Depression belongs to the category of depression in Chinese medicine, Wu Zhu Tang is not usually used as a common tonic for depression, but the addition and subtraction of Wu Zhu Tang can assist in the treatment of depression.
Wu Zhu Tang is composed of Wu Zhu, ginger, jujube and ginseng, which has the efficacy of warming the middle and tonifying the deficiency, harmonizing the stomach and lowering the rebelliousness (regulating the stomach qi, so as to make the upwardly rebellious qi descend) and stopping vomiting, and it can treat the syndrome of stomach cold and vomiting as well as vomiting, headache and dysentery caused by upwardly rebelliousness of the liver cold and kidney cold.
The pathogenesis of this syndrome is mainly due to the upward reversal of the evil of deficiency and cold against the stomach. The adverse effects and contraindications of this drug are not clear; it is recommended to avoid eating raw and cold food during the use of this drug.
The basic pathomechanism of depression is stagnation of qi and dysfunction of internal organs, and Wu Zhu Tang evidence also contains the pathomechanism of stagnation of qi, so Wu Zhu Tang Plus Reduction can assist in the treatment of depression.
Patients with depression should actively go to the hospital for consultation, and use medicines correctly under the guidance of Chinese medicine practitioners, do not use medicines on your own.