Traditional Chinese medicine treatment for depression, common prescriptions

Depression is now a global disease. The pressure and trivialities in life and work can make us feel overwhelmed. If we are not optimistic in our daily lives, it is easy to develop depression. Depression must be treated as early as possible, and Chinese medicine can be used to regulate it.

1. Lily and Rehmannia Decoction: Lily, Rehmannia

2. Sini San: Bupleurum, Citrus aurantium, Peony, Licorice

3. Ganmai Dazao Decoction: licorice, wheat, jujube

4. Yueju Pills: Cyperus rotundus, Atractylodes macrocephala, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Gardenia jasminoides, Shenqu

5. Xiaoyao Powder: Bupleurum, Peony, Angelica, Poria, Atractylodes, Licorice, Mint

6. Chaihu Shugan San: Cyperus rotundus, Chuanxiong, Bupleurum, Citrus aurantium, Tangerine peel, Peony root, Licorice root

7. Banxia Houpu Decoction: Pinellia, Magnolia, Poria, Ginger, Perilla Leaf

8. Xiao Chaihu Decoction: Bupleurum, Scutellaria, Pinellia, Ginseng, Licorice, Ginger, Jujube

9. Danzhi Xiaoyao Powder: peony, angelica, bupleurum, poria, atractylodes, licorice, gardenia, peony bark

10. Chaihu plus Longgu Muli Decoction: Chaihu, Scutellaria, Pinellia, Ginseng, Ginger, Cinnamon Twig, Poria, Rhubarb, Dragon Bone, Oyster, Jujube

11. Other commonly used antidepressant prescriptions include: Wen Dan Tang, Jie Yu Tang, Jin Ling Zi San, Liu Yu Tang, Chai Hu Gui Zhi Gan Jiang Tang, Ping Gan Yin Zi, Tui Qi San, Jiang Qi Tang, Wu Chen Tang, Qi Qi Wan, Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang, Yi Guan Jian, Gui Pi Tang, Ping Xin Wang You Tang, etc.

12. Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes treatment based on syndrome differentiation. In the clinical treatment of depression, syndrome differentiation requires the integration of disease location, disease nature, and deficiency and excess to achieve comprehensiveness and accuracy. The occurrence of depression is closely related to the physiological dysfunction of the five internal organs, and the five elements are interrelated. Depression in any one organ can affect other organs and cause depression. If one organ is depressed, the other five organs will be affected and affect each other. The most common ones are liver depression and spleen deficiency, heart and spleen deficiency, heart and lung yin deficiency, liver and kidney yin deficiency, etc. Qi stagnation is a common syndrome of excess, and is more common in the liver, spleen, and lungs among the internal organs; phlegm stagnation may be a syndrome of excess or a mixture of excess and deficiency, and is more common in the spleen and lungs among the internal organs; blood stasis is a mixture of excess and deficiency, and is more common in the liver and kidneys among the internal organs; deficiency of both Qi and blood is more common in the heart, liver, and spleen among the internal organs; deficiency of Yin and blood is more common in the liver and kidneys among the internal organs.