Menstrual Migraines

Migraine headaches tightly linked to the menstrual cycle, triggered or worsened before, during, or just after the period.

Educational information only, not a substitute for professional medical diagnosis or treatment.

General Acupuncture Points

Acupuncture points traditionally used for menstrual migraines — 4 key points, used across the patterns below rather than tied to just one.

Point	Key action
G.B.-20	Expels exterior Wind. Extinguishes interior Wind. Subdues Liver-Yang.
DU-20	Extinguishes interior Wind. Subdues Liver-Yang. Raises Yang.
SP-6	Strengthens the Spleen. Resolves Dampness. Promotes the function of the Liver and the smooth flow of Liver-Qi.
ST-36	Benefits Stomach and Spleen. Tonifies Qi and Blood. Tonifies the Original Qi.

The Four Patterns

↑ reinforcing ↓ reducing ⊥ even method.

1. Liver Fire Blazing View full pattern →

Clinical manifestations: Throbbing temple or vertex pain worse before or at the start of the period; irritability and short temper; bitter taste; red, flushed face; red, painful or burning eyes.

Tongue: C Pulse: a

Treatment principle: red body with redder sides, dry yellow coating with possible red prickles,wiry and rapid, forceful at the left middle position

LIV-3 ↓ G.B.-20 ⊥ DU-20 ⊥

2. Blood Deficiency

Clinical manifestations: Dull, dragging headache worse after the period; dizziness or light-headedness; scanty, pale menstrual flow; pale face, lips and nail beds; heart palpitations.

Tongue: T Pulse: o

Treatment principle: pale, thin body with thin white coating,fine, weak, forceless

ST-36 ↑ BL-20 ↑ DU-20 ↑

3. Blood Stagnation View full pattern →

Clinical manifestations: Fixed, stabbing, boring pain beginning before or during the period; dark purple menstrual blood with clots.

Tongue: I Pulse: n

Treatment principle: dark purple or dusky body with possible stasis spots, distended dark sublingual veins, thin white coat,choppy, rough or wiry-choppy

SP-10 ↓ SP-6 ↓ G.B.-20 ⊥

4. Damp-Phlegm

Clinical manifestations: Heavy, muzzy headache like a damp cloth wrapped around the head; dizziness and brain fog; chest stuffiness and nausea; worse before or during the period.

Tongue: D Pulse: r

Treatment principle: pale, swollen body with scalloped teeth marks, thick white greasy coat, wet surface,slippery, often soft at the right middle position

REN-12 ⊥ BL-20 ↑ G.B.-20 ⊥ DU-20 ⊥

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