Acupuncture for Depression - Treatment Protocols
Submitted by yyh_staff on Sun, 2006-07-09 15:51.
Below you will find some of the more common tcm diagnoses and acupuncture treatment protocols for depression. There are many ways to treat this condition with Eastern Medicine and our presentation is only one of many possible options.
- Differentiation:
- Excess Conditions:
- LV Qi Stagnation - This is a primary component of most other differentations.
- Phlegm Qi Depression - Arises from a LV Qi imbalance leading to a stagnation of body fluids which over time turns into phlegm.
- Retention of Phlegm-Damp - Arises from a SP Qi deficiency.
- Deficient Conditions:
- HT & SP Deficiency - may lead to a Blood deficiency.
- SP & KD Deficiency - may arise with LV Qi stagnation or LV Yin deficiency.
- LV Qi Stagnation - Excess
- Signs & Symptoms:
- Depression with irritability, plum pit qi, chest oppression, PMS.
- Tongue: Pale or purple w/thin white coat
- Pulse: Wiry
- Treatment Points:
- Phlegm Qi Depression - Excess
- Signs & Symptoms:
- Similar to below but arising from LV Qi Stagnation effecting fluid metabolism, depression, chest oppression and other phlegm signs.
- Tongue: Greasy white coat
- Pulse: Slippery, wiry
- Treatment Points:
- Retention of Phlegm-Damp
- Signs & Symptoms:
- Similar to above but arising from SP Qi deficiency, chest oppression, lack of appetite, lack of thirst, fatigue, heaviness of the body.
- Tongue: Greasy white coat
- Pulse: Slippery
- Treatment Points:
- HT & SP Deficiency
- Signs & Symptoms:
- Excessive worrying and thinking, poor concentration, palpitations, insomnia, pale lustreless complexion, poor appetite, fatigue.
- Tongue: Pale
- Pulse: Thin, weak
- Treatment Points:
- SP & KD Deficiency
The information on our site is drawn from our own lecture notes and clinical experience. The following lecture notes were consulted within this section:
- St. John, Meredith: New England School of Acupuncture, Etiology and Pathology Lecture Notes
- Valaskatgis, Peter: New England School of Acupuncture, Etiology and Pathology Lecture Notes
Bookmark/Search this post with:
Delicious
Digg
StumbleUpon
Google
Technorati