Can depression and anxiety be improved by acupuncture and herbs?

With the increase of work and life stress, many depressions and anxiety disorders arise. Even though they do not reach the level of neurosis, many people have depression and anxiety states, which can be reflected in many aspects, such as being easily provoked, easily angry, poor sleep, dreaming a lot, and also waking up easily, and always feeling more tired after sleep. Some patients wake up easily during sleep, and often have panic attacks after waking up, and some suffer from dizziness and discomfort. All of these manifestations indicate problems with neural regulation. These problems are not only due to psychological problems, but also objective neurotransmitter problems, some of which are difficult to correct on their own and require the assistance of medication. I see many similar patients in my clinic, some of them are elementary or middle school students who are prone to headaches and dizziness once they go to school; some are office workers who often have trouble sleeping; and some are middle-aged women who don’t have much to do every day, but they just can’t feel good all around. The effect of acupuncture and moxibustion together with Chinese medicine is still very significant for many patients. For patients with liver depression, they can relax their liver; for patients with yin deficiency, they can nourish yin; for patients with heart and spleen qi deficiency, they can supplement their heart and spleen.