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Saroj K Pradhan1, Giada Todeschini, Andreas R Gantenbein
1Author Affiliations: Research Department, Swiss University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Bad Zurzach, Switzerland (Drs Pradhan, Todeschini, Wang, Schürer, Lyu, and Ms Chen, and Drs Li and Furian); Research Department Rehaklinik, TCM Ming Dao Klink, ZURZACH Care, Bad Zurzach, Switzerland (Dr Pradhan and Li); Department of Geriatrics, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (Dr Todeschini); Neurology & Neurorehabilitation Department Rehaklinik, ZURZACH Care, Bad Zurzach, Switzerland (Dr Gantenbein); Institute of Basic Research In Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China (Dr Lyu); Wuxi Longsha Medical School Research Institute, Wuxi, China (Ms Chen); and Wuxi Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Wuxi, China (Ms Chen).
Abstract:
Headaches have emerged as a prevailing global health concern, impacting millions of individuals and posing challenges to public health care systems. With an escalating number of patients seeking complementary therapies to attain a more holistic approach for headaches, Traditional Chinese Medicine has gained significant popularity. It plays a pivotal role in advancing the safeguarding of health and the alleviation of prevalent, recurrent, and complex medical conditions. Traditional Chinese Medicine covers a diverse array of therapeutic procedures for headaches, incorporating Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture, auricular acupuncture, and life cultivation. This narrative review delves into the fundamental principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine and its categorization of headaches while exploring the potential selected applications of their treatment. Based on recent scientific findings and the ancient history of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the field of headaches, we conclude that selected Traditional Chinese Medicine therapies can be used as an alternative and complementary therapy against headaches.
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