title: [The causes and adjustment methods of prenatal anxiety disorder during the Han and Tang Dynasties].
abstract: Though the title of prenatal anxiety disorder didn't mentioned in the literature of the Han and Tang Dynasties, the effect of anxiety on the fetus and its delivery were already recognized. The causes of anxiety were mainly the physical discomfort caused by pregnancy, or the worries about fetus sex, health, appearance, and its fate etc., or the fear of delivery. Although the adjustment methods were often tainted with superstition, yet it could ease the anxiety of pregnant women to some extent.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Literature of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: R Q
authors.initials: RQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000266:history*; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: History of disease; History of obstetrics and gynecology; Prenatal anxiety disorder