The Chinese medicine of mental illness to the understanding of mental illness

While there is no name for mental illness in Chinese medicine, there have long been descriptions of the causes, mechanisms, symptoms and treatment of mental illness in the Neijing. With the emergence of various schools of thought as well as clinical summarization, it has been continuously improved and developed, especially the unique theoretical system of physical and mental diagnosis and treatment of mental diseases, which is a treasure in the treasury of the motherland's medical science. For this reason, the study of physical and mental medicine is of great significance. Mental illness belongs to the category of psychosomatic diseases in Chinese medicine. Named with "epilepsy" and "mania", it is because of its "positive epilepsy, maniacal illiteracy", i.e., the modern medical "manic type

Motherland medicine believes that the sky has the sun, the moon, the stars, people have the essence, gas, God, "get God Chang, against the God who died", God is the human body's life activities in general, but also the spiritual consciousness, thinking activities, as well as internal organs, essence, blood and fluid functional activities of the external manifestations of the height of the generalization. That is to say, people's blood, fluid, thinking activities of the cycle of law, originating from their own regulation, and long-term dysfunction of their own regulation, will lead to mental anomalies. The etiology of mental illness, historically, medical doctors say differently, but in general it seems to be no more than the following kinds.

1. six obscene invasion six obscene that is wind, cold, summer, moisture, dryness, fire, is the natural climate of the natural world of the phenomenon of natural occurrences, and generally does not cause disease, known as the six gas. Only in the case of climate disorders, can cause disease so also known as the six obscene. Among the six obscenities, wind, heat and fire are the three main ones related to mental illness. The theory of "Suwen" is: "If you are injured by wind, you will be the first to suffer from it," and "all dryness and fever belong to fire". But whether it is "wind, summer", or "dry fire" always in the body's weakness, can only take advantage of the weakness and people sick. However, "excessive heat" is still regarded as an important aspect of the etiology of the disease.

2. seven feelings of internal injuries seven feelings of joy, anger, sadness, thoughts, sadness, fear, shock, is the normal expression of human mental activity, but if more than the normal limit or by the sudden and prolonged stimulation, and the lack of psychological stress and coping skills, will lead to physiological and visceral dysfunction, the meridian dysfunction and the occurrence of mental illnesses. In addition, there are phlegm obsession, qi and blood stagnation, yin and yang disharmony, heredity, consanguineous marriages, traumatic brain injury, organic brain diseases, poisoning, and so on. In order to deepen the knowledge and understanding of mental illness, it is necessary to understand its etiology and pathogenesis, so as to facilitate the more effective use of Chinese medicine and Chinese medicine cerebral anqing diagnostic theory to relieve the pain of psychiatric patients, so that they can recover earlier. There are three keys to the treatment of Chinese medicine: one is to dredge the qi as the fundamental method. The first is to dredge the qi as the fundamental method. If the qi is running, the blood flow will be smooth, the function of internal organs will be normal, and the disease can be relieved. The second is to submerge the Yang, the close cooperation of the use of the method of tranquilizing the spirit. Excessive clear orifices within the evil and turbid to be able to lower the inverse, quiet gas can rise, yin and yang convergence is lying down as usual. The third is to pay attention to the internal organs and meridians of the collaterals, adjacent to the treatment of the relationship between the transmission. For example, if the spleen and stomach are dysfunctional, there will be phlegm in the heart and orifices, insufficiency of heart and blood, and imbalance of qi and blood, etc. The spleen and stomach interact with each other through the meridians. The Spleen and Stomach are connected to each other through the meridians and form a superficial relationship. The nutrients needed by the human body (qi, blood, fluid) are dependent on the stomach to accept the rotting water and grain as well as the spleen's transport function to **** with the completion of the digestion and absorption of food and its spread of qi, blood, fluid, thus nourishing the whole body. Therefore, also known as the spleen and stomach for the "the nature of the day". If the spleen is not healthy and transport stomach loss and descending, then the gas and blood biochemistry without a source of fluid does not return to the right chemistry and the formation of wet, phlegm, drink and other pathological products, and the "spleen and stomach cold" evidence of birth. To "spleen and stomach deficiency and cold" for "epilepsy, mania, depression" evidence of the core of the diagnosis and treatment, is our hospital treatment of mental disorders, and other medical doctors to "sedation and tranquility" diagnosis and treatment of the fundamental difference! The specific rules are as follows:

Xin Kai Bittern: Xin Kai Bittern is the use of the nature of the herb, flavor characteristics to adjust the disease of the qi lesions. The bitter herbs have the effect of dispersing and moving qi, and the bitter herbs have the effect of lowering and draining and passing down. The pungent floating herbs are mostly pungent, sweet and warm, while the subdued herbs are mostly bitter, sour, astringent and cold. Pungent flavors are yang and bitter flavors are yin. The combination of hard and bitter medicinal flavors, *** with the completion of the whole process of qi dredging, propagation and excretion, and lowering turbidity, *** with the adjustment of the body's balance of yin and yang, to ensure that the gas in the body's benign circulation. Xin Kai Bitter Surrender The composition of herbs clinically divided into two cases, one is that some of the herbs themselves have hard two flavors, have the effect of regulating the qi; the second is by the Xin, bitter two different flavors of the herbs composed of formulas to regulate the qi. This method is widely adapted to the various types of solid evidence in mental disorders.

Sparing the liver and regulating the qi: The method of sparring the liver and regulating the qi is a method of regulating the qi horizontally. The herbs chosen are mostly composed of herbs from the liver, gallbladder, spleen and stomach meridians. It is mainly used for the liver, gallbladder, spleen, stomach and other organs of the qi stagnation and stagnation of the evidence. Clinical indications include distension and pain in the chest, breast, abdomen and testicles, dysmenorrhea, menstrual disorders, etc. It is also suitable for headache at the top and both sides of the head. The combination of liver detoxification and XinKaiBingDi method can better mediate the qi mechanism and provide all-round treatment.

Peace the liver and submerge the yang: the method of pacifying the liver and submerging the yang is through the herb to make the excessive yang return to its place, so that the floating over the wind and fire submerge to wash down the diarrhea, in order to adjust the dysfunction of the brain method. It includes heavy town tranquilizing nourishing yin submerged yang herb, mainly applicable to kidney yin insufficiency, kidney yang hyper brain; water does not contain wood, liver yang on the hyper; kidney water loss, the king of the fire alone burning; liver through the wind and fire directly rushed to violate the brain; the brain itself yang qi disordered symptoms. The main clinical manifestations of dizziness and headache, disturbed sleeplessness, panic and anger, facial muscle tremor, limb tremor, convulsions and spasmodic chiseling, behavioral disorders or sudden collapse.

Nurturing the brain and tranquillizing the spirit: Nurturing the brain and tranquillizing the spirit method is to use the tranquillizing herb to use part of the blood to nourish the blood medicine to treat the brain and the spirit of restlessness, the heart and the spirit of the evidence of restlessness. The main clinical manifestations of the weak annoyance and insomnia, trance, dizziness, headache, tinnitus, dreaming, easy to scare, forgetfulness and anxiety, as well as the wind, epilepsy and so on. The traditional medicine said to nourish the heart and tranquilize the mind This herb is actually mainly to nourish the brain and tranquilize the mind, followed by nourishing the heart and tranquilize the mind.

Regulating qi and activating blood: The method of regulating qi and activating blood is used to treat qi and blood depressions caused by emotional pathologies. Clinical should be based on the amount of qi stagnation, blood depressions to determine the combination of qi and blood activation drugs. Clinical manifestations include pain in the head, chest, abdomen, or generalized tendons and bones, etc. It can also be applied to amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, and psychosomatic disorders for which conventional treatments are ineffective. The nature of the pain is stabbing pain, and the site is more fixed.

Regulating qi stagnation: The method of regulating qi stagnation is applicable to the stagnation of food caused by emotional changes. This method is to use part of the rationalization of qi medicines combined with food stagnation This herb. The main application of the epigastric distension, belching and swallowing of acid, dull and not think of food, stool dregs do not melt, the tongue is cloudy and greasy, the pulse is moist and slippery and other evidence. The Qi can be regulated and stagnation can be accompanied by herbs that strengthen the spleen and help transportation, so that digestion and stagnation can be thoroughly eliminated.

Liquid: The method is to treat the evidence of qi stagnation and water retention with the herb of liquids. Clinical should be appropriate to use part of the qi herb, qi line is water line. The main manifestations are facial or generalized swelling, not much urine, chest or epigastric distension, loss of appetite, menstrual bladder swelling and other evidence. At the same time with the use of diuretic swelling herb, should also be added to strengthen the spleen and stomach herb to promote qi diuretic, strengthen the spleen and water combined formula, in order to make the edema subside completely.

Exercising qi and removing dampness: the method of exercising qi and removing dampness is applicable to qi stagnation and dampness condensation syndrome. For the depression evidence, the formation of dampness can be divided into external dampness and internal dampness, the former is mostly harmed by the six evils, and the latter is mostly generated by emotional changes. The clinical manifestations of external dampness can be seen as generalized drowsiness, distension of the chest and epigastrium, loose stools, white and greasy tongue, and moistening of the pulse; internal dampness is characterized by weakness of the limbs, drowsiness and fatigue, distension of the epigastrium, pain in the chest and hypochondrium, and white and greasy tongue, and moistening of the pulse. Resolving Dampness This herb is mostly pungent and warm, which itself has the effect of moving qi. Specific herbs should be given according to the cause of dampness by dispersing wind and moving qi, relieving the surface and resolving dampness or by aroma, moving qi and draining turbidity.

Aromatic opening of the orifices: Aromatic opening of the orifices is the use of pungent and aromatic herbs to open the orifices and wake up the spirit as the main effect, the treatment of qi obstruction or phlegm obstruction of the orifices caused by fainting, eclampsia, stroke, and other diseases that occur in the stroke of fainting evidence. The main manifestations are delirium, silencing of the mouth and fist, spitting, twitching of the limbs, smooth and strong pulse, and delirium, green face and body cold, hand spattering and drowning, white moss and late pulse, and other deficiency symptoms. This herb should not be used for a long time, to avoid the aroma of dry products to deplete the qi and hurt yin.

Purge the phlegm and resolve the turbidity: Purge the phlegm and resolve the turbidity method is the treatment of phlegm and turbidity blockage caused by emotional changes. The main clinical manifestations of a sudden fainting, unconscious, phlegmatic saliva, mouth and eyes crooked, phlegm in the throat, hemiplegia, numbness of the limbs, thick and greasy tongue, pulse slippery and other evidence. Clinical trial can also be used in the conventional method is ineffective or with blood herbs do not show the effect of treatment of emotional and emotional lesions, phlegm due to a variety of diseases. The phlegm is often cleansed by the phlegm and the turbid herb is often combined with the qi, blood, and orifices herb.

Clearing heat and diarrhea of fire: Clearing heat and diarrhea of fire method is the treatment of mental and emotional changes caused by stagnation of qi and fire or the evidence of external fire evil. The main manifestations are irritability, dizziness, deafness, coercive pain, bitter mouth, impotence, gonorrhea and drowning in blood, red tongue with yellow fur, stringy pulse and other evidence. The evidence of external fire depends on what organs are affected. The use of clearing heat and diarrhea herbs at the same time can add a small amount of qi herbs.

To replenish qi and blood: the method of replenishing qi and blood applies to the seven feelings of disease for a long time, resulting in the body of qi and blood loss of the disease. Clinical evidence of deficiency is often mixed with solid lesions, on the basis of tonic add to dispel evil herbs. Specific complementary method depends on the bias of qi and blood deficiency, partial qi deficiency clinical manifestations of shortness of breath, palpitations and restlessness, self-sweating and drowsiness, mental trance, poor memory, pale tongue and weak pulse, etc.; partial blood deficiency manifested in the face, palpitations, palpitations and anxiety, false annoyance and insomnia, dizziness, forgetfulness and trance, slackness and lying down, pale tongue and pulse, etc.. If both qi and blood are deficient, the above symptoms can occur at the same time.

Supervise yin and yang: Supervise yin and yang method is applicable to the yin and yang bias of emotional and emotional disorders. Mainly used for distraction and insomnia, five heart heat, palpitations, thinness and night sweating, red tongue, less fluid, fine pulse of the yin deficiency or cold limbs, waist and knees, fatigue, pale tongue, thin, fine, late pulse of the yang deficiency. Clinically, yin deficiency is common and yang deficiency is rare. Yin and yang deficiency should be complemented by both yin and yang in order to compensate for bias. The first thing you need to do is to make sure that you have a good understanding of what you are doing and how you are doing it.

Essence and marrow: the essence and marrow method is to nourish the kidney essence of the herb to treat the evidence of exhaustion of God. In particular, it is more beneficial to fill in with blood and flesh sentient products. The main manifestation of this evidence is dizziness, tinnitus, a sense of emptiness, lumbago and leg weakness, intellectual decline, slow movement, hair loss, teeth shake, spermatorrhea, tongue fat and light, pulse is weak, especially ruler is very. This is a long time to become sick, the treatment is slow.

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