Professor Xie Daojun's experience in treating depression with the method of soothing liver,strengthening spleen and calming heart
Anxiety-depressive state,depressive disorder,autonomic nervous dysfunction and other diseases in modern medicine can be classified as"depression"in traditional Chinese medicine.Professor Xie Daojun sums up his clinical diag-nosis experience and believes that the liver,spleen and heart,as well as the pathological products of Qi,fire,phlegm and blood stasis run through the whole process of the treatment of depression.Prof.Xie proposes that the core pathogenesis of de-pression is stagnation of liver-Qi,dysfunction of the spleen in transport,and restless mind.In general,emotional disorders and dysfunction of Qi activity of liver and spleen are the root cause of the disease,and the products of Qi,fire,phlegm and blood stasis are key pathological factors.Based on syndrome differentiation,the treatment principle focuses on smoothing the Qi activity of zang-fu organs,regulating the function of zang-fu organs and eliminating pathological products.The thera-peutic method of"soothing liver and strengthening spleen,calming heart and tranquilizing mind"is proposed.Invigorating spleen to dry dampness,regulating Qi and eliminating phlegm is the foundation,activating blood circulation and promoting Qi,removing stasis and eliminating depression is the key,and soothing liver and resolving depression,calming heart and tranquilizing mind is the core.Prof.Xie Daojun is good at integrated treatment of traditional Chinese and Western medicine.Referring to a variety of evaluation scales,he affirms the role of traditional Chinese medicine in the early treatment of de-pression.According to the patient's condition,he will add western medicines as appropriate to achieve the effect of address-ing both the symptoms and root causes of the disease and safety of long-term treatment.