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Migraine
Migraine is a disease caused by dysfunction of neurological and vascular functions, featured by repeated pains on one side of the head and generally accompanied with nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to light and sound, etc. The pain intensity ranges from middle to severe level and the pain usually occurs on one side of head, usually in the forehead, tempus and occiput. The pain is a severe throbbing pain in the beginning and turns into a persistent dull pain later.
LI 4 He Gu
(Joining Valley)
Location
on the dorsum of the hand, to the side of the midpoint of the second metacarpal bone, in the adductor pollicis muscle
SJ 5 Wai Guan
(Outer Pass)
Location
2 cun proximal to the dorsal wrist crease between the ulna and radius
Ex-HN 5 Tai Yang
(Supreme Yang)
Location
in the depression approximately one middle finger with dorsal to the midpoint between the lateral border of the eyebrow and the outside corner of the lid
GB 1 Tong Zi Liao
(Pupil Crevice)
Location
0.5 cun lateral to the outer canthus of the eye, in the depression at the lateral end of the orbit