Traditional Chinese medicine tells you: depression, if you don't repair the damaged brain, it is useless to take Western medicine for a lifetime!
I have met many patients, they have taken a lot of Western medicine, but it has no effect, and they have a lot of side effects, they have gained dozens of pounds, and they have not been cured. The phrase I heard the most was, "This disease can't be cured at all, and it takes medicine for the rest of my life." ”
Traditional Chinese medicine conditioning is like slowly boiling soup, which can slowly repair the brain cells in our heads, as if to rejuvenate them. In addition, it also has the effect of inhibiting those bad reactive oxygen species in the brain, so that it can reduce the inflammatory response of the brain. When this oxidation reaction is controlled, brain cells are better able to recover. Therefore, parents should not be too anxious, the conditioning of traditional Chinese medicine needs a slow repair process.
Some time ago, I had a patient with depression in my outpatient clinic, 16 years old, just entering the first year of high school. But the disease has been more than a year, and it has been controlled by taking Western medicine. But in the past month, her depression has worsened, and the medication has not been able to bring her a good treatment effect, and there are many side effects. It makes him more depressed, pessimistic and misanthropic, and unwilling to associate with others. Because his parents divorced two years ago, the child has been living with his father since then, and since then he has been depressed, his interest in doing things has declined, his studies are not good, and he also has insomnia and fear. Her father inquired about me and brought the child to see me.
Immediate diagnosis: pale tongue, pale and slightly greasy, weak pulse, listlessness, slow thinking, sluggish eyes, depressed mood, insomnia, constipation, body pain, accompanied by irritability.
After understanding the above situation, I prescribed a Chinese medicine prescription for her.
After taking the medicine for a week, the patient's sleep quality improved significantly, although the stool was clear, but the amount was not much, after taking the medicine for a month, the mood began to improve, and he was willing to go out and walk around, and he could simply talk to others.
I knew that the direction of treatment was not wrong, and the prescription was slightly adjusted and let her use it for another half a month. At the follow-up visit, her depressed mood improved. In order to better consolidate the treatment and reduce the dosage, after taking it for half a month, the patient was completely cured, and there has been no seizure since the drug was stopped.
The patient's tongue is light, white and slightly greasy, and the pulse is weak, which is obviously caused by the stagnation of liver qi and internal fire. Phlegm disturbs people's minds and brains, causing them to be depressed and depressed. When the vent of the body is blocked by the evil fire, the toxins produced in the body cannot be discharged, and they will flow around the human body, rush to the nerves of the brain, and be compressed, causing the body to fail to function normally, and the body will be unwell.
What we have to do is to relieve the surface and reduce fever, soothe the liver and relieve depression, so that the internal fire in the body can be smoothly dispersed, so as to achieve the regulation of qi and depression.
The internal administration of traditional Chinese medicine should be based on the specific performance, examine the evidence and seek the cause, follow the overall concept, and the idea of syndrome differentiation and treatment, which will often receive satisfactory results. Regulating qi and opening depression, regulating qi and relaxation, and agreeing to ease are the basic principles for the treatment of depression. Prescriptions are prescribed according to the patient's own condition, and if there is a need for medication, please seek medical attention in time.