title: A single case study: treating migraine headache with acupuncture, chinese herbs, and diet.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Acupuncture is an often sought-out treatment modality for migraine. The World Health Organization lists headache as one of the several conditions treated effectively by acupuncture.
  
  
  METHODS
  This single case reports on a 32-year-old woman who presented with a 10-year history of migraine.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patient was treated with acupuncture, dietary modiﬁcations, and Chinese herbal medicine enemas over a course of 2 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patient experienced pain relief that resulted in several months without any migraine.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This article may aid in expanding practitioners' treatment options to include a more diverse set of modalities such as Chinese herbal enemas. More research is needed to investigate the role of Oriental medicine and Chinese herbal enemas in the treatment of pain conditions.
authors.affiliation: East West College of Natural Medicine, Sarasota, Florida, United States.
authors.forename: Misha-Josef
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Payant
keywords: Acupuncture; Chinese herbal formulas; Oriental medicine; enema; migraine
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