Study On Documents About Melancholia And Discussion On Its Health Prophylaxis And Treatment By Chinese Medicine

Melancholia,also known as "Caner of the 21^st Century",is regarded as one of the three serious diseases while the other two are cancers and AIDS. As major disease of the new millennium,the World Health Organization has listed it as one of the three plagues.It is estimated that the entire numbers of adult patients suffering from melancholia etc,has exceeded one hundred million,which also account for 50 to 70 percents of suicides or attempted suicides.It has become a serious public health matter.The definition of melancholia derives from modern psychiatry,its etiology and pathogenesis is complicated.Because of different classification methods, melancholia by western medicine can not be classified as one single illness in Chinese medicine practice,which includes mental syndrome of low in mood and interest,felling tired and less enegetic.Although the term of melancholia did not exist in Chinese classical medical books,there were plenty of historical articles relating to the its syndrome. They may be dated back to the Chin-Han Dynasties,with vast developments in Tang-Sung,well completed in Yuan-Jin,and achieving summit in Ming-Chin.In his book of "Summaries of Medical Cabinet",Zhang Jung-Jin of the East Han Dynasty provided the earliest description and identifications of the syndrome with terms such as Bei-Ho,Zhang-Zao(organ anxiety),Mei-He-Chi,and Ben-Tun-Chi.Though those discription were not specific,it provided rich identifying and syndrome differentiation material for melancholia.Western medicine has not been able to pinpoint the cause for melancholia. It involves psychology,sociology,inherit age,neurology,inner secretion, immune mechanism,etc.Medication is the basic cure which includes Tricyclic Antidepresants,TCA,MAOI,SSRI,etc.new demicine such as the plant extract NGF may be further developed.Based on bio-sociological and medical mode,the change may bring deeper attention of the illness.Based upon abundant research and literature of ancient literature,the Chinese medicine against melancholia formed a wide spectrum.Ancient prescriptions such as YuejuWan,XiaoyaoSan,WendanTang,ChaihuleiFang, BaihedihuangTang,XiangshaliujunziWan,BanxiahoupuTang,GanmaidazaoTang had all been proved to be effective in modern medical practice.Based on the change of classic formula and syndrome differentition,Physical experiments in accordance with corresponding to organs against western medicine have shown effectiveness,even more,ready medicines and multi-purpose and multi-targets single or complex medicine which had been applied on animals are being developed.Acupuncture and moxibustion has been used to deal with tough melancholia,its mechanism has been recognized and accepted.There are various ways in treating with melancholia by Acupuncture and moxibustion,single body needle,electric needle,pole injection,ear-needle,scalp-needle, thread-burying,ion penetration,herb acupuncture,ect.Mere needling,needling with medicine,to cure from inside and outside have been proven effective.Although the research of Chinese medicine and melancholia is only in the beginning steps,the curing of melancholia should be developed in consider of holism.As "The Yellow Emperior' s Internal Canon of Medicine" pointed, human and nature are unified,and the tempo of human life action coincides with the natural period.The research of the frequency means a lot not only to keep good health but also to describ diagnosis,curing of disease,etc. Through the research of "The Yellow Emperior' s Internal Canon of Medicine" articles,it concludes the organic and systematic reasons of the cause for melancholia under yin-yang-wu-shing theory,including spiritual cause,five internal organs,four seasons,food cause,outside evil attacking, the diffusion of the chi and the blood,physical cause,six Chin function and so on.Following the Chinese medicine theory,by the spirit of curing before being illness,the principle of multi-way curing,and being universal are all the advantages of Chinese medicine to avoid melancholia.Applying the healthy principle while taking spiritual way,musical way,diet way,meridian way, which consist active and still situation and improve both body and spirit, can contribute to against melancholia.