Chinese medicine diagnosis and typing of depression

Depression belongs to the category of depression in Chinese medicine, and clinically, it is generally divided into liver-qi stagnation (poor transportation of qi and blood in the liver and depression), phlegm-qi stagnation (phlegm-drinking and qi intertwined), loss of nourishment of the heart and spirit, deficiency of the heart and spleen (weakness of the heart and spleen), and deficiency of the yin in the heart and kidneys (deficiency of yin in the heart and kidneys), and other types of evidence. 1. Liver-Qi Stagnation syndrome: patients manifest mental depression, good tai-hei, distension and pain in the ribcage, pain with no fixed place, belching (hiccup), inappetence, emotional restlessness, and inability of women to have menstruation. 2. Phlegm-qi stagnation syndrome: the patient manifests mental depression, chest fullness and stuffiness, coercive distension, pharynx such as foreign body sensation, coughing and swallowing. 3. Cardiac and Spiritual Loss of Nourishment syndrome: patients manifested as trance, restlessness, easy to be frightened, suspicious, temperamental, etc.. 4. Deficiency of the heart and spleen: the patient manifests palpitation (rapid heartbeat, often accompanied by panic), timidity, thoughtfulness, dizziness, dizziness, fatigue (mental fatigue, physical fatigue), insomnia, forgetfulness, loss of appetite, and so on. 5. Yin deficiency of heart and kidney: patients show deficiency annoyance (annoyance caused by deficiency heat in the body), hypersomnia, forgetfulness and dreaming, lumbar and knee pain and weakness (a feeling of lumbar and knee pain and weakness), heat in the hands and feet, night sweating (sweating abnormally after falling asleep, and the sweating stops after waking up), dry mouth and pharynx, and palpitations. Depression patients need timely hospital consultation, by the professional Chinese medicine practitioner’s diagnosis and treatment, so as not to delay the condition.