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1.
Overview and Causes|
Anxiety
is the commonest version of neurosis (a mental disorder,but one
in which the patient retains a grasp on reality). It is an affect
that occurs in all individuals. Like joy, sadness, bemusement, and
even grief, anxiety arises and diminishes at various times and under
various circumstances. The anxiety experience can occur anywhere
and at anytime. Anxiety is frequently experienced in a relatively
mild form in a number of everyday situations, such as when we take
a test or visit a doctor. Anxiety in such situation is generally
advantageous, requiring a marshalling of our tolerance or protective
forces in anticipation of what is to come. Excessive anxiety and
worry that the person finds difficult to control, occurring more
than 6 months, and accompanied by factors such as restlessness,
fatigue, difficulty in concentration, irritability, muscle tension
and sleeping disturbance, falls into the anxiety disorder. Phobia
is defined in DSM-IV (American psychiatric association, 1994) as
a persistent, irrational, excessive fear of a specific object, activity,
or situation that results in a compelling desire to avoid it. Anxiety
is the central affective experience in phobic disorder. Persistent,
abnormal, and unfounded dread and fear of something that is not
inherently dangerous or threatening to most people characterize
phobia. |
2. Symptoms|
Anxiety:
(a) Excessively anxious, worrying about everything, and finding it difficult to control the worry. (b) Along with anxiety and worry, you have at least three of the following six symptoms: restlessness, easily tired, has trouble concentrating, or the mind goes blank, irritability, muscles tension, sleeping disturbance. Phobia: (a) Unreasonably and excessively afraid of a particular object or situation. (b) When you are exposed to the situation, you immediately and predictably react with severe anxiety or a panic attack. (c) You recognize that you are much more afraid of the object or situation than makes sense. (d) You try your best to avoid these situations or else you endure them only with intense dread. (e) Your fear or avoidance of the object or situation significantly interferes with your life. Return To Top |
3. TCM Effectiveness
and Evaluation
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Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture can help most of the
cases reduce the symptoms. For severe cases, the psychology treatment
is needed. |
4.
Common Syndromes and Treatments in TCM
This ailment, according to TCM,
has different syndromes. The treatment for these syndromes using herbal
medicine and acupuncture is shown below.
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(a) Qigong and other therapies
For effect of Qigong on the Nervous System, click here. Qigong, generally, is good for relieving anixety and stress as well as improve the circulation of qi and blood. As a result, it provides a good healing effect for this ailment. Despite an increase in energy, you won't see or feel any effects right away, it takes several weeks, possibly months of practice before you notice any effects. The following types of Qigong may help:
For the information of different types of Qigong ,just click a link above. This information is for education purpose only. We strongly advise you seek a licensed Qigong master to learn the correct ways to conduct these exercises before attempting them. (b) Medicated diet 1) Lotus seed (lianzirou) 20g, Coix seed (yiyiren) 15g, make soup to eat once a day. 2) Wild jujube seed (suanzaoren) 10g, Biota seed (baiziren) 6g, rice 150g, make soup to eat once a day.
(c) Life style 6.
Psychological Adaptation to a Chronic and Severe Illness Please click the following button to learn "Psychological Adaptation to a Chronic and Severe Illness".
Acknowledgments:
We also greatly acknowedge Ms. Najaf Munir, MBBS, for her editorial support. Ms. Munir simplified the highly technical medical documents into easy-to-read documents, for the enjoyment and education of our numerous visitors. |
5. Healing by
Other Therapies
