JIANG Jian. Series of discussion on depression syndrome(34):Spermatorrhea due to depression syndrome. [J]. Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 52(5):8-12(2018)
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JIANG Jian. Series of discussion on depression syndrome(34):Spermatorrhea due to depression syndrome. [J]. Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 52(5):8-12(2018) DOI: 10.16305/j.1007-1334.2018.05.003.
Series of discussion on depression syndrome(34):Spermatorrhea due to depression syndrome
Through the comprehensive review on ancient literatures,it finds that spermatorrhea mainly belongs to the category of depression syndrome. The main emotional causes lead to spermatorrhea include indulging oneself in carnal pleasure without restraint,excessive worry,psycholagny,depression of liver qi,hyperactivity of sovereign fire,overthinking and so on. In essence,spermatorrhea is a kind of heart disease,and the stagnation of liver qi and worry impairing spleen are the common pathogenesis. Kidney deficiency and kidney dysfunction in essence storage are two different concepts. Kidney deficiency results from chronic and serious illness,and may not appear spermatorrhea caused by dysfunction of essence storage;while kidney dysfunction in essence storage must be due to emotional factors,and lead to spermatorrhea through disharmony between heart and kidney and linkage mechanism of heart-liver-kidney. The common concomitant symptoms of spermatorrhea are mostly characterized by depression syndrome. In ancient times,the therapy for spermatorrhea due to depression syndrome was treated from the heart,and even emphasized clearing mind which could recover the illness without medicine. Until nowadays,more and more doctors have treated spermatorrhea from the liver. In the diagnosis and treatment of spermatorrhea,doctors should not only tonify kidney,but also be conscious of spermatorrhea due to depression syndrome.