Depression

Author: Tang Qisheng
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Publish Date: 2006-02-01
Features: Depression falls under the category of "Yu disease" in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and is also documented in discussions of "insomnia," "poor memory," "epilepsy," "Lily root disease," and "plum-pit qi." TCM offers significant advantages in treating this condition. The combination of TCM and Western medicine for depression allows for complementary strengths, reducing the side effects of Western antidepressants, alleviating core and peripheral symptoms of depression more rapidly, and providing stable and less recurrent therapeutic outcomes. As a result, many clinical practitioners are inclined toward integrative TCM-Western medicine treatment for depression. Based on years of clinical experience and supported by scientific research data, this book references authoritative domestic and international literature to systematically discuss the treatment of depression from TCM, Western medicine, and integrative perspectives, covering etiology, pathology, and therapeutics. It aims to provide references for general internal medicine doctors in selecting treatment approaches for depression. This book is suitable for medical undergraduate and graduate students, as well as basic and clinical TCM and Western medicine educators, and、.