Research progress on the pathogenesis and traditional Chinese medicine treatment of epilepsy comorbid depression
Depression is a common phenomenon in patients with epilepsy.No matter from the point of view of western medicine or traditional Chinese medicine,epilepsy and depression have common pathogenesis.Western medicine believes that epilepsy comorbid depression is caused by abnormal immune-neuro-endocrine network,while traditional Chinese medicine believes that epilepsy comorbid depression is related to the liver and brain of theory of viscera and their manifestations.The liver and brain under the theory of viscera and their manifestations are closely related to the immune-neuro-endocrine network system of western medicine.Compared with western medicine,traditional Chinese medicine has the advantages of multi-level,multi-target,and comprehensive regulation,and the location of epileptic focus and various biochemical indexes and imaging examination of western medicine point out the function direction of traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture in the body.It brings new ideas for the treatment of this disease with traditional Chinese medicine,which is conducive to the further development of its treatment.
Traditional Chinese medicineEpilepsy comorbid depressionAttack mechanismTreatment ideasLiver and brain treatment