When it comes to depression, it reminds me of Xiao Cui. Xiao Cui had depression back then, and looking at his dark circles under his eyes and fatigued demeanor, one could tell that he should not be completely cured. Outpatient clinics encounter many depressed patients with low moods and reduced quality of life. There are many causes of depression, and modern medicine has a very well-established set of theories and methods to treat it. But what does Chinese medicine think? According to TCM, it is an imbalance of qi. Literally, depression is a state where there is pressure outside, and depression is a state that is closed and cannot be opened. Depression is caused by emotional stimulation, life changes, internal and external environmental imbalance, resulting in a depressed state of mind and an overall qi imbalance. What should I do if I am depressed? Tune the mind is the best policy. First of all, avoid emotional stimulation. In life, try to give the patient a relaxed environment, let him relax his mind, unrestrained, and talk to the patient to reduce the pressure in his heart. Secondly, in the understanding of the disease, both the doctor and the patient himself should not be easily hatched. Because depression is a heart disease, is caused by the modern high-pressure lifestyle, the heart to bear too many things, already very fragile, and then to accept a disease, said to need long-term medication, frankly, very cruel, very should not. We should all look at it with a positive and sunny attitude, thinking that the disease process can be reversed, and that is exactly what happened. Again, depression advocates early treatment. According to TCM theory, the development of disease is all shallow and deeper layer by layer. From Qi to Blood. Early depression is easy to treat, but after a long time, the symptoms are very difficult to treat when the disease is long into the blood. In terms of symptoms, early depression and irritability will gradually lead to somatization, which is called mania in Chinese medicine. This kind of irritability from irritability into irritability, and finally both irritability and agitation, is the process of deepening the disease layer by layer, from the three Yang meridians into the three Yin. It is also very difficult to treat.