针刺疗法治疗抑郁症的研究进展

Research Progress on Acupuncture Therapy in the Treatment of Depression

抑郁症(Depression)是一类常见的精神疾病,中医学称为"郁证"。现代西医认为是由心理、生物、社会等多种因素共同作用所致的疾病,随着人们社会、生活、精神节奏的紧张、压力的加大,抑郁症患者逐年增多,如何对抑郁症患者进行有效治疗迫在眉睫。与西医抗抑郁药相比,针刺具有起效快、毒副作用小、费用低廉等优势。抑郁症属于中医的"郁证"范畴,常见证型为心脾两虚、肝气郁结、气郁化火、阴虚火旺、肝郁脾虚等。针灸治疗抑郁症临床疗效确切,具有安全、经济、针对性强、个体化治疗等优点。本文旨在通过整理针灸治疗抑郁症的进展,进一步探究针灸治疗抑郁症的发展思路。

Depression is a kind of common mental disease, which is called "melancholia" in traditional Chinese medicine. Modern western medicine believes that it is a disease caused by a combination of psychological, biological and social factors. With the increasing tension and pressure of people's society, life and spiritual rhythm, there are more and more patients with depression year by year. Therefore, it is urgent to effectively treat patients with depression. Compared with anti-depressants of western medicine, acupuncture has advantages such as quick effect, small toxic and side effect and low cost. Depression belongs to the category of "depression syndrome" in traditional Chinese medicine, which is often witnessed as two deficiency of heart and spleen, liver qi stagnation, qi stagnation fire, yin deficiency fire, liver depression and spleen deficiency. Acupuncture and moxibustion is effective in treating depression. It is safe, economical, targeted and individualized. This paper aims to further explore the development of acupuncture treatment for depression by sorting out the progress of acupuncture treatment.