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Characteristics of TCM psychology

The characteristics of TCM psychology are as follows:

1, pay attention to individual differences. The clinical feature of TCM is syndrome differentiation and treatment, which pays attention to the influence of weather, solar terms, geographical environment, social changes and interpersonal relationships on people, especially paying attention to the psychosomatic differences and individual reaction state at that time.

2. Pay attention to the handling of seven emotions and emotions. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the internal injury of seven emotions and the celebration of ambition have become the important causes of the disease, and at the same time have an important impact on the development of the disease, which can promote the improvement or deterioration of the disease. Emotional therapy is a typical and systematic psychotherapy method in traditional Chinese medicine, which has the characteristics of oriental traditional culture.

3. Pay attention to the integrity of treatment. As mentioned above, TCM regards the individual as an organic whole with internal relations between zang-fu organs and meridians. Influenced by weather, geography and social factors, it recognizes the significance of "six exogenous pathogens" and "seven internal injuries" in pathogenesis.

In diagnosis, four methods are formed: observation, smell, questioning and cutting. The holistic concept characterized by syndrome differentiation and treatment in treatment. The integrity of adjustment and treatment is also reflected in the comprehensive treatment measures.

On Chinese Medicine Psychology

The psychology of traditional Chinese medicine is a subject which is guided by the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, absorbs the knowledge of modern clinical psychology and psychiatry, studies the psychological phenomena and laws of human beings, and uses it to guide clinical practice. Traditional Chinese medicine has a long history in treating mental illness, and its treatment methods include emotional therapy, cognitive therapy, behavioral therapy and low-impedance idea introduction therapy.