Dizziness and headache are often associated with wind pathologies in TCM, and tall gastrodia tuber is specialized in dispelling the pathogens. For different types of headache, the herb is selected along with Sichuan lovage rhizome and vitex fruit in the remedies. When hypertensive individuals develop headache and dizziness, tall gastrodia tuber can work with abalone shell, gambir vine stem and twotoothed achyranthes root to pacify a hyperactive liver and relieve the discomforts. For individuals with inner ear disorder that leads to frequent loss of balance, and dizziness, tall gastrodia tuber can work with pinellia tuber, largehead atractylodes rhizome and poria to clear wind and phlegm pathogens in the head region.

Stroke that leads to paralysis and speech difficulty, tall gastrodia tuber can work with red sage root, red peony root, pinellia tuber (processed with ginger), earthworm and Sichuan lovage rhizome.

Liver blood deficiency can cause wind symptoms like limb cramps, major muscle spasm or epilepsy. Tall gastrodia tuber can work with scorpion, gambir vine stem, buffalo horn, acorus and polygala root to relieve feverish convulsion or epilepsy attacks in children, for the long lasing cases, it is suitable to use tall gastrodia tuber, pilose asiabell root, largehead atractylodes rhizome, and silkworm to relieve the painful condition and reduce attacks. Tall gastrodia tuber can work with arisaema with bile, aconite root and ledebouriella root to treat muscle spasms due to tetanus.

For painful joint and limb numbness, tall gastrodia tuber usually works with notopterygium root, pubescent angelica root, gentiana macrophylla root, Sichuan lovage rhizome, angelica root and twotoothed achyranthes root for relief.