Oriental medicine as therapy for resistant depression: use of some herbal drugs in the far east (Japan).
1. The advantage of oriental medicine are described. 2. For those whose anxious-depressive state are prolonged, despite several changes in combining drugs, five herbal medicines were introduced. Although their mechanism of action were still unknown, some effects were explained by modern pharmacological techniques.
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Sarai Neuropsychiatric Clinic, Osaka, Japan.
D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008518:Medicine, East Asian Traditional; D010946:Plants, Medicinal