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DESCRIPTION  A depressive disorder is an illness that involves the body, mood, and thoughts. It affects the way a person eats and sleeps, the way one feels about oneself, and the way one thinks about things. A depressive disorder is not the same as a passing blue mood. It is not a sign of personal weakness or a condition that can be willed or wished away. People with a depressive illness cannot merely "pull themselves together" and get better. Without treatment, symptoms can last for weeks, months, or years.
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HERBS OF CHOICE Herbs are often used in combinations when combating an illness. Some of the most frequently used herbs are listed below. These nine herbs were picked up from different herbal combinations and are not meant to form a recipe. Our reference code for the different combinations of herbs used for this condition is FDP. This listing is not meant to diagnose, only to inform. This is of course not a complete list and is not meant to be used in the place of a doctor's advice. Click the image of each herb for a brief introduction in terms of Traditional Chinese Medicine. |
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CLINICAL SUCCESS IN CHINA Chinese herbal doctors have reported some successful applications of these herbal combinations. During observation on 50 case of
involutional depression
patients receiving treatment with herbal remedy, 36 cases were judged as healing (full recovery and symptom free), 6 cases other significant improvement, 4 cases other moderate improvement. Physicians judged the clinical efficacy to be good or excellent in 92.0%. During other observation on 38 case of
postpartum depression
patients receiving treatment with herbal remedy, 18 cases were judged as healing (full recovery and symptom free), 13 cases other significant improvement. Physicians judged the clinical efficacy to be good or excellent in 81.6%. Check the table below for details. |
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Significant
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Moderate
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36 |
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46 |
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18 |
13 |
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31 |
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HERBAL REMEDY BEST FOR YOU The most powerful feature of Traditional Chinese Medicine is that it allows you to easily combine multiple ingredients to form a recipe to suit the specific need of individual. The list below are to give you an idea of why you can get the herbal remedy best for you from here with us. |
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Authoritative Oriented Recipes: All these well chosen herbal combinations source from experienced and authoritative experts, and have been most commonly recognized by the practitioners in this field. When you choose a herbal remedy there are two important things among your concerns: a good recipe and a correct way to cook it. A good recipe is half the good results. |
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Custom-made with Unique Technology: When you order a herbal remedy at this website you can figure out your symptoms by using our online questionnaire system. In this way a basic herbal recipe could be customized and optimized by adding or removing some herbs to address the individual symptoms exactly. Chinese herbs should not be used in form of standard industrial products manufactured in bulk to cope with all body issues. Only custom-made is the traditional and professional way to use Chinese herbs. All the herbal remedies available at this website are purposed to be custom-made on each single order base. With our unique technology called Low-temperature Concentration the active ingredients of herbs could be survival as much as possible while being concentrated. Eevery 8 ml of the extracts, as one dose, might equal to about 50 grams of raw herbs. |
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Safe and Side Effect Free: All these herbs have been being used in China for thousands of years, and have been proven to be safe. In fact most Chinese herbs are tonics without side effects. What important is that experienced practitioners should know how to use herbs to avoid possible side effects.
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Easy-to-Take Dosage Form: You do NOT need to cook these herbs at all. We get everything ready for you. The herbal remedy comes with the preparation in an easy-to-take dosage form, typically an oral dosage form namely Liquid Herbal Extracts created on a single order base. If necessary other dosage forms, such as pills, capsules, tablets, powder, tea bag, agar gel, rinse, lotion, spray, tincture, liniment, ointment, suppositories, etc., might be used depending on how to use the herbs correctly. And herbal remedy kit, consisting of two different herbal formulae typically one for oral administration and another for external use, is often used for the skin conditions. |
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Low-cost Customized Service: Three month's supply of this custom-made herbal preparation created on a single order base costs US$399.95 only. It is the average duration to take the remedy for an effect recommended for most individuals with different responses. Shipping charges are not included in the purchase price and will depend upon the shipping method that you choose. Please read our Shipping Policy for details. No any other hidden fees. Click the button below to go to questionnaire and order this herbal remedy. |
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| Depressive disorders come in different forms: |
- Major Depression - This is the most serious type of depression, in terms of number of symptoms and severity of symptoms, but there are significant individual differences in the symptoms and severity. You do not need to feel suicidal to have a major depression, and you do not need to have a history of hospitalizations either, although both of these factors are present in some people with major depression. There is no official diagnosis of "moderate depression."
- Dysthymic Disorder - This refers to a low to moderate level of depression that persists for at least two years, and often longer. While the symptoms are not as severe as a major depression, they are more enduring and resistant to treatment. Some people with dysthymia develop a major depression at some time during the course of their depression.
- Unspecified Depression - This category is used to help researchers who are studying other specific types of depression, and do not want their data confounded with marginal diagnoses. It includes people with a serious depression, but not quite severe enough to have a diagnosis of a major depression. It also includes people with chronic, moderate depression, which has not been present long enough for a diagnosis of a Dysthymic disorder.
- Adjustment Disorder, with Depression - This category describes depression that occurs in response to a major life stressor or crisis.
- Bipolar Depression - This type includes both high and low mood swings, as well as a variety of other significant symptoms not present in other depressions. Bipolar disorder is also called manic-depressive illness.
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The exact cause of depression is unknown. There is evidence to suggest that depression is an illness. There are also many theories regarding further aspects of this diverse condition. Different causes may operate in different people. This may be why there is variation in the way depression develops, in the symptoms, and in the course. |
| Some facts about the causes of depression are: |
- There is clear genetic (inherited) factor in the cause of the condition. If someone in the family has depression, relatives have an increased risk of developing it. The overall risk is one in four for women, one in 10 for men. If a parent, brother or sister has the condition, this risk is up to three times greater. There is also an association between alcoholism and depression in some families, with men having increased risk of alcoholism, and women increased risk of depression.
- A number of abnormal laboratory findings are seen in groups of people with depression, compared with groups who are well. These findings are not diagnostic, in that they are not seen in all people with the condition, but they are more frequent when the depression is more severe. The findings include sleep changes seen on recordings of brain electrical waves during sleep; changes in the daily cycle of levels of a hormone called cortisol, and changes in the regulation of thyroid hormone.
- A number of different kinds of brain scan show changes in function in some brain areas during episodes of depression.
- Changes in some of the brain chemical messenger systems occur in some people with depression. In particular, reductions in levels of two messengers called serotonin and noradrenaline seem to occur.
- Stressful events in early life can increase the risk of later depression. Loss of a parent before age 18 may increase risk of later depression, as may other traumatic events such as childhood abuse (physical, sexual, emotional).
- Stressful life events or situations such as divorce, social isolation or loss of a job can precipitate episodes of depression.
- There are no factors which are seen in all people with depression - these things apply to some but not all.
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SYNONYMS |
- Unipolar affective disorder (UAD)
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SYMPTOMS |
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- Persistent sadness or unhappiness
- Lethargy
- Loss of interest in previously enjoyable activities
- Irritability
- Sudden change in appetite
- Disruption of normal sleep pattern
- Physical discomfort
- Difficulty thinking or concentrating
- Thoughts of suicide or death
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