This paper holds that blood qi is different from qi and blood,it is a nutrient substance with the functions of warming,nourishing,harmonizing,consolidating and a bridge for the organs to regulate emotional activities.In the physiological state,the organs regulate blood qi to control emotional activities,the functional state of blood qi of the organs is closely related to emotional activities;in the pathological state,'all diseases are caused by the disharmony of blood qi',and the bias of excess or deficiency and abnormal operation of organs'blood qi are closely related to the occurrence,development and outcome of depression.Depressed patients may suffer from the stagnation of blood qi due to depressed liver,the insufficiency of blood qi due to spleen deficiency,the excess of blood qi,the disharmony between Ying-Wei and blood qi,the laziness of blood-qi due to yang deficiency,or both of the above factors,which caused the deficiency,excess,stagnation,confusion of blood qi,the mental symptoms such as depression,chest tightness and excessive breathing,mental dysphoria,and the physical symptoms such as palpitation,shortness of breath,abdominal pain,soreness of limbs,insomnia,so it is necessary to adjust the blood qi of organs as a whole,enrich the deficiency of blood qi,expel the stagnation of blood qi,discharge the excess of blood qi,regulate the disharmony between Ying and Wei,which can fundamentally harmonize blood qi and improve symptoms.
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