Folio Bound VIEWS - Chinese Medicine

does not ascend, the brain is empty".6(66)

The patterns discussed will be:

EXTERIOR CONDITIONS

Wind-Cold

Wind-Heat

Wind-Dampness

INTERIOR CONDITIONS

EXCESS TYPE

Liver-Yang

Liver-Fire

Liver-Wind

Liver-Qi Stagnation

Stagnation of Cold in the Liver channel

Dampness

Turbid Phlegm

Turbid Phlegm-Wind

Retention of Food

Stasis of Blood

Stomach-Heat

DEFICIENCY TYPE

Qi Deficiency

Blood Deficiency

Kidney Deficiency

General Principles

Treating the Root or the Manifestation

The question of treating the Root or the Manifestation is particularly important in the case of
headaches. There are three possible courses of action.

Treating both the Root and the Manifestation