Depression belongs to the category of “depression” in Chinese medicine. Depression syndrome is divided into liver qi stagnation (liver qi and blood transportation is not smooth, emotional depression), qi stagnation and fire, phlegm qi stagnation, melancholy injury to the spirit, etc., can be symptomatic to take chaihu shuhexiang san, dan gardenia free and easy to disperse, half summer and thick park soup, sweet wheat and jujube soup and so on. 1. Liver qi stagnation: symptoms see spirit depression, emotional restlessness, good tai hui, chest and hypochondrium (chest and ribs area collectively) distension and pain, pain without fixed place, epigastric stuffy belching (hiccups), do not think of eating, stools are not in order (stools are abnormal), tongue coating is thin and greasy, pulse is stringy, and so on. You can take Chai Hu Shun Liver San. 2. Qi depresses turns the fire: symptom sees the impatience and irritability, the chest stuffy coarseness, the mouth is dry and the mouth is bitter, or noisy swallows the acid (in the stomach has the uncomfortable sensation, the acid water on the flood after swallows), the stool constipation, or the headache, the eyes are red, the tinnitus, the tongue is red, the moss is yellow, the pulse strings and so on. Can take dan jia jiao free powder. 3. phlegm and qi stagnation: symptomatic see in pharynx discomfort, if have object obstruction, spit out not, swallowing not, mental depression, chest stifling, coercion or pain, tongue coating white greasy, pulse string slippery, and so on. You can take Half-summer and Thick-stemmed Park Soup. 4. Melancholy: symptoms of trance, restlessness, suspicious and easily startled, sadness and crying, even temperamental, or at times lack of stretching, pale tongue, thin white coating, thin pulse. You can take Ganmai Dazao Tang. Depression patients also need emotional regulation, exercise and other methods, in daily life patients need to maintain an optimistic mindset, accept the formal psychological guidance treatment, early recovery. If you need to take the above drugs, it is recommended to carry out scientific treatment under the guidance of a doctor.