Main Treated Disease Name：Posterior Brain Pain

Rhyming Formula：
The pain in the posterior brain brings bitterness and restlessness. The sudden and severe pain is as if the head is broken, and it’s difficult to get close to the pillow. Needling Shugu and Yangfu acupoints is effective, and with Dazhui, Taodao, and Ganshu acupoints, the disease will be cured.

Main Effective Treatment：Posterior brain pain, posterior headache

Effective Acupoints：
Shugu, Yangfu, Dazhui, Taodao, Ganshu

Introduction of Acupoints
Shugu: On the lateral side of the little toe of the foot, in the depression at the junction of the red and white skin behind the metatarsophalangeal joint. The acupoint is under the bone.
Yangfu: Four cun above the lateral malleolus of the foot, in front of the accessory bone.
Dazhui: In the depression above the first vertebra.
Taodao: Below the first vertebra.
Ganshu: Below the ninth vertebra, one cun and five fen away from the spine.

Analysis of Etiology and Pathogenesis
[Analysis 1]: Headache can be divided into excess and deficiency types. Temporary pain is mostly caused by excess pathogenic factors, while long-term pain is accompanied by deficiency of the healthy qi. Frontal headache is mostly due to wind-heat, and migraine is mostly due to phlegm-fire. The pain in the back of the head mostly belongs to the Taiyang Meridian and the Governor Vessel Meridian. When it suddenly attacks, the pain is as heavy as being pressed by a stone, and the head cannot be lifted.

Medical Cases
[Case 1]: Mr. Hai, 46 years old, from Henan Province, lived on Xiyuan Road, Taipei City. He had suffered from posterior brain pain for three months. His neck couldn’t be lifted, and it seemed that there was qi attacking his two ears. He couldn’t lie on the pillow comfortably. Accompanied by Mr. Song, on October 30, 1963, he asked me to diagnose and treat him. I selected Shugu, Yangfu, Taodao, and Dazhui acupoints. After needling them several times successively, he was cured.
[Case 2]: Mr. Li, 36 years old, from Hunan Province, lived on Guangfu Road, Taipei City. He had suffered from posterior brain pain for four months, feeling extremely tired and his eyes difficult to open. On July 26, 1967, he came to seek needling treatment. After needling the above-mentioned acupoints three times, he was cured.