足太阳经病“冲头”“冲头痛”辨义

Discrimination on a disease of Foot-Taiyang Meridian named ＂Chong head （ 冲头 ）＂ or ＂Chong headache（冲头痛）＂

诸本《脉书》中足太阳经病“冲头”或“冲头痛”，其“冲（衙）”字不可与“肿”相通假，也无“肿”义；“冲（衙）”字本无“向上”的含义；古医籍中记载的“逆气上冲”头痛皆与足太阳经无关。“冲（衙）”字在汉代以前常用义为“撞”“突”，“冲头”或“冲头痛”解释为头内似有撞突而痛，即可合理解决所有版本《脉书》的异文及内在医理问题。

In various versions of Mai Shu （ 脉书 ）, ＂Chong head （ 冲头 ） ＂ or ＂Chong headache （ 冲头痛 ）＂ is a disease of Foot-Taiyang Meridian. ＂Chong（衝）＂ cannot be interchanged with ＂swell（ 肿 ）＂, and it does not have the meaning of ＂upward＂. In ancient medical records, the headache due to ＂reversing Qi uprush＂ has nothing to do with Foot-Taiyang Meridian. The word ＂Chong（衝）＂ is commonly used before the Han Dynasty as ＂collide＂ or ＂strike＂. ＂Chong head （ 冲头 ） ＂ or ＂Chong headache （ 冲头痛 ） ＂ can be interpreted as a striking pain in head. which can reasonably solve the problems of disparate explanations in all versions of Mai Shu（脉书）, as well as the some internal problems of traditional medical principles.