How does Traditional Chinese Medicine treat anxiety disorders?

Many friends suffer from anxiety disorders for various reasons. They don’t quite understand the specific symptoms and treatments of anxiety disorders, as well as the harm to the body. Today, the editor will share with you in detail. Let’s take a look!

Anxiety disorder, also known as anxiety neurosis, is characterized by generalized anxiety disorder (chronic anxiety disorder) and paroxysmal panic state (acute anxiety disorder) as its main clinical manifestations. Psychiatric experts from Shijiazhuang Brain Hospital remind you that if you are often accompanied by dizziness, chest tightness, palpitations, difficulty breathing, dry mouth, frequent urination, urgency, sweating, tremors and motor restlessness, you should be alert to anxiety disorder. The anxiety is not caused by actual threats, or the degree of tension and panic is very disproportionate to the actual situation.

You can learn to regulate your emotions and self-control, such as mental relaxation, diverting attention, and eliminating distracting thoughts, so as to reach a state of letting nature take its course and being calm. Learn how to correctly handle various emergency events and enhance psychological defense capabilities. Cultivate a wide range of interests and hobbies to make your mood open and cheerful. Get enough sleep. It is recommended to eat more fruits and vegetables to supplement nutrients. Do more aerobic exercise, such as jogging

TCM Diet Treatment Methods for Anxiety Syndrome

When heat disturbs the mind, or the heart loses its nourishment, the mind becomes restless, and the liver loses its gentleness, there will be persistent tension, palpitations, insomnia, sweating, etc.:

①In principle, use cold foods and sour and sweet foods;

② Cold foods, such as burdock, mint, lily, celery, chrysanthemum, purslane, water chestnut, radish, mung bean and many other foods.

green leafy vegetables; others like green tea also have the function of removing heat. Generally speaking, the principle we can grasp is that foods with stronger bitter taste have stronger function of removing heat.

③Sweet and sour foods can relieve people's nervousness and anxiety, such as tomatoes, sweet potatoes, hawthorns, apples, mountain red,

Red beans, jujubes, peony flowers or (tea substitutes) etc. Wolfberry can also be used.

④ For meat, it is recommended to use poultry, such as duck, goose, pigeon, quail, and black-bone chicken are all good choices

2 When liver qi stagnation affects the spleen and stomach, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting may occur;

① The diet adopted in this state is mainly mild, mainly to let the patient return to a normal diet;

②Porridge is ideal, and light rice or millet porridge is used. In my clinical experience, rice porridge is ideal. It should not be too thin or too thick, and should be drunk frequently in small amounts.

③ You can eat yam, white lentil, coix seed, etc., and cook them into soup or porridge;

④ You can put ginger slices in your mouth or add them to dishes;

⑤ Avoid eating too greasy food.

The harm of anxiety disorder should not be underestimated: Sleep disorders: often accompanied by anxiety, or frequent nightmares, or easy awakening. Some patients snore loudly at night, and after waking up they feel they have not slept all night and lack sleep.

Emotional anxiety: Characteristically, it is an acute anxiety attack. The patient suddenly feels palpitations, heart palpitations, throat obstruction, difficulty breathing, shortness of breath, dizziness, weakness, and accompanied by tension, fear and a sense of dying, or feels that he cannot control himself and is about to become insane, and may even scream and call for help. Some people experience shortness of breath and hyperventilation during the attack. Some quickly return to normal after the attack, while others remain anxious and worried about recurrence. The author may post repeatedly for several days. Once every few weeks or months. Frequent attacks may occur several times a day, so that the patient dares not get up and move around.

Experts remind: Long-term anxiety not only seriously affects the patient's normal work and life, but also the long-term impact of negative emotions may even lead to suicide. Therefore, once symptoms of anxiety appear, you must go to a regular hospital's psychiatric department for treatment in time.

Warm reminder: While undergoing drug treatment, patients are advised to gradually eliminate stress factors and learn to relax themselves: psychological factors such as tension, impatience, fear, and anger will definitely have a negative impact on the condition. Patients should learn self-regulation methods, be open-minded, and establish the determination and confidence to fight the disease.

Through the editor’s sharing above, you have a certain understanding of the symptoms, causes and dangers of anxiety disorder. Then in your future life, you might as well refer to the methods shared by the editor and improve yourself!