HISTORY
We know that in the twenty-first century, depression has become a disease that almost everyone can suffer from. According to relevant data surveys, there are more than 350 million people with depression in the world so far.
Let's not think it's alarmist, maybe someone you know very well is suffering from depression in the dark at the moment, but you just don't know it.
The outbreak of depression on such a large scale today may give us the illusion that depression is a modern disease that arises from the fast pace of life, the stress of work, the indifference of interpersonal relationships, and the anxiety of fear and anxiety everywhere.
But is this really the case? Is depression really just a modern disease? Didn't the ancients suffer from depression?
Looking at the historical data, we find that this claim is baseless, and examples of depression abound in the ancient history of China and the world.
Legend has it that the monarch of the State of Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period suffered from depression, did not think about tea, and was extremely depressed, and then summoned a doctor to come to the clinic and treatment, called Wen Zhi, Wen Zhi and the prince about three chapters of the law, if the treatment, angered the king of Qi, the prince wanted to save his life, the prince gladly promised. After Wen Zhi broke the appointment three times, did not go to the King of Qi for treatment, after a few days, Wen Zhi came to the treatment, at this time the King of Qi was already very angry, Wen Zhi did not kneel, did not perform the ceremony, wore shoes and sat in front of the King of Qi and scolded the King of Qi, the King of Qi was ashamed and angry, and stood up to angrily rebuke Wen Zhi. This scolding actually made King Qi's depression heal. In the end, the crown prince did not save Wen Zhi's life and was killed by the King of Qi.
"Anger wins thinking", that is, the Chinese medicine thinking of Wen Zhi to cure Qi Wang's depression.
In addition, the history books record that there was a depressed patient in the Qing Dynasty, who was sullen and unhappy every day, extremely sad, and then asked an old Chinese medicine doctor to diagnose and treat, the old Chinese medicine doctor diagnosed as "menstrual irregularities", this patient laughed after listening to it, and soon after, depression was also cured.
"Happy mood, qi is comfortable and smooth" is the chinese medicine thinking of the old Chinese medicine to heal this patient.
Ancient Chinese medicine believes that in addition to depression related to emotions, a large part of the cause of depression is "Shaoyang disease", that is, evil qi into the Shaoyang Sutra. The symptoms of "shaoyang disease" coincide with the symptoms of depression: dizziness, lack of desire to eat, lack of interest in anything, and so on.
A generation of famous doctors Zhang Zhongjing once prescribed a "laughing formula" to treat depression, and also handed down a good story in the medical world.
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Nanyang had a famous doctor shen huai in his seventies, who was the protagonist of the idiom "medicine is not autonomous". Because he had no children and no daughters under his knees, he was not willing to have no successor to his superb medical skills, and he sighed and sighed all day long, and eventually became depressed, and his body deteriorated. The kind neighbor helped Shen Huai invite Zhang Zhongjing, who was famous for his party, to come and treat Shen Huai. Zhang Zhongjing and Shen Huai had known each other for a long time, and after some looking and asking, they quickly prescribed a formula: japonica rice, adzuki beans, soybeans, wheat, and yellow millet, cooked and kneaded into a ball, smeared with cinnabar and eaten.
Shen Huai took Fang Zi and laughed incessantly. "Zhang Zhongjing is really a wasted name, I have never seen such a funny prescription in decades of practicing medicine." Shen Huai naturally would not take medicine according to Zhang Zhongjing's prescription, of course, there was no way to take it, and a person could not eat 5 pounds of things at a time. Mr. Shen put Zhang Zhongjing's prescription on the conspicuous place at home, and taunted Zhang Zhongjing: "Look, this is the prescription that Zhang Zhongjing prescribed to me, I have not heard of grains and grains that can cure diseases for decades, it is really a joke, a joke." Sometimes I don't feel like laughing when I look at it.
A few months later, Zhang Zhongjing came to visit, and Mr. Shen had recovered from his illness. Zhang Zhongjing finally unveiled the mystery: "Congratulations to Mr. Li for recovering from his illness, and the junior class door has an axe and laughs." Old Mr. Shen finally realized, admiring and ashamed. Zhang Zhongjing went on to say: "What we do in Langzhong is to benefit the people and get rid of diseases and prolong life. Sir, there are no children, aren't all your children in our descendants? Why worry about no one to follow. Shen Huai felt that the clouds had cleared and the fog had dissipated, and from then on, he taught all his medical skills to Zhang Zhongjing and his peers without reservation.
From this story of Zhang Zhongjing, it can be seen that it is important to maintain a happy life. Although we can't meet a famous doctor like Zhang Zhongjing, we maintain an optimistic mood, and the pressure is naturally gone. Zen Master Dazhu Hui Hai once said that monasticism is to eat when hungry and sleepy, but this seemingly simple thing many people can't do, they think about it when it's time to eat, and they think about it when they sleep. Maybe less calculating, more indifferent, closer to happiness, more melancholy away.
Suffering from depression is a very painful thing, so we may wish to look at how the ancients treated depression in order to provide us with reference.
1. Therapy to irritate the patient
According to the "Lü Shi Chunqiu" record, King Qi Min once suffered from depression, and the crown prince sent someone to invite a famous doctor, Wen Zhi, who said: "The king's illness must be also possible, although the king's illness is already there, he will kill zhiye." The prince was puzzled and asked why? Wen Zhi said, "If you are not angry, you will be incurable, and if you are not angry, you will die." ”
At the repeated request of the crown prince, Wen Zhi was persuaded to go to see King Qi Min, "and the prince is about to go, and the wrong person is three, and the king of Qi is already angry." Wen Zhi made an appointment with the crown prince and deliberately broke the contract three times, causing King Qi Min's anger to burn more and more.
After Wen Zhi arrived, he not only did not feel guilty, but also put on a proud look, the etiquette was not good, the shoes were not taken off, and he ran directly to king Qi Min's bed to see him, and provoked king Qi with rude words. Before the Qi Min King already had an opinion on him, plus this guy was so blind, the anger of the Qi Min King could be said to have exploded.
At this time, King Qi Min really couldn't help it, so he began to scold Wen Zhi, just like that, with a rage and a scolding, the depression that King Qi gathered in his heart was empty, and the depression was better. However, Wen Zhi committed the crime of deceiving the king, which seriously angered the King of Qi Min, the so-called "wrath of the Son of Heaven, the corpses are millions, and the blood is thousands of miles", so the King of Qi Min killed Wen Zhi.
Today, in order to adhere to the professionalism of doctors and cure patients' diseases, Wen Zhi will not hesitate to sacrifice his own life, and he can sing and cry! At the same time, it also leaves a model case of psychotherapy in the history of TCM medical cases, and the principle is exactly the principle of "anger wins thinking" based on the principle of TCM emotional treatment.
2. Laugh at patient therapy
In the Qing Dynasty, there was a inspector who suffered from depression and was sullen all day, but the treatment was difficult to see results many times, and the condition worsened day by day. On recommendation, an elderly man went to the clinic for treatment. After the old man looked at the inquiry, he deliberately said to the inspector: "You have menstrual irregularities, and it is good to take care of it." The inspector laughed and felt that this person was extremely unreliable and confused, and even men and women could not be distinguished. Since then, every time I think about this, I still can't help but laugh secretly, and over time, depression will not heal itself.
A year later, the old man met the inspector again, which made it clear that the mystery was, "The disease that Jun used to suffer from was 'Depressed Qi Knot', and there was no good medicine, but if he was in a happy mood, his smile was always open, and his qi was untied, he could be cured without treatment." Your illness is cured in laughter and laughter. The inspector suddenly realized this and quickly thanked him. This story seems absurd, but the truth is profound, in fact, the best way to treat depression is to face every day optimistically.
3. Music therapy
We know that in the face of the shortcomings of the Northern Song Dynasty's poverty and weakness, Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu and others called for reform and implemented the New Deal of celebrating the calendar. Because the reform offended interest groups, Ouyang Xiu was degraded. In addition, when he embarked on his career, because he was a clean and honest official, he offended many colleagues, and he was suppressed and excluded openly and secretly. He was depressed for a long time, and over time he suffered from the "disease of gloom", which is often referred to as depression.
At that time, although Ouyang Xiu sought medical treatment in many ways, he did not see an improvement in his condition. In order to relieve his depression, he followed his friend Sun Daozi to learn the piano in his spare time. As long as he was manipulated, he would get rid of all his distractions and troubles, and before he knew it, his depression would be cured.
Therefore, he wrote in the "Qin Shu": "Yu tasted the words of gloom and sorrow, retreated and lived idly, and could not cure it." Even if he learns to play the piano from his friend Sun Daozi, he is quoted by the number of palace sounds, and he enjoys it for a long time, but he does not know that the disease is also in his body. Ouyang Xiu, who benefited from the sound of the piano, recommended this music therapy to his friend Yang Zhi.
Due to Repeated Attempts and Depression, Ouyang Xiu specially gave him a piano, believing that drug treatment was not as good as using piano music to dispel worries, and wrote his personal experience and experience into the popular "Send Yang Preface".
So, we can't help but wonder, among the many instruments, why only the guqin has such a miraculous effect? In fact, there is a mystery hidden in the sound of the piano. We know that the guqin has five voices of Gongshang Horn Zhengyu, which correspond to the five viscera. The ancients believed that the joy and sorrow conveyed by the sound of the piano could most touch people's hearts, and the "heart" would affect the function of the corresponding organs, producing the effect of winning feelings with emotion, so as to achieve the effect of treating depression. Ouyang Xiu believes that the sound of the piano is "moody and sad, moving and deep", that is, the guqin can soothe the emotions, express emotions, and can also calm the mind, so it is very beneficial to the cultivation of emotional diseases.
In fact, depression is not just a mental disorder, but a physical and mental disease. It has existed throughout the ages and can be cured with the right treatment.