Mental health preservation method refers to purifying people's spiritual world, automatically eliminating greed, changing bad personality, correcting wrong cognitive process, adjusting emotions, making their mentality peaceful, optimistic, cheerful and open-minded, so as to achieve the goal of health and longevity. Let me introduce it to you, I hope it will be useful to you!

Traditional Chinese medicine spiritual health preservation method

First of all, clear your mind and calm your mind

Clearing one's mind is to keep one's mind quiet and use one's brain rationally. And quietness refers to the state of mental and emotional indifference and tranquility, which is the quietness of thought and can only be achieved by practice. Because the air is quiet and there are no distractions, you can achieve the purpose of memory and peace of mind. What we advocate is that the mind should be calm, don't use it rashly, but don't use it too much. The mind should be single-minded, so as to get rid of distractions, be fickle and daydream, and concentrate on work and study.

In recent years, there have been more and more studies on the relationship between psychological calm and health. Physiological research has confirmed that after people enter the silent state, the brain at the center of life activities returns to the slow wave state of childhood brain waves, that is, the aging index of people has "reversed". Social surveys have found that after major mental setbacks and ideological blows, the incidence of various diseases has increased significantly without good psychological adjustment. Therefore, only by keeping peace of mind, maintaining mental health and practicing Qigong regularly can we effectively enhance the disease resistance, reduce the occurrence of diseases and be beneficial to physical and mental health.

Clearing the heart and calming the nerves specifically includes the following two aspects:

1, think less and desire less

To be less selfish is to reduce selfish distractions; Lack of desire is to reduce greed and material desire for fame and fortune. The word "less selfish desires" first appeared in Laozi's Tao Te Ching. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that delusion and lust come from the heart, and lust will disturb the essence and not help health and longevity. This is because the selfishness is too heavy, the desire is too high or too much, and negative emotions such as depression, fantasy, disappointment, sadness and depression will occur if the goal is not achieved. This will disturb the calm god, plunge our minds into endless chaos and lead to the disorder of Qi. If we can reduce selfishness and desire, proceed from reality and control extravagant hopes for selfishness and fame and fortune, then we can reduce unnecessary ideological burden, make people feel calm and comfortable, and thus promote physical and mental health. We can often see those old people who live long lives around us. Although full of silver hair, but still ruddy and energetic. This has a lot to do with their open and aboveboard spirit.

2. Keep your eyes and ears quiet and cultivate your mind.

Nourishing the heart means nourishing the heart; Gathering thoughts is to concentrate, eliminate distractions, drive away troubles, and keep your mind inside. Hide your heart inside, and pay attention to avoid the bad influence of external things on your mind. Eyes and ears are the main organs of the mind to accept the outside world, and Chinese medicine believes that their functions are dominated and regulated by the mind. Because people live in society, people get along with each other, and what the eyes and ears touch will be reflected in the brain, which will affect the brain. Therefore, keeping your eyes and ears quiet and not letting trivial things linger in your heart will naturally make you feel comfortable and relaxed. The method of keeping in good health is not ignorance, no desire, no ideal, no ambition, no spiritual sustenance, no time-consuming, no satiated support and no purpose. It means that when you concentrate on your study and work and put aside your desire for fame and fortune, your heart will be shut in and your heart will be quiet; After studying and working, I am interested in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, flowers, birds, insects and fish, and naturally I am absorbed. Trivial troubles can't interfere, but also help to calm your mind. This is the so-called "seeking quietness while moving" method, which is especially suitable for the elderly who feel idle at home after retirement.

The development of modern science has proved that the self-regulation method of calming the mind can avoid the interference of external factors on the spirit and keep the physiological function of the human body in a good state. Only when the spirit is quiet, calm and gentle, and the spirit is single-minded, and distractions are eliminated, can we be quiet and harmonious, open-minded, calm and optimistic, which is not only conducive to study and work, but also to overall coordination, regular life, and good health and longevity.

Second, nourish your feelings.

Nourishing one's emotions means keeping one's mood comfortable and cheerful, adapting to external changes, and properly controlling one's emotions to adjust one's emotional activities. Emotion, also known as emotion, is a comprehensive reflection of people's mental psychology when they contact and know objective things. Everyone has worldly desires. Under normal circumstances, it is a normal mental and physiological phenomenon. Because the expression of feelings is human nature and instinct, and all kinds of emotional activities are to express their feelings and play a role in coordinating physiological activities.

1, seven emotions regulation

Seven emotions refer to seven kinds of emotional changes: joy, anger, worry, thinking, fear, sadness and surprise. Seven emotions are different emotional responses of human body to objective things. Under normal circumstances, people's emotions can remain relatively stable. However, the sudden strong or long-lasting spirit * * * exceeds the psychological endurance of the human body itself, causing disorder and dysfunction of Qi-Qi, which will lead to diseases and even life-threatening. For example, in our life and work, we often see people who lose their temper, often blushing or even fainting, which is called "anger hurts the liver" in Chinese medicine. In addition, people who are happy and excited and induce heart disease are called "happy and sad"; If you are depressed, think too much and have no appetite, it is "thinking hurts the spleen"; Crying leads to chest tightness and suffocation, which is "mourning for the lungs"; Sudden shock leading to incontinence is called "fear of hurting the kidney".

For this reason, Chinese medicine attaches great importance to the regulation of seven emotions, and summarizes a set of psychotherapy to treat emotions with emotions. Overcoming emotion with emotion means that emotion belongs to five zang-organs and five elements, and the five elements support and restrict each other, so that emotion has a corresponding relationship of mutual support and restriction, thus alleviating emotional diseases caused by emotional causes and restoring or rebuilding the state of physical and mental balance. If joy is the nature of the heart, the five elements belong to fire, and if it is excessive, it will be sad. Fear, the five elements belong to water, water can overcome fire, fear can make qi afraid, and can avoid confrontation with the image of crying with joy. It is precisely water that breaks the fire that leads to the therapy of "fear over joy", which is also in line with the current emotional transfer method.

2. Harmonious temperament

Keeping a good mood and being optimistic about life is an essential accomplishment in life, and it is also an important factor for health, disease prevention and longevity. Confucius believes that optimism has the health-keeping function of forgetting worries and not knowing old age. Optimism can also make qi and blood flow smoothly, nourish the spirit, make the mind harmonious and make the mind comfortable. It can prevent the occurrence of various diseases for a long time and enjoy the years. In particular, the elderly should be active in their later years, get rid of the feeling of being old and retired, and participate in various recreational activities with elegant taste and a combination of static and dynamic in their leisure time to cultivate their sentiments. For example, enjoying music, calligraphy and painting, planting flowers and birds, playing chess and fishing, and traveling.

Treatment of depression by TCM psychological health preservation

Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis of Depression

Depression is a modern vocabulary, which does not exist in our Chinese medicine, but according to the symptoms of depression, it is very similar to the symptoms of depression, fatigue, impatience, lily disease, palpitation and insomnia in Chinese medicine.

Its manifestations are: depression, pessimism about the future, unwillingness to take the initiative to communicate with people, depression, listlessness, cowardice, dizziness, severe insomnia, tinnitus and deafness, dull eyes, palpitations, panic crying, depression and distress, memory loss, unresponsiveness, constipation and other manifestations of serious physical and mental discomfort and autonomic nerve dysfunction. Depression often occurs in people who are sentimental, withdrawn, narrow-minded, indifferent, lack of care and neglect of communication.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the occurrence of depression is closely related to factors such as internal injury of seven emotions, imbalance between work and rest, malnutrition after illness, frustrated ambition, qi stagnation and fire and water. These pathogenic factors lead to the dysfunction of internal organs, block the normal function of qi and blood ascending and descending, and finally lead to the imbalance of yin and yang and qi. Li Zai, a physician in Qing Dynasty, wrote "Syndrome Treatment and Supplement"? "Depression Syndrome" said: "Although there are many depression diseases, all of them are due to qi disorder, so the method should be smooth first."

This treatment principle is not only the treatment principle for the first episode of depression, but also the most basic and important rule for the treatment of depression. The initial position of the disease is still shallow, the qi and blood are still in harmony, the dysfunction of viscera is not serious, and the treatment effect is good. Zhao Xianke, a great doctor in Ming Dynasty, wrote in his medical book "Medical Penetration? In "On Depression", it is believed that depression is caused by stagnation of the wood, that is, stagnation of the liver, and it is proposed that "one method replaces five methods, which is wise and clear, and achieves more miraculous effects". One method is "liver depression". When depression first occurs, the liver qi stagnates, the cardinal is unfavorable, and depression syndrome appears. The principle of treatment is to soothe the liver and relieve depression and regulate other viscera, so the disease can be quickly cured.

How does TCM treat depression?

Traditional Chinese medicine treatment emphasizes syndrome differentiation. In the clinical treatment of depression, it is necessary to distinguish the location of the disease, the nature of the disease and the excess and deficiency, so as to be comprehensive and accurate. The occurrence of depression is closely related to the physiological dysfunction of the five internal organs, and the five elements are mutually generated. Depression in any one zang-fu organ can affect other zang-fu organs, resulting in depression, and the five zang-fu organs are tired and clamped together. The most common diseases are liver depression and spleen deficiency, heart and spleen deficiency, heart and lung yin deficiency, liver and kidney yin deficiency and so on. Qi stagnation syndrome is more common, especially in liver, spleen and lung; Phlegm and blood stasis is either excess or deficiency, which is more common in spleen and lung; Blood stasis, mixed with excess and deficiency, is more common in liver and kidney; Deficiency of both qi and blood is common in heart, liver and spleen; Yin deficiency and blood deficiency are more common in liver and kidney.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Therapy for Depression

Buyuan Jieyu Decoction

Take 30g of Radix Rehmanniae, 20g of Radix Paeoniae Alba, Radix Codonopsis, Flos Albizziae, Fructus Lycii, Bupleuri Radix, Cortex et Radix Polygalae, Radix Aucklandiae, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Atractylodis Rhizoma, Poria, Radix Astragali, Semen Ziziphi Spinosae, Glycyrrhrizae Radix, Ramulus Cinnamomi 10g, and 5g of Herba Menthae, and decoct with water once a day. After the symptoms disappeared, it was made into pills and used for 10- 15 days.

Huanglian Ejiao decoction

Take 30g of floating wheat, 5g of jujube kernel10g, 0g of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi10g, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Rhizoma Acori Graminei, Radix Bupleuri, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Radix Curcumae, 5 pieces of Colla Corii Asini, Fructus Jujubae and 3g of Coptidis Rhizoma, and add water to decoct.

Jieyu anshen decoction

Prepare 30g of Polygonum Multiflori Radix, 25g of Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis, 20g of Radix Bupleuri, Poria, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Cortex Albizziae, Radix Paeoniae Alba and Semen Ziziphi Spinosae, and Rhizoma Anemarrhenae 10g, one dose per day.

Xin Ping wangyou decoction

Prepare 30 grams of magnet and 30 grams of celestite, 12 grams of Fructus Aurantii Immaturus, Cortex Phellodendri, Rhizoma Pinelliae, Cortex Magnolia Officinalis, Poria and Massa Medicata Fermentata, 9 grams of ginger, 6 grams of Cinnamomum cassia, Folium Perillae and Rhizoma Acori Graminei, one dose per day, and decoct in water for three times.

Guipi decoction

Prepare 25g of Poria, 20g of Ginseng, 0g of Atractylodes macrocephala15g, 0g of Astragalus membranaceus12g, 0g of longan pulp12g, 0g of Angelica sinensis10g, 0g of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch., 0g of Zizyphus jujuba10g.

Xiaochaihu decoction

Prepare 20 grams of Radix Codonopsis, 0/5g of Bupleurum/kloc, 0/2g of fried Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, 0/0g of Jiang Banxia, 0/0g of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch/kloc, 6 pieces of ginger and 6 pieces of jujube, and decoct with water once a day.