Common treatment rules for regulating emotions in Chinese medicine

Mind-body therapy is a deep-rooted cure. In today’s high-tech, fast-paced and competitive society, while material life is abundant, mental tension and anxiety are prevalent. These mental factors are often the cause of morbidity. In addition to speech therapy, there are many ways in which Chinese medicine treats illnesses caused by emotional injuries, the most commonly used being the method of detoxifying the liver and relieving depression. According to TCM theory, chronic mental tension, adverse stimuli, and depression can lead to liver qi stagnation. When the liver is depressed and not relaxed, the qi is not smooth, and a variety of symptoms will appear, often accompanied by an abnormal mental state. Different diseases can be treated together, and TCM practitioners can treat many different diseases with the Liver Dissolving method. The most commonly used herbs are: Chai Hu, Yu Jin, Yuan Hu, Xiang Fu, Dan Shen, Su Xin Hua, Chuan Neem Zi, and a commonly used Chinese herbal prescription is Free and Easy Dispersion (Bai Shao, Angelica Sinensis, Chai Hu, Poria, Atractylodes Macrocephalae, Licorice, Ginger, and Peppermint). The following are some examples of common diseases to illustrate. 1, gastric, duodenal ulcer and inflammation peptic ulcer etiology and pathogenesis is not very clear, now more inclined to multi-factorial etiology, psychological factors have been emphasized. Many people believe that the occurrence of ulcer disease is due to long-term emotional fluctuations, through the neuroendocrine mechanism as an intermediary, so that the gastric acid secretion continues to rise, resulting in congested gastric mucosa brittleness increases, thus erosive ulcers occur. In the clinical treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers and inflammation, we often consider the patient’s mental factors, in addition to applying treatments such as regulating qi, clearing heat, warming the middle, and tonifying as appropriate according to the results of the diagnosis. Some of these patients suffer from mental tension and depression, while others have no symptoms of mental abnormality. Clinically, these two types of patients can be applied to the method of liver detoxification, can be based on the drugs used in the treatment of ulcer disease, add liver detoxifying drugs: Chai Hu, Yu Jin, Yuan Hu, Xiang Fu. For some patients, the liver-dispersing and depression-relieving remedy, Free San, can be used directly. This prescription is used to add and subtract treatment. In practice, we can significantly improve the efficacy of the addition of liver-sparing and depressant drugs. 2, chronic colitis chronic colitis is caused by a variety of causes of chronic inflammation of the colon, its onset and mental factors are also related. Such as ulcerative colitis and allergic colitis, the onset of which has been shown to be related to anger, anxiety, depression, frustration, disappointment. In addition to intestinal symptoms, some of these patients are accompanied by psychological disorders. According to Chinese medicine diagnosis, most patients have liver qi stagnation, and liver depression is one of the pathologic mechanisms. We add liver-sparing and depressant medicines in the formula for the treatment of colitis, which can often have a very good effect. Especially in the eradication of this disease has a reliable therapeutic effect. 3, Irregular menstruation Irregular menstruation refers to early or delayed menstruation, premenstrual tension and dysmenorrhea. The appearance of these symptoms is closely related to mental factors. It is more likely to occur in women who are usually tense, impatient, hypersensitive to sensation and agitated. They are more likely to be aggravated when they encounter disturbances in their work and life and when they are mentally unhappy. According to Chinese medicine, irregular menstruation is often related to liver depression and liver qi stagnation. Liver depression is an important factor in the patient’s morbidity. The use of Chinese medicine to relieve this knot and correct this pathological state can achieve the effect of curing the disease and removing the root cause. The commonly used treatment is to regulate menstruation and nourish Blood, and the liver-dispersing herbs that can be added are still Chai Hu, Yuan Hu, Yu Jin, Xiang Fu, etc. as well as Free and Easy San. May be appropriate to add: nourish blood and soften the liver of drugs such as white peony, wolfberry, mulberry, etc.; clear the liver fire of drugs such as gentian, gardenia, grass cassia, etc.; suppress the liver submerged yang of drugs such as magnetite, stone vitex, ivory silk. This kind of treatment for puberty, menopause menstrual irregularity have better effect. 4, breast lumps There are many kinds of breast lumps, which are related to mental factors. Traditional Chinese medicine often adopts the methods of dispersing knots, activating blood circulation, regulating qi and dispelling phlegm in the treatment of breast lumps. In these prescriptions, the addition of liver-sparing and depressant medicines can significantly improve the therapeutic effect. The most commonly used formula for dispersing the liver and relieving depression is Free and Easy San. This formula can be used as the basis for the addition of the above liver-dispersing and depressant medicines. These medicines can improve the mental state, adjust the balance of the body, relieve the feelings of depression and disperse the lumps, which can get rid of the lumps fundamentally. 5, insomnia clinically, insomnia can be divided into liver fire inflammation, phlegm fire disturbing the heart, blood stasis obstruction, Yin does not converge Yang and other types of evidence. Regardless of the type of evidence, more or less accompanied by liver depression, can be added to ease the liver to relieve depression drugs. For example, if the patient is mainly suffering from deficiency heat, it is appropriate to add yujin and chaihu; if the patient is mainly suffering from blood stasis, it is appropriate to add yujin and danshen; if the patient is mainly suffering from qi stagnation, it is appropriate to add yuanhu and xiangshu; if the patient is mainly suffering from phlegm-dampness, it is appropriate to add yuanhu, citrus aurantium dulcis and yujin. It is especially appropriate to use the method of liver detoxification for patients who are mainly anxious and nervous. 6, plum nucleus gas plum nucleus gas is the name of the disease in Chinese medicine, the main symptoms of discomfort in the throat, a foreign body sensation, swallowed, spit out, or a small amount of phlegm and saliva. It is often accompanied by moodiness and chest tightness. Ear, nose and throat examination is often not positive. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that plum nucleus qi is related to liver depression and phlegm obstruction. The treatment is to relieve liver depression, regulate qi and resolve phlegm. The main formula can be Dao Yao San plus Yu Jin and Chai Hu, with the addition of the phlegmatic drugs Bei Mu, Rehmannia, smallpox pollen and Platycodonopsis, and the addition of the knot-dispersing and qi regulating drugs Fahan Xia and Chen Pi. We have used this method to achieve very good results.