治偏头风痛 用雄黄、细辛等分为末。左边痛嗅入右鼻;右边痛嗅入左鼻,立效。
治痰厥头痛 用乌梅肉十个,盐二钱。水一盏,煎七分,去渣,无时温服,吐即佳。
治时气头痛不止 用朴硝二两为末,生油调涂顶上。
治偏正头疼 用谷精草一两为末,白面调摊纸上,贴痛处,干又换。
治风头痛每遇天阴风雨先发者 用桂心一两为末,酒调如膏,敷顶上并额角。
治偏正头疼夹脑风连两太阳穴疼 用白僵蚕为末,葱茶调服方寸匕。
治头痛 用附子炮,石膏 等分为末,脑麝少许,茶酒调半钱服。
治卒头痛如破,非冷非风,盖胸膈有痰气上攻所致,名厥头痛,吐之即瘥 多用好茶煎
二三升,暖饮,须臾吐,吐毕又饮。能如此数过,须吐汁乃止,不损人,待渴即瘥。
治头痛欲裂 用当归二两,酒一升,煮六合,饮再服瘥。
治气虚头痛 用附子一枚,炮去皮脐,为末,葱涕和丸如梧桐子大。每服五十丸,空心
茶清下。
治风吹项背,头目昏眩脑痛 用香白芷大块洁白者、沸汤洗四五次,锉干为末,炼蜜丸
如弹子大。每服一丸细嚼,用荆芥汤点茶下。及治妇人胎前、产后伤风头痛。
治风寒流注阳经,以致偏、正头疼久年不愈 用大附子一枚,生去皮脐,切作四块,以
生姜自然汁一盏,浸一宿,火炙干,再蘸再炙,汁尽为度,高良姜等分,为末。每服二钱,
腊
治远年近日一切偏正头疼 用萝卜汁一蝉壳许。令病者仰卧,右疼注左鼻,左疼注右鼻,
两
治偏正头疼 用川芎二两,香附子炒四两,共为末。以茶清调服,得腊茶清尤好。
又方 用川乌、天南星等分,为末。葱白连须捣烂调末,贴于太阳痛处。
治气厥头疼 用川芎、天台乌药等分为末。每服二钱,食后腊茶清调服,或葱茶汤调服。
妇
治偏正头痛 用甘菊花、石膏、川芎各三钱,为末。每服三钱,茶清调下。一方用白芷,
去
又方 用马牙硝和酥安鼻内。
治一切头疼服药不效者 用甘草一两半,水一碗,煎七分,去渣,温服。未效加二两。
Treatment for hemi-cranial wind-pain: Equal parts of Realgar (Xionghuang) and Asarum (Xixin) are ground into powder. For pain on the left side, insufflate the powder into the right nostril; for pain on the right side, insufflate it into the left nostril. Immediate relief is expected.
Treatment for phlegm-jue headache: Take ten pieces of dried plum flesh (Wumei Rou) and two qian of salt. Add one sheng of water, decoct until seven-tenths remain, strain, and take warm at any time. Vomiting after administration indicates improvement.
Treatment for epidemic qi headache that does not cease: Take two liang of Mirabilite (Piaoxiao), grind into powder, mix with raw sesame oil, and apply to the vertex of the head.
Treatment for hemi- and frontal headaches: Take one liang of Valerian Flower (Gujingcao), grind into powder, mix with white flour, spread on paper, and apply to the painful area. Replace when dry.
Treatment for wind-headache, which occurs every time there is cloudy or rainy weather: Take one liang of Cinnamon Heart (Guixin), grind into powder, mix with wine to form a paste, and apply to the vertex and temporal angles.
Treatment for hemi- and frontal headaches complicated by brain-wind affecting both Taiyang acupoints: Grind White Silkworm Chrysalis (Baijiangcan) into powder. Mix with scallion juice and tea, and administer one fangcunbi per dose.
Treatment for headache: Equal parts of Prepared Aconite Root (Paofuzi) and Gypsum (Shigao) are ground into powder. Add a small amount of Borneol (Nao) and Musk (She). Mix half a qian with tea or wine and take orally.
Treatment for sudden severe headache feeling like bursting, neither caused by cold nor wind, but due to phlegm-qiang attacking upwards from the chest and diaphragm, named Jue-headache: Vomiting brings cure. Decoct a large amount of good tea in two to three sheng of water. Drink it warm. Shortly after, vomiting will occur. After vomiting, drink again. Repeat this several times until phlegm-fluids are expelled. This method does not harm the body. The illness resolves when thirst arises.
Treatment for splitting headache: Take two liang of Angelica Sinensis (Danggui) and one sheng of wine. Boil until six liang remain. Take in two doses for recovery.
Treatment for qi-deficiency headache: Take one piece of Aconite Root (Fuzi), prepare by removing skin and navel, grind into powder. Mix with scallion mucus to make pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take fifty pills per dose, swallowed with clear tea on an empty stomach.
Treatment for wind invading the neck and back causing dizziness and brain pain: Select large, pure white pieces of Angelica Dahurica (Baizhi). Wash four to five times with boiling water, cut, dry, and grind into powder. Mix with refined honey to make pills the size of bullet seeds. Chew one pill thoroughly per dose, and swallow with tea prepared using Schizonepeta (Jingjie) decoction. This also treats wind-strike headache in women before and after childbirth.
Treatment for wind-cold flowing into Yang meridians, causing chronic hemi- and frontal headaches unhealed for years: Take one large Aconite Root (Fuzi), use raw, remove skin and navel, cut into four pieces. Soak overnight in one sheng of fresh ginger juice. Roast over fire until dry, dip in juice again, and roast again until the juice is exhausted. Mix equal parts with Galangal (Gaoliangjiang) and grind into powder. Take two qian per dose. (Note: Text fragment "La" implies December collection or preparation context, translated literally as present).
Treatment for all recent and long-standing hemi- and frontal headaches: Take radish juice equivalent to the volume of one cicada shell. Have the patient lie supine. If pain is on the right, insufflate into the left nostril; if on the left, into the right nostril; if bilateral, into both.
Treatment for hemi- and frontal headaches: Take two liang of Ligusticum Chuanxiong (Chuanxiong) and four liang of stir-fried Cyperus Rotundus (Xiangfuzi). Grind together into powder. Mix with clear tea for oral administration. Lacha (winter tea) clear is particularly effective.
Another prescription: Take equal parts of Aconitum Carmichaelii (Chuanwu) and Pinellia Ternata (Tiannanxing), grind into powder. Mash green onion whites including roots, mix with the powder, and apply to the painful Taiyang area.
Treatment for qi-jue headache: Take equal parts of Ligusticum Chuanxiong (Chuanxiong) and Tiantai Lindera Root (Tiantai Wuyao), grind into powder. Take two qian per dose, administered after meals with Lacha clear, or mixed with green onion tea decoction.
Treatment for hemi- and frontal headache: Take three qian each of Chrysanthemum Morifolium (Ganjujuhua), Gypsum (Shigao), and Ligusticum Chuanxiong (Chuanxiong). Grind into powder. Take three qian per dose, mixed with clear tea. Another formula uses Baizhi (Angelica Dahurica).
Another prescription: Place Malaya Nitre (Mayaxiao) mixed with butter into the nostrils.
Treatment for all types of headache where medication has been ineffective: Take one and a half liang of Licorice Root (Gancao), one bowl of water. Decoct until seven-tenths remain, strain, and take warm. If ineffective, increase the dosage to two liang.