Clinical Studies Of Acupuncture Treatment Of Mild To Moderate Depression

Depression is the main type of mood disorder which characterizes a significant and long一lasting state of low morbid syndrome. Depression is a major global mental health problem that causes serious physical and mental health of crimes against humanity, because they can not cause direct harm to the body and often be ignored. WHO has estimated that about 340 million patients are suffering from depression. In the United States, each year 11 million people are suffering from clinical depression, the suicide rate of patients is 10%~15%,subject to the impact of this disease, the annual loss is about is 20 times higher than the general population. Forecast by 2020,depression will be come the second largest disability factor beyond the Cancer patients. Recently, Psychiatry studies have shown that the prevalence rate of depression is higher than cardiovascular, cerebrovascular diseases and cancer, staying at the first rank of developed countries. In addition, since the beginning of the global financial problem, economic recession, debt problem, small and medium- sized faces closure, the increasing unemployment rate, the further reduction of GDP, GNP, personal income and the decline in the quality of life, all those pressures may direct burden on people's physical and mental health, causing drastically increase the number of depression patient outside of more than expected. Thus, we must face it seriously. So,In clinical practice, based on the use of evidence-based medicine way of thinking, depth of depression pathogenesis, evolution of the research, summarizes the best treatment options and effective economy, give full play to the disease individualized medicine, the overall treatment advantage, and work out with Chinese characteristics, and practical treatment options, proposed treatment and prevention of the occurrence and development of depression, the best option.Purpose: Randomized controlled by observing the principles of acupuncture treatment ofmild to moderate clinical depression. Method:Application of acupuncture Baihui, Sishencong, Fenglong and other points 30 cases of mild to moderate depression, and with the control group, fluoxetine (Baiyoujie) Comparative efficacy of 30 patients, treatment lasted 6 weeks. Respectively before and after treatment Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD) score, Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA) score, Clinical Global Assessment Scale (CGI) assessment, TESS side effects rating scale and the amount of TCM syndromes Table assessment. Followed up for 4 weeks, the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HMAD) score.Results:After 6 weeks of treatment, the acupuncture treatment group was 73.33%, comparison group, the effective rate was 76.67%. The statistical treatment, the acupuncture group compared with the western medicine group showed no clinical effect was significant (P> 0.05), acupuncture group than in the western medicine group fewer side effects, recurrence rate.Conclusion:1. Acupuncture group and the fluoxetine group of oral medicine can improve gas stagnation sputum of mild to moderate depression in patients with clinical symptoms.2. Acupuncture group and the efficacy of oral medicine rather the fluoxetine group, but the acupuncture group had no side effects, methods of operation is simple, low recurrence rate.3. This study showed that acupuncture treatment of mild to moderate phlegm stagnation gas can be used as clinical treatment of depression of mild to moderate depression, treatment options more feasible, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD) score, Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA) score, Clinical Global Assessment Scale (CGI) assessment, TCM syndrome score rating scale and rating scale TESS side effects can be mild to moderate depression as an effect evaluation system.