Research Progress of Traditional Chinese Medicine on Depression in Recent 3 Years
Depression(DD)is a common mental health disease in modern society,which seriously endangers the physical and mental health of patients and brings huge psychological and economic burdens to patients and their fami-lies.Compared with Western medicine,traditional Chinese medicine has unique advantages in the treatment of DD:small side effects,easy for patients to accept,and can significantly improve clinical symptoms.This article will discuss the research progress of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of DD in the past three years from multiple as-pects such as the etiology and pathogenesis of DD,syndrome differentiation and treatment methods,and provide refer-ence support for the treatment of clinical depression.