What are the Chinese patent medicines for treating headaches

Headache is one of the common diseases that bother people. There are many reasons for headache, including neuralgia caused by blockage of brain nerves, headache caused by blood accumulation caused by impact on the head, cold and fever, etc. When facing headaches, people always like to use Western medicine to treat them. This is actually not the best method. Although Western medicine can take effect quickly, it only treats the symptoms and not the root cause. Chinese patent medicine is better for treating headaches. Here are some Chinese patent medicines for treating headaches.

1 Yuanhu pain relief capsule (tablet)

Ingredients : Corydalis yanhusuo (made with vinegar), Angelica dahurica.

Indications : regulating qi, promoting blood circulation, and relieving pain. Used for abdominal pain during menstruation, stomach pain, flank pain, and headache.

2. Yangxue Xuenao Granule

Ingredients : Chinese Angelica, Chuanxiong, White Peony Root, Rehmannia Glutinosa, Uncaria Rhynchophylla, Millettia Spatholobi, Prunella Vulgaris, Cassia Seed, Mother of Pearl, Corydalis Cocosus, Asarum.

Indications : Nourishes blood and soothes the liver, promotes blood circulation and dredges the meridians. It is used for headache, dizziness, irritability, insomnia and nightmares caused by blood deficiency and hyperactivity of liver.

3. Xifengtongluo headache tablets

Ingredients : Chuanxiong, Danshen, Curcuma, processed White Rhizoma Aconitum, artificial bezoar, Gastrodia, White Peony Root, Chrysanthemum, Angelica Dahurica, Asarum, Borneol.

Indications : Calms the liver and extinguishes wind, promotes blood circulation and dredges the meridians. It is used for migraine with liver-wind and blood stasis syndrome, with symptoms of distending pain, tingling or throbbing pain in the head, mostly in the forehead, or accompanied by dizziness, bad mood, irritability, restless sleep, bitter taste in the mouth, red tongue or with petechiae, thin yellow tongue coating, and stringy or wiry pulse.

4Duliang soft capsules

Ingredients : Angelica dahurica, Ligusticum chuanxiong.

Indications : dispel wind and cold, promote blood circulation and dredge meridians. It is used for headaches caused by wind-cold and blood stasis blocking the blood vessels, with symptoms of swelling or stabbing pain in the head, pain in a fixed location, recurring attacks, and induced or aggravated by wind-cold.

5. Xuefu Zhuyu Capsule

Ingredients : Bupleurum, Chinese Angelica, Rehmannia, Red Peony Root, Safflower, Stir-fried Peach Kernel, Stir-fried Citrus Aurantium with Bran, Licorice, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Achyranthes, Platycodon.

Indications : Promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, promote qi circulation and relieve pain. It is used for chest pain caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis, prolonged headache, pain like needle pricks in a fixed place, internal heat and depression, palpitations and insomnia, and irritability.

6 Prunella Vulgaris paste (capsules)

Ingredients : Prunella Vulgaris.

Indications : Clear heat, improve eyesight, disperse nodules, and reduce swelling. It is used for headache, dizziness, scrofula, goiter, and painful swelling of mastitis caused by internal accumulation of fire and heat; and for patients with goiter, lymph tuberculosis, and breast hyperplasia with the above symptoms.

7Tongtian Oral Liquid

Ingredients : Tongtian Chengfang Chuanxiong, red peony root, gastrodia elata, notopterygium, angelica dahurica, asarum, chrysanthemum, mint, fangfeng, tea, and licorice.

Indications : Promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, dispel wind and relieve pain. It is used for migraine caused by blood stasis and wind evil disturbance, with symptoms such as swelling or stabbing pain in the head, pain in a fixed place, repeated attacks, dizziness, or nausea, vomiting, and aversion to wind.

8. Shotenmaru

Ingredients : Zhengtiancheng prescription Uncaria rhynchophylla, white peony root, chuanxiong, angelica, rehmannia root, angelica dahurica, siler, notopterygium wilfordii, peach kernel, safflower, asarum, angelica pubescens, ephedra, aconite root, millettia reticulata.

Indications : Soothe wind and promote blood circulation, nourish blood and soothe the liver, dredge meridians and relieve pain. It is used for migraine, tension headache, neuralgia, cervical spondylosis headache and premenstrual headache caused by exogenous wind evil, blood stasis blocking the collaterals, blood deficiency and malnutrition, and hyperactivity of liver yang.

9 Ice Pupa Tongmai Lozenges

Ingredients : Pueraria root, borneol, tussah pupae.

Indications : Promote blood circulation, unclog meridians, and clear turbidity. Suitable for cerebral arteriosclerosis, hyperlipidemia, and relieving dizziness, headache, amnesia, etc. caused by insufficient blood supply to the brain

10Lobuma antihypertensive tablets

Ingredients : Apocynum venetum, Prunella vulgaris, Uncaria rhynchophylla, Alisma orientalis, mother of pearl, Achyranthes bidentata, Crataegus pinnatifida, Chrysanthemum.

Indications : Calming the liver and suppressing yang, calming wind and activating blood circulation, unblocking meridians and relieving pain. It is used for hyperactivity of liver yang, blood stasis blocking the collaterals, dizziness, vertigo, headache, irritability, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and arteriosclerosis with the above symptoms.

11 Panax notoginseng flower and leaf granules

Ingredients : Panax notoginseng leaf stem and Panax notoginseng flower.

Indications : Clearing heat and cooling blood. Used for sores and furunculosis caused by blood heat; palpitations, irritability, dizziness, headache and insomnia caused by liver heat.

Headache treatment and care

treat

[Treatment policy]

Drug treatment is the main method, and psychotherapy and physical therapy are used as appropriate according to the cause of the disease.

[Drug treatment]

Drugs for treating headaches can be divided into several categories: 1. Narcotic analgesics. 2. Antipyretic and analgesic drugs. 3. Anti-anxiety drugs. 4. Antidepressants. 5.Medications for treating migraines. 6. Others.

[Other treatments]

In addition to drug therapy, psychotherapy, physical therapy, etc. play an important role in the treatment of headaches.

[Prognosis]

The prognosis varies depending on the cause.

Nursing

[Daily Care]

Pay attention to your life routine, avoid excessive fatigue, excessive stress, and avoid falling into sub-health conditions. Avoid soft tissue injury and infection of the head and neck. Avoid contact with and intake of irritating foods, avoid emotional fluctuations, etc.

[Dietary adjustment]

Eat more fruits and vegetables rich in fiber and vitamins, diversify your diet, eat whole grains, and eat soft foods that are easy to digest. Avoid or eat less irritating foods, do not eat spicy, dry, fried or roasted foods, and avoid greasy, raw, cold or hot foods.