基于“脑肠轴”理论探讨针刺壮医脐环穴治疗抑郁症的思路

discussion on the Treatment of depression by Acupuncture at Zhuang Medicine Umbilical Ring Based on the Theory of "Brain-intestine Axis"

临床发现抑郁症患者常常伴有胃肠道功能的紊乱或存有胃肠道疾病的患者往往伴有焦虑、抑郁等状态。近年来,大量研究发现“脑-肠”这一通行道路上的相关物质的改变与抑郁病的发病过程与治疗方式上存在着重要联系。基于此,该文基于“脑肠轴”理论的思想下分别从现代医学和中医学角度出发,浅述“脑-肠”学说对于抑郁症的相关机制,并浅析针刺壮医脐环穴对抑郁症的治疗作用,以期为临床治疗抑郁症提供一种新的、有效的、可行的针刺治疗思路。

It is clinically found that patients with depression are often accompanied by gastrointestinal dysfunction or patients with gastrointestinal diseases are often accompanied by anxiety, depression and other states. In recent years,a large number of studies have found that there is an important relationship between the changes of related substances on the “brain-gut” pathway and the pathogenesis and treatment of depression. Based on this, this article, based on the theory of “brain-gut axis”, starts from the perspectives of modern medicine and traditional Chinese medicine, briefly describes the relevant mechanism of the “brain-gut” theory for depression, and briefly analyzes the Zhuang doctor’s navel ring point. The therapeutic effect on depression, in order to provide a new, effective and feasible acupuncture treatment idea for clinical treatment of depression.