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How Chinese Medicine can help Depression
Depression is a psychological condition characterized by prolonged
sadness, combined with other negative mood symptoms, such as loss
of interest in others, in work, and in recreation. There may also
be indecisiveness, inability to concentrate, anxiety, apathy, loneliness,
lowerd self-esteem, and self-blame. Normally depression is a temporary
reaction to a specific disappointment or loss. It can be helped
by the support of family and friends or simply by the passage of
time and by the steps which the person takes to change his or her
life situation. Treatment is not usually necessary. Severe depression
is another matter. Some cases of severe depression may be caused
by a chemical deficiency and a small percentage of severe depression
is linked to mental disease.
Symptoms
(a) The symptoms of severe depression include crying spells,
slow speech, agitation, hopelessness, helplessness, withdrawal from
usual activities, recurring thoughts of death and suicide and irritability.
Insomnia, fatigue, loss of appetite, weight loss or gain, loss of
sexual desire, and imagined pains.
(b) Depressed patients with certain mental disease may hear voices
accusing them of unpardonable sins, and suffer delusions that they
are terribly worthless, sinful or incurably ill.
(c) Diagnosis of severe depression can be complicated. The doctor
needs to rule out any possible physical causes of the depression,
such as that induced by disease, deficiencies, or medication
Chinese Medicine can help
Many cases of depression are successfully treated with Traditional
Chinese Medicine (TCM). Most cases show great improvement after
about two to three months of treatment. However, the treatment should
be longer in order to get rid of the root cause.
Common Syndromes and Treatments in Chinese Medicine
Syndrome (a) -Stagnation of Liver Qi
A person with stagnation of liver qi exhibits emotional depression,
restlessness, fullness in the chest, pain in the hypochondrium area,
anorexia, nausea and vomiting. They may have a thin, greasy tongue
coating, and a wiry pulse.
To treat by Herbal medicine
Therapeutic principle: Herbal medicine can help soothe the liver
qi and regulate the qi circulation.
To treat by Acupuncture and Moxibustion
Therapeutic principle: Acupuncture can help soothe the liver qi
and regulate the qi circulation by using points mainly from the
Liver meridian, and the Ren channel.
Syndrome (b)-Qi Stagnation Turning into Fire
A person with qi stagnation turning into fire may have an irritable
temper, a dry mouth, headaches, congested eyes, tinnitus (ringing
in ears) or constipation. The tongue may be red and pulse may be
wiry and fast.
To treat by Herbal medicine
Therapeutic principle: Eliminate the Liver fire, soothe the Liver
Qi and regulate Qi circulation.
To treat by Acupuncture and Moxibustion
Therapeutic principle: Eliminate the Liver fair, soothe the Liver
Qi and regulate Qi cicurlation by using points mainly from the Liver
meridian of Foot Jueyin and the Gallbladder meridian of Foot Shaoyang.
Syndrome (c):Phlegmatic Qi stagnation type
A person with plegmatic qi stagnation may have depression, an uncomfortable
situation in the throat, a possible lumpy feeling in the throat,
but no difficulty in swallowing. Their tongue may have a white,
greasy coating and they may have a wiry slippery pulse.
To treat by Herbal medicine
Therapeutic principle: Herbal medicine helps soothe the Liver Qi,
promote Qi cicurlation and controls phlegm.
To treat by Acupuncture and Moxibustion
Therapeutic principle: Acupuncture and moxibustion can help soothe
the Liver Qi, promote Qi cicurlation and resolve phlegm by using
points mainly from the Liver meridian of Foot Jueyin and Ren channel
Syndrome (d):Heart and Spleen deficiency type
A person with a heart and spleen deficiency may show sorrow
without any obvious causes, abnormal joy or rage, unreasonable suspicion
of fear, insomnia, weakness or a decrease in appetite. The tongue
would have a white coating and the pulse thready and feeble.
To treat by Herbal medicine
Therapeutic principle: Herbal medicine helps reinforce the heart
and spleen, nourish the blood and reinforce the Qi.
To treat by Acupuncture and Moxibustion
Therapeutic principle: Acupuncture and moxibustion can help reinforce
the heart and spleen, nourish Blood and reinforce the Qi by using
points mainly from Ren Channel and the Bladder meridian of Foot
Taiyang.
Qigong, generally, is good for relieving anixety and stress
as well as improve the circulation of qi and blood. As a result, it
provides a good healing effect for this ailment. Despite an increase
in energy, you won't see or feel any effects right away, it takes
several weeks, possibly months of practice before you notice any effects.
Life style
1. Treatment can save the life of someone with an eating disorder.
Friends, relatives, teachers, and physicians all play an important
role in helping the ill person start and stay with a treatment program.
Encouragement, caring, and persistence, as well as information about
eating disorders and their dangers, may be needed to convince the
ill person to get help and to stick with treatment.
2. Eating disorders often have an emotional basis. Keeping a good
mental health balance will help prevent eating disorders as well as
many other problems. Depression, in particular, has been linked to
eating disorders. If you often feel depressed, consider professional
help.
Sanjiu(999) Chinese Medicine Clinic has world famous TCM doctors
and practitioners whom can help you to overcome this disease
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