What Chinese patent medicine is good for anxiety disorder

If the anxiety disorder is more serious, medication should be used in time. Anxiety disorder is prone to repeated attacks and has a certain degree of recurrence. At this time, a combination of Chinese and Western medicine can be used for treatment. Traditional Chinese medicine is also effective in treating anxiety disorder. According to the different forms of anxiety disorder, appropriate methods should be taken for symptomatic treatment, such as heart and gallbladder qi deficiency type, heart and spleen deficiency type, yin deficiency and internal heat type, etc.

TCM has the following ways to treat anxiety disorders:

1. Deficiency of heart and gallbladder qi

Symptoms: palpitations, timidity, easy to be frightened, suspicious and anxious, mental confusion, emotional turmoil, restlessness, insomnia and frequent dreams; pale tongue, thin white fur, and rapid or weak pulse. The treatment method is to nourish Qi and the heart, calm the nerves and soothe the mind.

Prescription: Anshen Dingzhi Pills with modifications from "Medical Insights". Yeling, Yeshen, Polygala, Codonopsis, Shifupu, Dragon Tooth, Magnetite, Xibo, roasted Licorice, roasted Phellodendron.

2. Deficiency of both heart and spleen

Symptoms: palpitations, fear, insomnia, dizziness, sallow complexion, fatigue, loss of appetite, loose stools; pale tongue, thin white fur, and weak pulse. Treatment method: replenish qi and nourish blood, strengthen the spleen and calm the mind.

Prescription: Guipi Decoction (Ji Sheng Fang) with modifications. Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, roasted Rhizoma Coptidis, Chinese Angelica sinensis, roasted Licorice root, Gynura strychnifolia, roasted Polygala tenuifolia, Ziziphus jujuba seeds, Aucklandia lappa, red dates, and ginger.

3. Yin deficiency and internal heat

Symptoms: Suspicion and palpitations, insomnia and frequent dreams, want to eat but cannot eat, want to lie down but cannot sleep, want to walk but cannot walk, bitter taste in the mouth and yellow urine; red tongue with little or no coating, and weak and rapid pulse. Treatment method: nourish yin and cool blood, clear away heat and calm the mind.

Prescription: Lily and Rehmannia Decoction from Synopsis of the Golden Chamber combined with Zhibai and Rehmannia Decoction from The Golden Mirror of the Medical Ancestral Pathology with modifications. Lily, raw rehmannia, anemarrhena asphodeloides, yam, night-blooming poria, stir-fried jujube seeds, roasted licorice, moutan bark, red angelica root, and phellodendron chinense. For night sweats, add Schisandra chinensis and Aralia ovata; for those who are easily startled by noise, add Cinnabar.

4. Heat and disturbing mind

Symptoms: Feeling upset, restless, often startled at night, impatient and talkative, dizzy and headache, dry and bitter mouth; red tongue with yellow and greasy coating, and slippery and rapid pulse. Treatment method: clear away heat, eliminate phlegm, calm the mind and soothe the nerves.

Prescription: Huanglian Wendan Decoction with modifications from "Six Causes and Treatments". Coptis chinensis, Pinellia ternata, dried tangerine peel, Polygonum multiflorum, roasted licorice root, Arisaema consanguineum, Fructus annua, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Semen Ziziphi Spinosae, roasted Polygala tenuifolia, Rhizoma Cibotii, scorched Arisaema confusa, Gentiana scabra, and jujube. If the stool is dry, add raw rhubarb; if the urine is short and red, add Imperata root.

Through the above introduction, do you understand the methods of traditional Chinese medicine in treating anxiety? I hope that patients with anxiety can pay attention to the treatment of the disease, so that they can get rid of the harm caused by the disease as soon as possible. Finally, we wish patients with anxiety a speedy recovery.