How to treat depression with traditional Chinese medicine

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Depression is a kind of psychological disease, which is caused by excessive external pressure or psychological depression. However, traditional Chinese medicine believes that depression can also be treated with drugs. Here, I'd like to introduce some minor prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of depression. Let's have a look.

How to treat depression with traditional Chinese medicine

First, Chaihu in the prescription can dissipate heat and relieve exterior, soothe the liver and relieve depression; baishaoyao can calm liver and latent Yang, nourish blood and gather Yin, relieve pain in a slow and urgent way; Zhishi can break Qi and eliminate accumulation, eliminate phlegm and distension, relieve qi stagnation and regulate the movement of Zhongjiao; liquorice can tonify middle Qi, clear heat and detoxify, relieve pain in a slow and urgent way, and can also reconcile various drugs. This method can relieve stagnant heat and soothe the liver and regulate qi.

Second, zhongshudi can nourish the blood and liver, nourish the kidney and nourish the Yin, collect the sweat and remove the sweat. This prescription can nourish the kidney, clear the liver fire, nourish the blood and calm the mind, so it has a good therapeutic effect on depression and insomnia.

Third: Chinese date can tonify the spleen and stomach, nourish blood and tranquilize the mind; wheat, semen Ziziphi Spinosae and Polygala tenuifolia can nourish the heart and tranquilize the mind, replenish Yin and sweat, eliminate phlegm and promote orifices; Xiangfu can soothe the liver and regulate qi, relieve depression and relieve pain; Yujin can promote Qi and blood circulation, cool blood and clear the heart; citron peel can regulate qi, strengthen the spleen and resolve phlegm, bupleurum can soothe the liver and relieve depression. This prescription can nourish the heart and tranquilize the mind, and has the hypnotic effect. Its curative effect is more significant, and the medicine can be modified with the syndrome.

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In the treatment of depression, most patients will choose Western medicine. Almost all the western medicine for the treatment of mental diseases will produce drug resistance and addiction after long-term use. Once the drug is stopped, withdrawal symptoms will appear immediately.