What are the symptoms of blocked meridians in the head?

The term "blocked meridians" is common in traditional Chinese medicine. Blocked meridians refers to the blockage of meridians in many parts of the body, and the symptoms in different parts are also different. Blockage of meridians in the head is also a type of disease with obvious symptoms. Patients mainly have problems in the head and may also experience pain.

1. Cold

In addition to a cold head, coldness in certain other parts of the body, such as the most common hands and feet, is often a sign of blocked meridians. Because human body temperature is determined by the flow of Qi and blood, only when Qi and blood are abundant can body temperature be normal. If a certain area feels cold, it may be that the meridians there are blocked, making it difficult for Qi and blood to reach that area.

In addition, there is asymmetry in body temperature and sweating. For example, in some people with hemiplegia, the meridians are severely blocked, and one side of the healthy part is normal in body temperature while the other side is cold.

In addition to the feeling of cold and heat, the impact of meridian blockage on the skin surface can also manifest as enlarged skin pores, blocked hair follicles and other problems. Without blood and qi, the waste in the pores cannot be discharged, which clogs the pores and causes the hair follicles to grow poorly.

2. Heat

The main symptoms are low fever, dryness, or local abnormal sweating in certain parts of the body. Generally, this is also because the meridians in the body are blocked and the heat cannot be dissipated through normal channels.

In addition to the redness, swelling, heat, and pain caused by external evil, which are related to the blockage of the meridians where the fever is located, general low-grade fever may come from the connected meridians. Qi and blood circulate in the body over and over again. If this path is blocked, it will look for a breakthrough in the nearby meridians. The first meridians to be affected are the meridians with an exterior-interior relationship or a mother-child relationship, causing them to become hot. For example, low-grade fever in the head is not necessarily a problem with the bladder meridian, but may be caused by insufficient qi and blood or stagnation in the kidney meridian, which is related to it.

3. Pain and pain

Pain and ache are two concepts. Both are related to meridian blockage, but there are some differences in degree. For example, when we are pricked, the immediate feeling is called "pain"; if we then press the injured area, the feeling produced at this time is called "pain".

4. Generally speaking, "pain" is the initial stage of meridian blockage, and the location is in the "meridian", while "pain" is the further aggravation of meridian blockage, spreading to the "collateral". “The initial stage of the disease is in the meridians” and “Long-term illness and pain are in the collaterals”, this is the reason. Among them, acupoints are "points", meridians are "lines", and collaterals are "surfaces".