Can Chinese medicine treat depression

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How to treat depression? Depression is a kind of psychological disease, caused by external pressure or psychological depression and so on. 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.

Can Chinese medicine treat depression

First: Xiaochaihu Decoction: 20 grams of Codonopsis pilosula, 15 grams of bupleurum, 12 grams of wine Scutellaria, 10 grams of ginger pinellia, 10 grams of licorice, 6 pieces of ginger, 6 pieces of jujube, one dose a day, fried in water.

Second: Buyuan Jieyu Decoction: 30g Rehmannia glutinosa, 20g Paeonia lactiflora, 20g Codonopsis pilosula, 20g Albizia julibrissin, 20g Lycium barbarum, 10g bupleurum, 10g Yuanzhi, 10g Muxiang, 10g angelica, 10g Atractylodes macrocephala, 10g Astragalus, 10g Zaoren, 10g licorice, 10g Guizhi, 5g mint, one dose per day, water decoction. After the symptoms disappeared, the pills were made and used for 10-15 days.

Third: Huanglian Ejiao decoction is prepared to float 30 grams of wheat, 15 grams of Zaoren, 10 grams of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Acorus calamus, Radix Bupleuri, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Curcuma Curcuma and Ejiao, 5 jujubes, 3 grams of Huanglian, one dose a day, fried in water.

matters needing attention

People with poor psychological quality and patients with chronic diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer's disease are more likely to have depression. Hyperthyroidism, even in mild cases, can lead to depression. Depression can also be a precursor of serious diseases, such as pancreatic cancer, brain tumors, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, etc.