What are the causes of depression from the perspective of Chinese medicine?

From the Chinese medicine point of view depression is a mood disease? Ancient depression evidence refers to the five visceral stagnation of qi and blood as the main class of disease, the concept of a broader scope. Since the Ming and Qing dynasties, it mainly refers to the diseases related to excessive emotions and feelings, and the liver is not comfortable, <Jingyue quanquan-yu evidence> called because of the depression and disease, discussing the anger and depression, thoughts and depression, melancholy 3 kinds of depression. The earliest case of depression is found in Zuo Zhuan: Chu Zi Chong crusade against Wu, due to the loss of troops, land and doctors, Chu people blame Zi Chong, so that Zi Chong inner worry and rage, depression and disease, suffering from "heart disease" and death of the matter. Ancient people have noticed that adverse events in the environment can trigger mood swings, and mood swings, depression and rage is very harmful to the physical and mental health of the human body, and can lead to death.

2, the five elements of Chinese medicine: Chinese medicine will be the five human organs according to the gold, wood, water, fire, earth, five elements, five elements of each other. Soil begets gold, gold begets water, water begets wood, wood begets fire, fire begets earth. Gold grams wood, wood grams earth, earth grams water, water grams fire, fire grams gold. Liver is wood, wood like Shu Da, too much repression for too long will be injured. From the onset of seasonality also confirms the Chinese medicine said: Chinese medicine emphasizes the orientation, the four seasons, the trunk of the human body viscera function, the relationship between the occurrence of disease, focusing on the unity of man and nature, man and nature corresponds. Spring, the East, A B, wood, belonging to the liver, the color is green; summer, the South, C Ding, belonging to the fire, belonging to the heart, the color is red; long summer, the central, penta-hexa, belonging to the earth, belonging to the spleen, the color is yellow; autumn, the West, Geng Xin, belonging to the gold, belonging to the lungs, the color is white; winter, the North, non deca, belonging to the water, belonging to the kidneys, the color is black.

3, spring is the best season to prevent depression? Autumn is gold, gold and wood, not conducive to the liver, the liver is the main emotional, so easy to suffer from emotional diseases, generally speaking, the fall is easy to suffer from depression and other emotional illnesses.Winzenrid1965 reported 1345 cases of depression in patients with the onset of the peak of September-October, September-October is the fall, and the Chinese medicine of the four seasons and viscera theory is consistent. Domestic Yang Haidong reported that the peak of depressive episodes is fall and winter, Tan Youguo reported that the peak of depressive episodes in the fall. But prevention is in the spring, spring is wood, wood branches like to stretch the spring, should let their emotions can be expressed, to the nature to enjoy the green, in order to raise liver qi, in the company of psychological teachers, healthy expression of their emotions conducive to liver qi. 4, depression starts in the liver, involving the five organs. Chinese medicine believes that depression is the earliest form of internal anger, Huang Di Nei Jing: Anger injures the liver. Liver qi stagnation, liver loss of diarrhea, stagnant phlegm condensation, wood fire ability to weaken, become weak heart qi, do what no heart, but also not happy. The Liver is responsible for the transportation of the Spleen and Stomach, and Liver-Qi not being propagated will definitely injure the Spleen (Wood over Earth). The spleen is responsible for elevating and lowering turbidity. When the spleen loses its healthy transportation, dampness and heat are easily generated, resulting in poor appetite and poor diet. With poor diet, the earth cannot nourish the gold (lungs), thus the ability of the gold (lungs) to produce water is weakened, which manifests as kidney deficiency. From the liver qi stagnation, the heart, spleen, lungs and kidneys are all damaged.

The heart is the main spirit, the spirit is the idea, thought, the heart and mind lead to the will is not strong, nonsense, nonsense leads to insanity, insanity leads to behavioral disorder