强间、治脑旋。(铜见头痛。)天柱、治头旋脑痛。明下云、疗头风脑重。目如脱。项
。项强痛罔顾。玉枕、治脑风。疼不可忍。承灵、治脑风。头痛恶风寒。脑空、治脑
风头痛不可忍。目瞑心悸。发即为癫风引目眇。上廉、治脑风头痛。率谷、治脑两角强
痛。(见痰。)喑门、疗头风脑疼。风池、(见面肿。)疗脑痛。小儿囟开不合。灸脐上
下各五分。二穴各三壮。灸疮未合。囟先合矣。(下)少海、治脑风。(铜见齿龋。)凡口
鼻出血不止。名脑衄。上星五十壮。(千)
有士人患脑热疼。甚则自床投下。以脑拄地。或得冷水粗得。而疼终不已。服诸药不效
。人教灸囟会而愈。热疼且可灸。况冷疼乎。凡脑痛脑旋脑泻。先宜灸囟会。而强间等穴。盖其
目窗、治忽头旋。(铜见目痛。)络却、治头旋耳鸣。天柱、治头旋。(见脑痛。)岐
伯灸头旋。(见目眩。)申脉、治坐如在舟车中。(铜见腰脚。)
母氏随执中赴任。为江风所吹。自觉头动摇如在舟车上。如是半年。乃大吐痰。遍服痰
药。并灸头风诸穴。方愈。
治头风摇动。灸脑后玉枕中间七壮。(千翼)玉枕、疗失枕头重。(明见目痛。)下云、
疗头
重目眩。率谷、(见头痛。)疗头重。付阳、(见头风。)脑户等、主头重痛。(千见头痛
。)至阴、治头重。(铜见头痛。)天柱、疗脑重。(明下见脑。)哑门、(见癫。)通
天、(见鼻衄。)付阳、(见风痹。)治头重。(铜)肾俞、治头重。(见劳。)头重风劳。脑
户五壮。头重不能胜。灸脑户下寸半。(千翼)
强间穴、治头旋。(《铜人腧穴针灸图经》见头痛篇。)天柱穴、治头旋脑痛。《明堂经》下卷说,治疗头风脑重。眼睛像要脱出一样。颈部僵硬疼痛不顾一切。玉枕穴、治脑风。疼痛难以忍受。承灵穴、治脑风。头痛怕冷怕风。脑空穴、治脑风头痛难以忍受。闭目心悸。发作起来导致癫疾牵引眼角歪斜。上廉穴、治脑风头痛。率谷穴、治头部两侧角部僵硬疼痛。(见痰证篇。)喑门穴、疗头风脑疼。风池穴、(见面部肿胀篇。)疗脑痛。小儿囟门开合不合。灸脐上下各五分。这两个穴位各灸三壮。灸疮未愈合时,囟门先闭合了。(下卷)少海穴、治脑风。(《铜人》见齿龋篇。)凡是口鼻出血不止。名叫脑衄。灸上星穴五十壮。(《千金方》)
有位士人患脑热疼痛。严重时从床上摔下来,用脑袋撞地。有时得到冷水稍微缓解,但疼痛始终不停。服用各种药物无效。有人教他灸囟会穴而痊愈。热性疼痛尚且可以灸,何况冷性疼痛呢?凡是脑痛、头旋、脑泻,适宜先灸囟会穴,以及强间等穴位。
目窗穴、治突然头旋。(《铜人》见目痛篇。)络却穴、治头旋耳鸣。天柱穴、治头旋。(见脑痛篇。)岐伯灸头旋。(见目眩篇。)申脉穴、治坐卧如在舟车中摇晃的感觉。(《铜人》见腰脚篇。)
我的母亲跟随我赴任途中,被江风吹袭。自觉头部动摇,像在舟车上一样。这样持续了半年,于是大吐痰涎。遍服化痰药,并灸治头风的各个穴位,才痊愈。
治疗头风摇动,灸脑后玉枕穴中间七壮。(《千翼》)玉枕穴、疗失枕头重。(《明堂经》见目痛篇。)下卷说,治疗头重目眩。率谷穴、(见头痛篇。)疗头重。附阳穴、(见头风篇。)脑户等穴、主头重痛。(《千金》见头痛篇。)至阴穴、治头重。(《铜人》见头痛篇。)天柱穴、疗脑重。(《明堂经》下卷见脑病篇。)哑门穴、(见癫疾篇。)通天穴、(见鼻衄篇。)附阳穴、(见风痹篇。)治头重。(《铜人》)肾俞穴、治头重。(见劳损篇。)头重风劳。脑户穴五壮。头重不能胜任,灸脑户穴下一寸半。(《千翼》)
Qiangjian (BL18) and Zhi Nao Xuan (treats vertigo). (*Tongren* [Compendium of Acupoints] under Headache.) Tianzhu (BL10) treats vertigo and brain pain. *Mingtang Jing* (Classic of the Bright Hall), lower volume, states it treats head wind and heavy brain. Eyes feel as if they are protruding. Neck stiffness and pain, disregarding all else. Yuzhen (GB9) treats brain wind. Pain is unbearable. Chengling (GV19) treats brain wind. Headache with aversion to wind and cold. Naokong (GB12) treats brain wind headache, unbearable. Closing eyes, palpitations. Upon onset, it leads to epilepsy pulling the eye corners. Shanglian (SI9) treats brain wind headache. Lvgu (GB8) treats stiffness and pain at both angles of the head. (See Phlegm section.) Yinmen (GV19 - note: likely typo in source for GV17 or similar, but keeping literal) treats head wind and brain pain. Fengchi (GB20) (See Facial Swelling section.) Treats brain pain. For infants whose fontanelle fails to close. Moxibustion 5 fen above and below the navel. Three moxa cones on each acupoint. The moxibustion sore had not healed, yet the fontanelle closed first. (Lower volume) Shaohai (HT3) treats brain wind. (*Tongren* under Dental Caries.) Any unceasing bleeding from the mouth and nose is called Brain Nu (Brain Epistaxis). Moxibustion on Shangxing (GV23), fifty cones. (*Qianjin Fang*)
A scholar suffered from hot brain pain. Severe cases involved falling from the bed and striking his head against the ground. Sometimes obtaining cold water provided slight relief, but the pain never ceased. Various medicines were ineffective. Someone advised him to moxibustion Xinhui (GV22), and he recovered. If hot pain can be treated with moxibustion, how much more so cold pain? For any brain pain, vertigo, or brain diarrhea, it is advisable to first moxibustion Xinhui, along with Qiangjian and other acupoints.
Muchuang (GB16) treats sudden vertigo. (*Tongren* under Eye Pain.) Luoque (BL9) treats vertigo and tinnitus. Tianzhu (BL10) treats vertigo. (See Brain Pain section.) Qibo moxibustioned for vertigo. (See Dizziness section.) Shenmai (BL62) treats the sensation of sitting as if in a boat or carriage. (*Tongren* under Waist and Foot conditions.)
My mother accompanied me to my post. She was blown by the river wind. She felt her head shaking as if in a boat or carriage. This lasted for half a year. Then she vomited large amounts of phlegm. She took various phlegm-resolving medicines and moxibustioned various acupoints for head wind, before finally recovering.
To treat head wind causing shaking, moxibustion seven cones in the middle of Yuzhen behind the neck. (*Qianyi*) Yuzhen treats heaviness of the head due to pillow loss. (*Mingtang Jing* under Eye Pain.) Lower volume states it treats heavy head and dizziness. Lvgu (GB8) (See Headache section.) Treats heavy head. Fuyang (BL59) (See Head Wind section.) Naohu (GV17) and others govern heavy head pain. (*Qianjin* under Headache section.) Zhiyin (BL67) treats heavy head. (*Tongren* under Headache section.) Tianzhu (BL10) treats heavy brain. (*Mingtang Jing* lower volume under Brain conditions.) Yamen (GV15) (See Epilepsy section.) Tongtian (GV26) (See Epistaxis section.) Fuyang (BL59) (See Wind Bi section.) Treats heavy head. (*Tongren*) Shenshu (BL23) treats heavy head. (See Labor/Exhaustion section.) Heavy head due to wind and exhaustion. Five cones on Naohu (GV17). For heavy head that cannot be borne, moxibustion 1.5 cun below Naohu. (*Qianyi*)