论与抑郁症相关的中医病证

抑郁症属中医学中的情志疾病，是包括多种精神症状和躯体症状的复杂的情感性精神障碍。抑郁症虽临床表现不一，但都有共同病因，即情志不遂，由此而产生的共同病机系以气滞、气逆为主的气机失调，与瘀血、痰结、寒热互结合而为病。气机失调是抑郁症的基本病机。与抑郁症相关的中医病证散见于古代医籍中，包括：郁证、癫病、梅核气、百合病、脏躁等。其基本治则为理气、降逆、散结。

Depression related disorders in TCM

Depression remains the emotional disease in TCM.It is a complex thymogenic mental upset including many kinds of emotional and somatic symptoms.Although its clinical behaviors are different,there is an identical cause,i.e.emotional disturbance.Visceral dysfunctions mainly manifested as qi stagnation and qi reverse are the common pathogenesis.Com-bining with blood stasis,stagnant phlegm and cold-heat it will resulted in disease.The dysfunction of qi activity is the es-sential pathogenesis.Depression-related illnesses in TCM can be found unevenly in the ancient medical books.They are depressed syndrome,depressed psychosis,globus hysteritis,lily disease and hysteria etc.The basis therapeutic principle is to regulate qi,to lower the adverse rise of energy and eliminate the stagnation.