi perishes first...