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Mental Illness




Western Tradition

The Western Humoral system classifies most mental illness as being associated with Melancholy humor. However, some cases have a lot of Heat, being like the classification of Mania in TCM: a Hot or Yang disorder. The other type is more Damp or Phlegm which is similar to the Yin-Withdrawal pathomechanism of TCM.


Simples
Dodder
Agaric
Black Hellebore prepared

Fumitory
Polypody
Lapis Lazuli prepared
Madness, Mania, Mental Illness

Conserve of Borage
Conserve of Bugloss

Cordial Decoction (French Pharmacopoeia)
Syrup of Apple of the King of Sapor
Tincture of St. John's wort
Tincture of Black Hellebore
Powder for Madness (Rondeletius)
Powder for Madness (2) (Rondeletius)
Powder for Mixed Humors (Mesue)
Troches of Rose (Mesue)
Antidote Proven for Diverse Diseases
Arabian Confect Purging Melancholy (Confectio Hamech)
Electuary for Melancholy

Hiera Logadii
Electuary of Senna (Diasenna) (Nicholas)
Electuary of Dodder
Triphala Electuary of Dodder (Unani)
Triphala Electuary to Purge Phlegm and Black Bile
Pills of Lapis Lazuli 1 (Mesue)

Mental Happiness (Sems kyi bde skyid) (Tibetan)


Mania and Mental Illness with Heat

Cordial Decoction (French Pharmacopoeia)
Troches of Rose


Mental Illness from Melancholy


Cordial Decoction (French Pharmacopoeia)
Triphala Electuary of Dodder (Unani)
Triphera of Dodder of Thyme (Mesue)
Triphala Electuary to Purge Phlegm and Black Bile
Arabian Confect Purging Melancholy (Confectio Hamech)
Pills of Lapis Lazuli 1 (Mesue)
Hiera Logadii

Dawa-ush-Shifa (Rauwolfia & Black Pepper) (Unani)
Triphala of Zamani (Itrafil Zamani) (Unani)
Confection of Silk Coccoon (Khamira Abresham) (Unani)



Mania & melancholiam purgant –
Purge Mania and Melancholy


Arabian Confect Purging Melancholy

Electuary of Senna (Diasenna) (Nicholas)
Hiera Logadii
Hiera Pachius
Pills of Lapis Lazuli 1 (Mesue)


Mania and Mental Illness associated with Menstruation–'Uterine Fury'

Syrup of Agnus Castus


Insanity

Arabian Confect Purging Melancholy (Confectio Hamech)
Pills of Lapis Lazuli 1 (Mesue)

Mental Happiness (Sems kyi bde skyid) (Tibetan)


Dumbness, Stupidity

Mental Happiness (Sems kyi bde skyid) (Tibetan)


Other Formula

Triphera of Dodder of Thyme

  Myrobalans Chebula
    Emblic
    Belleric
    Black                           equal parts
  Dodder of Thyme       2 parts
  Hiera Picra                   ½ parts

Mix with Honey of Emblic or Chebula.
  For Mania and Melancholy. (De Morbis Internis Curandis, Mesue, 1551)

TCM Classification

TCM divide mental illness broadly into 'Withdrawal' and 'Mania'. The first is Yin (Cold/Phlegm/Deficient) withdrawn into oneself; the second is Yang (Hot/ Excess), is extroverted, aggressive and outwardly expressive: talkative, dancing etc.


Withdrawal

Phlegm and Qi Stagnation
pensiveness, sadness, excessive thinking and worry, inability to concentrate, listless, blank expression, moodiness, poor appetite.
Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Tang
Bai Jin Wan
Shun Qi Dao Tan Tang
Wen Dan Tang
Gun Tan Wan

Zhi Bao Dan

Heart and Spleen Deficiency
doesn't think clearly, strange dreams, fear, easily frightened, worrying too much, emotional, crying, poor appetite, low energy, lethargy.
Gui Pi Tang
Gan Mai Da Zao Tang
Yang Xin Tang

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Mania

Heat Annoying the Spirit
Acute Mania, fever, constipation, dry mouth, dry and cracked tongue with yellow, dirty or black tongue coating
Da Cheng Qi Tang


Cordial Decoction (F.P.)
Troches of Rose (Mesue)

Phlegm Heat / Fire
severe restlessness, lack of rational thinking, anger, red eyes, red face, no appetite, insomnia, loss of recognition of people, aggressive, very strong, red tongue with yellow or dirty coating, big and fast pulse.
Dang Gui Long Hui Wan
An Gong Niu Huang Wan
Gun Tan Wan

Yin Deficient Heat / Fire damages Yin
chronic mania, may have improved, fatigue, no energy, easily frightened, restlessness, thin body, red face, red tongue.
Ding Zhi Wan
Tian Wan Bu Xin Wan

Wind

Ayurveda and Tibetan Medicine recognises Wind as being a cause of some Mental disease. Particularly, 'Heart Wind' and 'Wind of the Life Channel' contain some interesting formulas for Mental Instability and Mental Disease.

Heart Wind
Wind in the upper body affects the Heart, Mind and Spirit. There will be chest pain and oppression, poor memory and concentration, nervousness, fatigue, mental instability, shortness of breath, insanity

Bi Ma La (Tibetan Medicine)
Eleven Holders of Life (Srog dzin dcu gcig) (Tibetan)



Wind affecting the Life Channel
Pain and oppression in the upper back, stress, anxiety, thinking too much, poor concentration, possibly leading to Insanity which is manic and changeable.


Mental Happiness (Sems kyi bde skyid) (Tibetan)


see also
Black Bile & Melancholy

Treatment of Melancholy by Wirtzung

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