推拿治疗抑郁症的研究进展

Research Progress in Massage Therapy for Depression

抑郁症是一种常见的精神障碍疾病,给患者的生活质量和社会功能带来严重影响。推拿是一种传统的中医治疗方法,通过手法刺激人体的特定部位,调节气血运行,达到防治疾病的目的。近年来,越来越多的研究表明,推拿对抑郁症有一定的治疗效果,可能通过改善神经内分泌、免疫、氧化应激等机制,调节情绪和认知功能。本文对近十年来国内外关于推拿治疗抑郁症的临床和基础研究进行了综述,总结了推拿的操作方法、作用机理、临床效果和安全性,并提出了存在的问题和未来的发展方向。

Depression is a common mental disorder, which has a serious impact on patients’ quality of life and social functioning. Massage is a traditional Chinese medicine treatment method that stimulates specific parts of the human body through manipulation to regulate the operation of qi and blood to prevent and treat diseases. In recent years, more and more studies have shown that massage has a certain therapeutic effect on depression, which may regulate mood and cognitive function by im-proving neuroendocrine, immune, oxidative stress and other mechanisms. This paper reviews the clinical and basic research on the treatment of depression by massage at home and abroad in the past decade, summarizes the operation method, mechanism of action, clinical effect and safety of massage, and puts forward the existing problems and future development direction.