The Research On Treating Mild And Moderate Depression By Health Qigong Wuqinxi With Drugs

Depression is one of the most common diseases of persistent emotion (feeling) stepping down, inhibition of thought and psychomotor retardation. Clinical manifestations include mood drawdown, inhibition of thought, reduction of speech and movement accompanied some summarizations with poor appetite, hypo sexuality, and sleep disorders. Depression is global chief mental health problem. It is a kind of commonly encountered disease, frequently occurring disease.We cognized the epidemiology characteristic, pathogenesis and treatment in stable condition of depression by review the newest literature in western medicine. We systematically concluded and summarized the name, symptom, pathogenesis, and the control principle of the disease in TCM and indicate the direction of clinical research.We consider the main pathogenesis of depression is dysfunction of Five viscera according to "Neijing". We carry on the research treating chronic insomnia patient by health qigong·wuqinxi exercise combined with relaxing exercise on the base of my director's early research.In clinical research, we used wuqinxi exercise combined with SSRI drugs to treat depression, comparing with walking exercise. Hamilton depressive scale (HAMD), self-rating depressive scale (SDS) were used as observation index to valuate the therapeutic effect of patient in mild and midrange depression by doctor and the patient himself. And Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) was used to valuate the therapeutic effect of sleep quality.We use Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) as synthetic standard in measuring sleep quality, and use Epworth's weary schedule, Self-anxiety schedule, self-depression schedule reflecting the patient's drowsiness, anxiety, depressed caused by insomnia. We evaluate the clinic therapeutic effect with sleep time, sleep quality. The results indicate that:wuqinxi can improve depression patient's psychopathology symptom and subjective symptom. It can improve depression patient's dormancy at the same time. It can also reduce patient's SSRI drugs dosage to release the side effect of drugs.We speculate the mechanism of wuqinxi is that adjusting emotion, dredging the meridians and collaterals, regulating Zangfu, adjusting Qi and blood, Yin and Yang of partes corporis humani, and making Yin and Yang in a relative equilibrium, life activities being normally maintained. Wuqinxi can calm heart and soothe the nerves, harmonize Yin and Yang, regulate five viscera and make five vitality stored, that cure depression essentially. Treating depression with wuqinyi can save medical resources, reduce patients'economic burden. This research provides science proof for spreading Wuqinxi.