Acupuncture can be used to treat mild depression by ordinary acupuncture and auricular acupuncture.
Ordinary acupuncture generally selects the acupuncture points on the directing vein, the hand-shao yin meridian, the hand-foot syncopal meridian, such as yintang, Baihui, taichong, shenmen, danzhong, neiguan points, etc. If it is the depression of the liver that is uncomfortable, then it is equipped with xiemen and hepanyu; if it is the depression of qi that turns to fire, it can be equipped with chanyu xi points; if it is accompanied by the symptom of deficiency in the liver and the kidneys, it can be added with kidney yu, hepanyu and other acupuncture points.
For auricular acupuncture, the selected points are heart, liver, endocrine, Shenmen and occiput. Acupuncture, leaving the needle for 20min, and pressure pill method can also be used for treatment during the recovery period.
The above acupuncture treatments need to be operated by a professional physician, and severe symptoms require timely medical attention and systematic treatment.