title: Integrative approach to migraine using traditional European, Indian and chinese medicine: a case report.
abstract: This paper describes the diagnostic features, treatment, and subsequent clinical course of a 53-year-old male whose migraine headaches increasingly impaired his ability to master his professional daily routine, causing him to seek help at our clinic. After the patient was evaluated according to diagnosis principles of Traditional European, Traditional Indian, and Traditional Chinese Medicine, he received naturopathic treatment as recommended by these traditional medical systems, initially as an outpatient and later as an inpatient. The patient's clinical response to the various therapeutic approaches was largely favorable and continues to be so. This supports the usefulness of such methods in treating migraine headache. The philosophies and rationales of the diagnostic and treatment methods of the three traditional medical systems are discussed with regard to migraine headache, particularly with regard to migraine illness as suffered by our patient.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Advanced Research in Indian System of Medicine (CARISM), SASTRA University, Thanjavur, India.
authors.forename: Eugene
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rampp
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Frauke
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Musial
authors.forename: Gustav Jürgen
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Dobos
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome