Depression ⁽¹⁰⁾

This is a reply I saw on Zhihu, posted by a patient’s family member under the topic “Is it true that almost no one truly recovers from depression?” The reply was written by a man living in Beijing, dated April 15, 2026. The link to…

The disease of "zang zao" has been recorded as early as the time of Zhang Zhongjing. Zhang Zhongjing's Gan Mai Dazao Decoction (Licorice, Wheat and Jujube Decoction, composed of wheat, jujube and licorice) can be regarded as the ancestral TCM formula for treating zang zao;…

Recently, the National Medical Products Administration issued an announcement (No. 120 of 2025) on revising the package inserts for montelukast preparations, requiring that warning language be added to the inserts of all montelukast formulations, alerting that montelukast carries a risk of inducing depression, self-harm, and…

On September 5, 2024, a research team led by Conor Liston and Charles J. Lynch of Weill Cornell Medicine published an important study in the journal Nature. By analyzing a large volume of human brain imaging data, the team found that, compared with healthy people,…

"Shangxia Liangji Dan" (Upper-and-Lower Mutual-Support Pellets) comes from Bianzheng Lu (Records of Pattern Differentiation) by the Qing physician Chen Shiduo. Its composition is: Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma), 5 qian (15 g); Shudihuang (processed Rehmanniae Radix), 1 liang (30 g); Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), 5…

On August 19, after getting up, I went and worked for a while in the vegetable garden at the foot of Fragrant Hills, and that bouts-of-sadness mood did not recur. Before me there was still a heap of things to handle: work, life, family, emotion,…

A monk asked the Buddha: What is the greatest strength? What is the clearest light? The Buddha said: Forbearance bears the greatest strength, for it harbors no evil and adds tranquility and vigor; he who forbears has no evil and is sure to be respected…

Yesterday, after I published the article "I Have Mild Depression; I Need to Adjust My Way of Living," I received greetings from many friends, and I was truly moved. But I am not in a state to be disturbed right now, so I will not…

The death of an organism occurs because its exhausted tissues cannot continue self-renewal, and because the capacity to maintain proliferation and tissue renewal through cell division is limited. — August Weismann, biologist, 1881 The first philosophy lesson of my life was given to me unwittingly…

Depression is becoming more common and younger in onset; many of my readers, or their family members, are depressed. They are anxious, believing the disease cannot be cured—though this very belief is itself typical depressive thinking, and depressed people are very pessimistic. In fact, this…