Depression is a disease that develops slowly.
At first, it was just that the mood became cold. Then, if the disease does not heal for a long time, the internal organs of the body will not escape the damage. By the time the illness progresses to depression, the problem is not limited to emotions, but also to all internal organs.
Many people think that only the liver needs to be regulated to cure the disease, but this is not the case. Depression is a combination of the five organs that are dysfunctional, involving the heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys. The five organs are interlocking and affect each other, and together maintain the emotional and spiritual balance of the human body.
Depression is a mental illness that is essentially an abnormality of mental activity. In TCM theory, the liver and pericardium both belong to the Yin meridian, but their effects on mental activity are very different.
Therefore, if someone is accustomed to treating emotional or mental problems from the perspective of the liver, it may not be the best choice. The liver dominates our emotional world, and the heart lies at the heart of spirit, consciousness, and thinking.
In short, emotions are governed by the liver, while spirit, consciousness, and thinking are governed by the heart. The heart and pericardium together dominate the spiritual, conscious, and mental activities, giving us the soul of life.
You will find that the tongue of the mentally ill sometimes shows a distinctive ruddy color, which is not accidental, but a symbol of a fire in the heart. Beware of the fire that is too excited, and the color of the tongue will become more bright red. This is not only an important physiological marker, but also a key basis for diagnosis. The excessively strong heart fire, like a raging flame, refines the fluid in the body into phlegm, and finally forms phlegm heat. The cause of this disease is generally believed to be due to phlegm, heat, and evil qi blocking and disturbing the mind, resulting in confusion.
* This disease is indeed far more difficult than ordinary emotional diseases, such as mental disorders and anxiety disorders. However, that doesn't mean we're helpless. The key is to understand the phenomenon of the coupling deviation of the qi and qi, such as the overoperation of the yin and liver meridians, which leads to the prosperity of one qi, which in turn leads to an imbalance between the upper and lower levels. The root of the disease is deeply hidden, and we need to start from the surface layer of the Yin and Liver meridians, focus on solving the problem of manifestation, and actively deal with the surface.
For this kind of disease, I usually use the ** that regulates the five internal organs, and the effect is remarkable. I remember a 25-year-old patient with depression who had been suffering for 8 years. He has tried Chinese medicine many times, and although his initial mood and insomnia and other symptoms have been alleviated, he has always reversed. After a detailed understanding, I found that his previous ** was mainly focused on soothing the liver and relieving depression. So, I started from the surface of the yin and carried out targeted **. Happily, his condition has been effectively controlled within half a year, and he has never been ** again.