Hello, I am a Chinese medicine person, Zhou Guangbai.
A friend asked me that there are so many children with depression now, and there is a long queue in the psychiatric department of the hospital.
I smiled and said, of course it can be cured, and it is very curable. In fact, as early as 2000 years ago, the medical saint Zhang Zhongjing wrote a "anti-depression" prescription to nourish the blood and calm the nerves, which can eliminate all kinds of troubles.
Let's talk about one of my patients. A boy, only 25 years old. About half a year ago, he broke up with his girlfriend.
We don't know how beautiful that girl is, and we don't know how good the relationship between the two people was. Anyway, after the object turned yellow, the guy was hit. At the beginning, I was upset and insomnia, and my mood was pessimistic and a little unstable.
Later, the young man developed a series of physical symptoms, mainly chest tightness, palpitations, physical weakness, inability to eat, and sometimes retching and bloating.
The family didn't take it too seriously at first. Suddenly, one morning, the young man screamed in his bedroom. The family was frightened and quickly pushed the door to look, and found him lying on the bed with a painful and heartbroken face.
The young man said, his back hurts, it hurts as if it was broken, and it is uncomfortable.
Since then, this back pain has been present, sometimes mild and sometimes severe. To what extent? As long as he thinks about the messy things in the past, or communicates with other people, he will feel a pain in his back.
When the family looks at it, they have it, so they should seek medical attention immediately. B ultrasound and CT have been done several times, and there is nothing wrong with the examination. Anti-inflammatories, painkillers, and various medicines, taken one by one, are not easy to make.
In the end, his family took him to see a Chinese medicine practitioner and planned to give it a try.
At the examination, the patient's pulse was thin, the tongue was red and yellow, and the complexion was yellowish. The patient reported that he had been dry and thirsty recently, liked to drink hot water, and had pain in his lower back, mainly because of swelling pain, even to the flank area, some numbness in both legs, tightness at the root of the thighs on both sides, and inconvenience. In my throat, there always seems to be something in my throat lately, a little blocked and I can't swallow it.
Originally, he was introverted and withdrawn, and he was prone to depression. It's good now, but I'm sick from top to bottom, and I'm in a bad mood. The worse the mood, the worse the lower back pain.
After learning about these situations, the book side wrote a poem. But see—
Bupleurum chinensis, Poria cocos, Angelica sinensis, White Paeonia, Chuanxiong, Licorice, Floating Wheat, Jujube, Jujube Kernel, Yuanzhi, Zhimu, Rehmannia Rehmannia.
All of them, decoction in water.
After taking 10 doses, the patient found that the quality of sleep improved, and then the lower back pain was significantly reduced. The mental state of the person has improved a lot.
At this time, the original prescription was inconvenient, and another 12 doses were administered.
Eventually, the patient's low back pain disappeared, he slept normally, his mood was cheerful and stable, and he began to live a normal life.
This is the basic process of the medical case.
Now, let's briefly analyze the mystery here.
In fact, the problem of this patient is a typical physical and mental illness. Somatic symptoms, psychological in origin.
Therefore, we cannot understand the condition from the perspective of general Western medicine. However, the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine can often help us see the essence of the problem at this time.
His depression, accompanied by low back pain, occurred after the breakup, and was exacerbated when he was depressed and nervous. These characteristics of low back pain are very clear to point the problem to the liver.
If you fall out of love, your liver will be depressed. Liver stagnation and qi stagnation cause local swelling and pain. The liver meridian goes to the flanks, so the flanks are uncomfortable. When you are depressed, anxious and nervous, liver depression is aggravated, so the pain is obvious.
So, if the patient's pain originates from the liver, then why is the pain concentrated in the lower back? Because the kidneys belong to water, the liver belongs to wood, and the aquatic wood is born. The kidneys are the mother's organs, and the liver is the child's organs. Liver stagnation and qi stagnation, child disease and motherhood will also cause kidney meridian qi unfavorable. The kidney meridian runs through the spine, that is, it has to pass through the spine, so it causes low back pain.
Of course, when the patient visits the doctor, there are other manifestations, such as a yellowish face and a thin yellow tongue. The pulse is fine. This indicates that under the influence of liver qi disharmony, other functions of the patient's liver are abnormal. The liver cannot hide blood, so the liver is deficient in blood and the complexion is yellowish. Liver yin and liver blood are insufficient, and internal heat is generated, so the tongue is red and yellow.
What should I do at this time? As long as we help patients to relieve liver depression, and at the same time nourish the yin and blood in the liver, remove annoyance, clear deficiency and heat, and the problem can be solved. Don't look at the patient's complaint of low back pain, but the main thing is that the liver is lowered by the eyes.
In the formula, Bupleurum soothes the liver and relieves depression. Angelica sinensis and white peony nourish the liver. On the one hand, Poria cocos strengthens the spleen, biochemical qi and blood, and on the other hand, calms the heart and calms the nerves.
Next, the key point appeared, which is sour jujube kernel, Chuanxiong, Zhimu, boiled licorice, and Poria cocos. This compatibility is sour jujube kernel soup. As a scripture prescription, sour jujube kernels nourish the liver and blood, nourish the heart and calm the nerves. Chuanxiong soothes liver qi and mediates liver depression. Knowing the mother nourishes yin and clears heat. Poria is calming. It can be said that this sour jujube kernel soup has played a very key role in nourishing liver and blood, nourishing liver yin, and clearing deficiency and heat.
On this basis, add cooked ground to nourish the yin of the liver and kidneys. The combination of floating wheat and jujube, combined with licorice, is important for nourishing the heart, soothing the nerves and liver. Floating wheat can help clear the heart and liver and deficiency fire.
The following focuses on sour jujube kernel soup, which comes from Zhang Zhongjing's "Jin Kui Yaolu", and the basic composition is sour jujube kernel, licorice, zhimu, poria cocos, and Chuanxiong. The effect is to nourish the blood and calm the nerves, clear away heat and trouble. It is aimed at the lack of liver blood and the insomnia caused by hypothermia and internal disturbance. At the same time, the patient has palpitations, dizziness, dry throat and mouth, red tongue, and thin pulse.
In the case of the patient above, although his main complaint was depression causing low back pain and stemming from liver depression, it was obvious that he had a dry throat and mouth, restless sleep, a thin yellow tongue and a few pulses. Under the influence of liver stagnation and qi stagnation, the problem of not having much yin and blood in his liver is obvious.
Therefore, to find a breakthrough, that is, to start with nourishing the liver, yin, liver and blood, removing troubles and sleeping. On this basis, the things that soothe the liver and relieve depression, strengthen the spleen and nourish the blood are filled, which plays a comprehensive role in nourishing the liver and regulating the liver.
In short, as the only recipe in the history of traditional Chinese medicine that takes nourishing blood and removing troubles as the main purpose, it is very meaningful in the treatment of physical and mental diseases. You remember, because the mood is not smooth, you can't sleep in a hurry, your mouth is dry and thirsty all day long, and you are in a hurry, and the sour jujube kernel soup is often effective. As the saying goes, all kinds of troubles can be drunk in one go.