What are the health gong methods to prevent and treat depression?

  There are many experts and psychologists who have introduced qigong therapy, combining qigong treatment and psychotherapy and using them together to achieve very good results. There are many types of qigong methods, and they can be divided into three types: static gong, dynamic gong and dynamic static work, according to whether the limbs move when practicing gong. The gong method that does not move the limbs is called static gong, and static gong includes loose static gong, internal nourishment gong, and strong gong. Regardless of what kind of gong method, practice gong to carry out three tuning: that is, adjust the intention, adjust the body and adjust the breath. Qigong has a supportive effect. All psychotherapies give some form or degree of mental support to patients. Qigong, like psychotherapy, has an obvious supportive content in the practice and treatment process. Patients treated in hospitals are in a relatively closed and special environment, and patients are prone to irritability, anxiety, depression, loneliness and other adverse emotions, which are not conducive to the treatment of diseases and the recovery of patients. When receiving qigong treatment many patients practice together, communicating and learning from each other in the process of qigong practice, satisfying their social interaction needs and easily forming a good social atmosphere, which is beneficial to the treatment of diseases. In addition, qigong practice can also change patients’ bad cognition, form a calm and stable mood, positive and optimistic personality and sound and perfect personality, which has positive significance for patients’ social interaction and adaptation. There are also treatments for depression through relaxation such as Five Animal Exercises and Taijiquan. This type of treatment uses traditional exercise therapy to treat modern diseases, avoiding the side effects associated with the application of a large number of Western drugs. The aim is to improve the patient’s confidence and ability to self-govern from both physical and psychological aspects, and to achieve the goal of healing and seeking the source of the disease.