title: Traditional Chinese medicine typing of affective disorders and treatment.
abstract: According to the theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), 50 patients with affective disorders were typed into the categories of depressed liver resulting in fire, mild Yang deficiency and mild Yin deficiency and were treated with Xiao Yao San Jia Wei. The results are 26 patients with marked improvement, 17 patients with improvement and 7 patients with no improvement.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Mental Health Center, China.
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016711:Yang Deficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D016710:Yin Deficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal