Misunderstandings of depression, 2 cases of TCM treatment

Mondo Psychological Updated on 2024-01-30

Under the stress of a heavy life, everyone's heart can be clouded by depression. Many people choose to suffer in silence, and even when their families are troubled, it is just an understatement of "look away". However, depression is not so simple, it is not an emotional cold, but a serious mental illness.

Depression, a term that was once overlooked, continues to rise in incidence, like a thick dark cloud that has made countless people's skies lose color. Those who are troubled by it, lose laughter in their lives, and every step seems so heavy. They try to complete their daily tasks, but they always feel overwhelmed and inefficient.

Western medicine** is often considered an effective means of dealing with depression. But people often overlook that the use of antidepressants can be miserable. To make matters worse, cycles are often as long as nine months, which can be a long ordeal for patients.

Approximately 80% of patients will experience significant or complete symptom improvement after the system**. However, despite such a well-developed flow of information, there are still many misconceptions about what people know about depression.

Therefore, I am writing this article to help people understand depression more fully.

The method of depression in traditional Chinese medicine is based on adjusting the balance of yin and yang in the human body, and has the characteristics of exact curative effect and non-depression.

Case 1:

XX, female, 53 years old, first visit on February 14, 2023:

The patient is a depressed patient, who has experienced the death of her husband, breast cancer, very depressed mood, dizziness, upset, insomnia, bitter mouth, dry mouth, chest pain, and the disease is half on the surface and half in the heart, combined with fatigue, soft limbs, virtual pulse, large tongue, tooth marks on the side, pale moss, smooth left vein, and weak right vein.

According to the symptoms, prescription conditioning, so it is considered to be a half-surface and half-li yin syndrome, and the dried ginger decoction of Bupleurum cinnamon and cinnamon branches is selected with Angelica peony powder.

After taking the medicine, the symptoms are reduced, and the symptoms of heat such as upset, dry mouth and bitterness basically disappear, mainly manifested as dizziness, fatigue, insomnia, and thin pulse.

It lasted more than a month of oral Chinese medicine**, and he was basically cured.

Case 2:

A high school girl, repeatedly depressed for 2 years, aggravated for 2 weeks, high school, excessive stress, insomnia, difficult to sleep, depressed, depressed, do not want to go to school, take Western medicine, take a year off, the symptoms improved, in the third year of high school, two weeks after enrollment, stressed, insomnia, difficult to sleep, feel unable to concentrate, and depressed, parents do not want to take Western medicine, so they came to the clinic.

Symptoms: insomnia, difficulty falling asleep, fatigue, dry mouth and bitter mouth, chest fullness, upset, anxiety, depression, inability to concentrate, unable to keep up with the progress of learning, especially irritable, dark red tongue, white greasy, thin pulse.

TCM syndrome differentiation: less yang and drinking, phlegm.

Proposed formula: four reverse scatter, sweet wheat jujube, gardenia bean soup, warm gall soup.

After three months of conditioning, the patient came to report in July that he was admitted to the university, and everything was getting better.

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