Depression is clinically treated with Western medicine, and Chinese medicine can play a supplementary role in the treatment. Depression often manifests itself in low mood, poor diet, pessimism and other symptoms, and Western medicine is the mainstay of treatment. Use of antidepressant drugs, such as clomipramine, mirtazapine, fluoxetine, etc., the use of psychotherapy, such as supportive psychotherapy, etc., the use of physical therapy, such as repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) can also play a role in assisting in the treatment of depressive disorders, using liver-sparing and depression-relieving medications, such as Easy Pills. After active treatment, most patients are able to relieve their symptoms. Therefore, patients with depression should go to the hospital in time, under the guidance of the doctor, choose the appropriate treatment plan, with Western medicine as the mainstay, supplemented by traditional Chinese medicine.