Excerpts from Traditional Chinese Medicine Classics on Depression

Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses in today's society. It is a type of mood disorder characterized by significant and persistent low mood or lack of happiness as its main clinical features. Traditional Chinese medicine has been recorded in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses such as depression since ancient times. The seven disease syndromes recorded in ancient Chinese medicine books, including depression (syndrome), visceral irritability, plum core qi, depression, running pig (qi), lily disease, and solution, are equivalent to what modern medicine calls depression. This book uses this as a search term to collect historical medical literature related to depression. The literature dates from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty. The content covers the basic theory of traditional Chinese medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, prescriptions, clinical subjects, medical records, etc. An introduction is given to each certificate title, and the source and reference are indicated for each document for readers to trace the source and refer to. This book presents readers with the most authentic overview of ancient Chinese medicine literature on depression, and comprehensively and systematically demonstrates the wisdom of ancient doctors in treating depression. This book can be used as a study reference for physicians engaged in psychiatry, psychology and related clinical departments of traditional Chinese medicine.