Analysis on adolescent depression treated with acupuncture based on the theory of "taking as the pivot" / 中国针灸

ABSTRACT

Depression is related to stagnation in the body. At present, the treatment with acupuncture for depression focuses on the theories of the governor vessel, liver, spleen, stomach and the entity of five organs, especially for the adult group. However, the attention to adolescent depression is insufficient. It is recorded in that meridian is taken as the pivot of three meridians, dominates the regulating of the ascending and dispersing of and plays the key role in treatment. The authors believe that starts growing at the period of youth, to which s meridian is corresponded. It is viewed that adolescent depression is closely related to the pivot function of . In this paper, based on the theory of "taking as the pivot", the mechanism of adolescent depression and the acupoint selection in acupuncture treatment are explored so as to utilize this theory in the treatment of adolescent depression with acupuncture.