How Hormones Affect Depression

Series Summary

Acupuncture has a really intriguing history. It's been around longer than anybody could say for certain. One of the earliest indications of acupuncture was found in the northern Alps in Italy. When scientist found a body frozen in the ice with the skin still intact, they discovered acupuncture points. In France, some have found cave paintings that have meridian lines drawn on a human form. However, acupuncture will always be a legacy to Traditional Chinese Medicine, or TCM. Even today, modern acupuncturist base their knowledge on information that is more than twenty five hundred years old. Regardless, one can not deny the many health benefits of acupuncture. Most that have had this treatment rave about its success. Acupuncture is a great way to treat depression or anxiety. In this free video series our expert in Chinese medicine and acupuncture will teach you how to do acupuncture for depression and depression related symptoms. You will learn about the different patterns of depression according to Chinese medicine and learn about different spots on the body used to treat each symptom, including anxiety, panic attacks and insomnia. If you are interested in acupuncture, let our expert show you everything you need to know about acupuncture for depression.

Video Transcript

"More and more people were found to have depression. I think one of the reason is nowadays we have too much stress. In order to cope with the stress the body produce the stress hormone and that can tip over the hormone balance. We need couple of relaxing hormones to make us feel relaxed and good about life. The depressed people cannot enjoy the daily life even they have wonderful life, they have wonderful work and the children, they cannot appreciate and enjoy. That's because those hormones gava, progesterone, seratonin especially seratonin can their level out of balance. So with the same wonderful life they cannot feel happy so acupuncture by helping to restore those chemical balance it help mild depression. With severe depression, acupuncture help them reduce the medication level so that avoid side effect with large doses."