Diseases of the Head

Diseases of the Head

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Crooke, Mikrokosmographia, 1618


‘Diseases of the Head’ are diseases affecting the Head, Brain or Senses. Because the pathology and formulas associated with diseases of the Head and Brain are so closely connected, this was used as a general way of saying for all diseases of the head and brain. So, a cooling medicine used for ‘Diseases of the Head and Brain’ would tend to be effective in a wide range of diseases associated with Heat.
In general, ‘Diseases of the Head’ are Wind diseases, that is, conditions associated with Nervous dysfunction


See also:
Headaches & Migraines
Dizziness & Vertigo
Epilepsy & Convulsions
Memory
Mental Illness
Nerve Diseases
Paralysis
Loss of Speech
Tremors & Shaking
Wind Diseases


Western Tradition
Diseases of the Head from Cold
Honey water
Cephalic Decoction
Syrup of Betony juice
Compound Syrup of Betony
Syrup of Stoechas
Powder of Nutmeg
Pills to Increase Memory
Confected Chebula
Confected Walnuts
Confected Nutmeg
Conserve of Rosemary
Conserve of Sage
Conserve of Betony

Adriantum Nicolai
Hiera Picra Galeni
Hiera Hermetis

Hiera Logadii
Aggregative Pills
Diseases of the Head from Heat
Simple Syrup of Coral
Compound Syrup of Coral
Vinegar of Rose
Pills of Violet (Habbe Banafsha) (Unani)
Diseases of the Head from Phlegm/Damp

Cephalic Decoction
Vinegar of Rosemary
Electuary for Crass and Viscid Humors (Azaricon)
Extraordinary Confection for Epilepsy
Triphala of Zamani (Itrafil Zamani) (Unani)
Diseases of the Head from Melancholy

Tincture of Black Hellebore
Letificans
Arab Confect Purging Melancholy (Confectio Hamech)
Pills of Lapis Lazuli
Hiera Logadii
Confectio Hamech
Triphala of Stoechas (Itrafil Ustukhuddus) (Unani)

Diseases of the Head from Wind
Tincture of Nutmeg
Powder Against Epilepsy (De Gutteta)
Electuary for the Head (Lewis)

Diseases of the Head from Deficiency
Tincture of Mastic
Restorative of Nicholas
Diseases of the Head from Blood Stagnation
Tincture of Frankincense
Tincture of Amber
Tincture of Sage
Capitus dolori – Head Pain or Neuralgia
Infusion of Hiera
Oxymel of Squill
Arabic Pills Nicolai
Sothira Magna Nicolai

Hiera Logadii
Troches of Saffron (Nicholas)
Oil of Dill
Oil of Bay
Oil of Elder
Oil of Orris
Oil of Spikenard
Oil of Rose

Inflammations in the Head
Garuda 5 (Khyung Lnga) (Tibetan Medicine)
To Purge The Head:
Aloephangine Pills
Aggregative Pills
Pil. Lucis Majoes (Pills to Clarify Greater)
Stomach Pills
To Purge In Cold Diseases:
Hiera Picra
Hiera Hermetis
Hiera Logadii
Aggregative Pills

TCM Classification

Liver Fire
Irritability, anger, tinnitus, temporal headache, dizziness, red face and eyes, bitter taste, dark-yellow urine, red tongue edges with yellow coat
Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
Dang Gui Long Hui Wan
Internal Wind and Heat / Liver Yang Rising
Irritability, tremors, temporal headache, dizziness, dream-disturbed sleep, stiff neck, red face and eyes, dark urine
Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin
Ling Jiao Gou Teng Tang
Spleen Deficiency with Dampness
Poor appetite, pale face, nausea, loose stool, lowness of mind or mild depression, frontal headache, heaviness of the head, pale tongue with a white sticky coating, low or slippery pulse
Liu Jun Zi Tang
Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Tang
Yin Deficiency
Dizziness, tinnitus, occipital or vertix headache, poor hearing, dry eyes, blurred vision, dry skin and hair, brittle nails, night sweats

Qi Ju Di Huang Wan
Zuo Gui Wan
Yang Deficiency
Mental dullness, weak headache, listlessness, poor hearing, tinnitus, exhaustion, weak back and legs, cold body, deep weak pulse
You Gui Wan
You Gui Yin

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