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Depression
Depression, also called depressive disorder, is a syndrome with major clinical manifestations of obvious and persistent depression and is a main type of mood disorder. Clinical observation shows that depression is not consistent with the condition of the patient. Depression can vary from feeling blue to extreme grief, inferiority or depression, even pessimism, which may lead to suicide attempts or self-harming behavior; sometimes stupor may even occur; some patients may have obvious anxiety and psychomotor agitation, severe cases may even develop hallucination, delusion or other psychotic symptoms.
Lv 3 Tai Chong
(Great Rushing)
Location
on the dorsum of the foot, in the depression distal to the proximal corner between the first and second metatarsal bones
LI 4 He Gu
(Joining Valley)
Location
on the dorsum of the hand, to the side of the midpoint of the second metacarpal bone, in the adductor pollicis muscle
Bl 18 Gan Shu
(Liver Shu)
Location
at the level of the depression inferior to the spinous process Th9, 1.5 cun lateral to the dorsal midline
Bl 15 Xin Shu
(Heart Shu)
Location
at the level of the depression inferior to the spinous process Th5, 1.5 cun lateral to the dorsal midline
He 7 Shen Men
(Spirit Gate)
Location
at the ulnar end of the distal wrist crease, in the depression between the radial side of the tendon of flexor carpi ulnaris, at the proximal border of the pisiform bone