Company logo

Home Help Home View Cart Checkout
Neurasthenia

DESCRIPTION A condition characterized by general lassitude, irritability, lack of concentration, worry, and hypochondria. The term was introduced into psychiatry in 1869 by G. M. Beard, an American neurologist. Used by Freud to describe a fundamental disorder in mental functioning, the term was incorrectly applied to almost any psychoneurosis and has been largely abandoned.

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 FNS. 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.
CLINICAL SUCCESS IN CHINA Chinese herbal doctors have reported some successful applications of these herbal combinations. During observation on 500 patients receiving treatment with herbal remedy, 457 cases were judged as healing (full recovery and symptom free), 26 cases other significant improvement. Physicians judged the clinical efficacy to be good or excellent in 96.6%. Check the table below for details.
Cases
Healing
Significant
improvement
Total
cases
%
500
457
26
483

96. 6

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.

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.

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.
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.
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.
Low-cost Customized Service: Two month's supply of this custom-made herbal preparation created on a single order base costs US$299.95 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.
Neurasthenia is a mental disorder caused by emotional stress or anxiety. It is not caused by any underlying physical (organic) problems even though physical discomfort can be present. Symptoms may include weakness or fatigue, which may be accompanied by chest pain. Additional findings may include rapid intense heartbeat that may be irregular (palpitations, tachycardia); cold, clammy hands and feet; abnormally rapid breathing (hyperventilating); dizziness or faintness; periodic sighing; and/or sweating for no apparent reason.
Diagnostic criteria for neurasthenia include:
  • Persistent and distressing symptoms of exhaustion after minor mental or physical effort including general feeling of malaise, combined with a mixed state of excitement and depression.
  • Accompanied by one or more of these symptoms: muscular aches and pains, dizziness, tension headache, sleep disturbance, inability to relax and irritability.
  • Inability to recover through rest, relaxation or enjoyment.
  • Disturbed and restless, unrefreshing sleep, often troubled with dreams.
  • Duration of over three months.
  • Does not occur in the presence of organic mental disorders, affective disorder, panic or generalized anxiety disorder.
Disorder Subdivisions:
  • Angiopathic Neurasthemia
  • Angioparalytic Neurasthenia
  • Pulsating Neurasthenia
  • Gastric Neurasthenia
  • Neurasthenia Gravis
  • Neurasthenia Precox
  • Neurocirculatory Asthenia
Sub Types:
  • Cerebral - Headaches are the prominent symptom. Insomnia is quite characteristic, and the patient arises unrefreshed; there is more or less despondency; the patient is anxious, worried, and fearful, anxious of some impending danger. A continued tired feeling is generally present.
  • Spinal - Backache, with tenderness along the spine, is characteristic. Other manifestations may include tingling, crawling, or burning sensation, or certain parts will feel hot or cold.
  • Gastro-Intestinal - Gastric disturbances are the chief characteristics of this form. Hyperacidity, waterbrash, nausea, retching, and vomiting. The patient sleeps poorly, has unpleasant dreams, and develops an irritable disposition. There is flatulency, rumbling of the bowels, constipation may alternated with diarrhea, and a sense of weight or soreness over the abdomen.
  • Cardiac - While there is no organic reason, the person may experience palpitations and sometimes sharp pain similar to angina.
  • Urinary - The quantity of urine expelled is usually small. The patient becomes irritable, and experience dull headaches.
  • Sexual - A fear of becoming impotent preys upon the mind, the patient is depressed, sleeps poorly, has nocturnal emissions, complains of pain or crawling sensations in the testicles, has perverted sexual desires, and frequently masturbates.
SYNONYMS 
  • Neuralgia
  • Primary Neurasthenia
  • Cardiac Neurosis
  • Chronic Asthenia
  • Da Costa's Syndrome
  • Effort Syndrome
  • Functional Cardiovascular Disease
  • Soldier's Heart and Subacute Asthenia
SYMPTOMS Neurasthenia's symptoms included:
  • General lassitude
  • Irritability
  • Lack of concentration
  • Worry
  • Hypochondria
  • Feeling tired easily
  • Lack of energy
  • Inability to complete tasks
  • Nervous dyspepsia
  • Insomnia
  • Hysteria
  • Hypochondria
  • Asthma
  • Sick-headache
  • Skin rashes
  • Hayfever
  • Premature baldness
  • Inebrity
  • Hot and cold flashes
  • Nervous exhaustion
  • Brain-collapse, or forms of elementary insanity
© 2000 - 2008 HERB CHINA 2000 INC All rights reserved
.