• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.120-123
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• 1995

We had undertaken a stellate ganglion block everyday for the treatment of a classic migraine patient who is a twenty seven a year old male. He had experienced a very severe and frequent attack two or three times a month for several years. after ten times of stellate ganglion block, a headache attack occurred mildly. Seventeen times of stellate ganglion block were undertaken totally. Now he feels better. The intensity and the frequency of headache attack are markedly decreased. The pathophysiology and theraphy of classic migraine are unclear. The mechanism of stellate ganglion block for classic migraine treatment is also unknown. However, we think the stellate ganglion block contributes the improvement of hypothalamic blood flow, the recovery of homeostasis, and the weakening of sympathetic overactivity.

• The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.443-452
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• 2001

A migraine is a recurrent, throbbing headache generally felt on one side of the head. Migraines usually begin in early childhood, adolescence, or young adult life. Its accurate pathogenesis is still unknown but migraines are caused by a rapid widening and narrowing of blood vessel walls in the brain and head. The classic migraine and the common migraine are the two main types. The onset of classical migraine may be signalled by visual disturbances in what is called the 'aura' stage. Visual aura is most common among the auras of classical migraine. Common migraine (or migraine without aura) and classical migraine may be accompanied by various combinations of symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light and sound. Recently we have exprienced 2 cases of migraine patients and whose conditions were improved through trigger point needling and Oriental medical treatment.