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Mental Illness
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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
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. Heart and Spleen Deficiency
doesn't think clearly, strange dreams, fear, easily frightened, worrying too much, emotional, crying, poor appetite, low energy, lethargy. ---------------------------------
Mania Heat Annoying the Spirit Acute Mania, fever, constipation, dry mouth, dry and cracked tongue with yellow, dirty or black tongue coating 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. Yin Deficient Heat / Fire damages Yin
chronic mania, may have improved, fatigue, no energy, easily frightened, restlessness, thin body, red face, red tongue. 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) |