Ease Depression
In a busy urban city life, people easily feel alienated. Nobody wants to hear your story and nobody has time for you. People become depressed wondering about their life. Seeing the disparity between glamourous lives shown on the internet, makes us wonder what we are doing. It pushes some of us to depreciate ourselves and nobody talks about it because everybody is going through a hard time, hoping that there will be a reward for their hard work. Just like normal daily life, depression can start silently without warning. Most often times, people push aside their feelings because our society does not fully accept mental disorders. Whether young or old, we do not want to be seen as different for any reason. Therefore when one realize about their depression it is late. It takes a long time to empower oneself to appreciate and love themselves.
TCM views, health is affected by physical and psychological well-being. Historically they recognize the importance and create many herbal formulas to help people with mental disorders. One of which is depression. Depression is thought as stagnant thoughts where negative thoughts are being played over and over again. This prevents new positive thinking and a person becomes hopeless and demoralized to the point where it is impossible to have a normal daily life.
There are many ready-made pills to take in the North American market and some may not be available. The list of commonly used herbal formula names are;
- Ban Xia Hou Po decoction
- Chai Hu Shu Gan powder
- Shu Gan Jie Yu Capsules
- Si Ni Powder
- Xiao Yao powder
Each formula has different function and purpose and it would be the best to contact your local Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner to tailor the formula for your needs. Just like how DNA from parents affecting our physical identity, the environment we grow up from affects our psychological identity. Our culture, social practices, and religions all affect our psychological identity. Thus depression can be caused by different reasons and different methods are required to treat each patient. This is why there are different herbal formulas.
