Causes of depression, Chinese medicine treatment of depression and anxiety

Depression is an increasingly common disease. As the stress of life continues to increase, this group of people is gradually growing. So what are the causes of depression? How can it be treated?

Analysis of the causes of depression

1. Being alone and having little communication can easily damage your yang energy.

People tend to be full of anger when they live in groups, but when they are alone for a long time, their energy is weak and evil spirits are easy to spread. Therefore, there is an old Chinese saying: People should not live in a large house when there are few people. Living in a large house without human energy for a long time will easily damage the yang. The human body's primordial spirit is yang energy. If there is less yang and more yin, the primordial spirit cannot resist evil spirits and is easy to be damaged. Many ghost-related diseases are caused by this. It is not surprising that depression occurs.

2. The key to depression is that the yang cannot be stretched

The so-called Yang cannot be extended, that is, Yin is heavy and Yang is weak, and Yang cannot come out of Yin. Therefore, depression and other symptoms of Yang Qi stagnation appear. The key is not the sufficiency of Yang Qi, but the poor circulation of Yang Qi. Excessive consumption of milk and cheese can easily lead to heavy dampness in the body. Dampness is sticky and easy to stagnate Yang Qi, causing Yang Qi discomfort.

The application of Western medicine is often based on the process of suppressing the signs of life. Although it has certain therapeutic effects, it ultimately affects the most essential factor in life - the natural development and change of Yang Qi. It is not surprising that this leads to the stagnation of Yang Qi.

4. The pressure of modern life has increased dramatically

The pace of change in the world is accelerating. The popularity of computers and cars and the increase in information exchange have greatly affected people's daily routines and habits. The accelerated pace of social operation will inevitably lead to increased stress, tension, and irritability. If the wood energy is too strong, the corresponding fire will also rise. Over time, it will greatly damage the body's true yang.

The role of True Yang is to maintain the functional state of each organ, thereby promoting the development of life. Everyone has limited True Yang energy, but people do not know how to save this limited energy, but instead consume it wantonly. This will lead to a situation where True Yang is deficient below and False Fire is excessive above.

On the surface, the signs of life are very bright, people can still work hard and live freely. But don’t you know that when the Yang is weak below, a serious illness is not far away? Moreover, when the Yang is weak, there is no strength to send it out.

5. If the wood energy is not nourished, the liver and gallbladder cannot coordinate the mind.

Nowadays, people are more accustomed to sleeping late and getting up late, rather than working at sunrise and resting at sunset. 11pm to 3pm is the phase of liver and gallbladder. If people go to sleep at this time, the liver and gallbladder can get a natural rest. The liver and gallbladder are dominated by wood energy. When wood energy is nourished, it can grow, transform and store. That is, the so-called wood is the rising state of yang.

The ancients used the five elements to describe the organs of the human body. In fact, they were looking for something real to compare the different states of Yang. Therefore, since Yang cannot rise naturally, it is like saying that if there is no spring, how can there be a prosperous summer, harvest in autumn, and storage in winter. This cycle can be as short as one day, as long as one month, one year, or even sixty years. Those who are depressed have no Yang in spring, or the Yang does not rise at midnight.

To treat depression, you should seek the following points.

1. Supporting Yang Qi will nourish the Yuan Shen

The method should be to nourish Shaoyin, which refers to the heart and kidney. The kidney is the home of the true yang water and fire, and contains the Xianghuo; the heart is the place where the monarch fire resides, and contains the Yuanshen. If the Yang Qi of the heart and kidney is sufficient, the monarch fire can control the overall situation without the disadvantage of depression.

2. Extend the Yang Qi, so that the Yuan Shen can come out of the Yin

3. Yang rises in spring, grows in summer, is harvested in autumn, and is stored in winter. Therefore, nourishing spring Qi is to stretch Yang Qi. Its treatment is in the liver, gallbladder, and Shao Yang meridians. And stretching Yang Qi requires nourishing Shao Yang spring rising Qi. This is done by sleeping at the right time and eating spicy food to nourish the liver. (The liver wants to disperse, so eat spicy food to disperse it, and use spicy food to replenish it.)

3. Reduce depression and heat

Yang is strong when it is nourished, and it can be released when it is stretched. Then the pent-up fire can be lowered, and the path for Yang to rise can be smooth, and the pent-up evil can be eliminated. Open the four gates to raise the clear earth air and lower the turbid sky air, and then the east and west roads can be unblocked. There are also various methods to clear and lower Yang, all of which are the same.

If all the above methods can be integrated, then depression can be cured just like this. Just be careful not to use Western medicine as much as possible, or use it in moderation, and reduce it as much as possible. The effect of Western medicine is to adjust the yin and yang to a low-level balance, which is to suppress the vigor of life in order to obtain temporary stability, which is quite like using a clamp to cure a hunchback.

Treating depression from the perspective of Yang Qi is the same as the general method. Other diseases are mostly related to the deviation of Yang Qi to the left or right, and can also be treated in the same way. The principles are similar.