Key Points for Diagnosis:
This disease belongs to "dian kuang" (manic-depressive syndrome) in TCM in accordance with its clinical manifestations. Its causes are congenital defect, anger, fear and fright, or alternate grief and joy, or excessive anxiety. Its pathogenesis is disturbance of turbid phlegm in the heart causing confusion of the mind. Depressive syndrome is attributed to stagnation of phlegm qi while manic syndrome to excessive phlegm fire. In prolonged cases, deficiency of the heart and spleen or hyperactive fire impairing yin may appear.

1. Stagnation of Phlegm Qi
2. Deficiency of Both Heart and Spleen
3. Phlegm Fire Disturbing the Mind
4. Excessive Fire Impairing Yin
5. Blood Stasis Blocking the Heart

In TCM, a disease or a symptom might be caused by one pathogenic factor, even two or three pathogenic factors. When diagnosing a disease or a symptom, TCM doctors must follow the principle of "Syndrome Dfferentiation", and then "Suit the Remedy to the Case". In order to gain a more definite and valuable diagnosis, it's important and necessary for the doctor to learn the detailed health information of the patient, including his/her disease duration, age, sex, height, weight, family history, urine, stool, diet, sleep, sweat, energy, mood (emotion), as well as the tongue conditions and the palm conditions, etc. If you would want our expert to create a TCM diagnosis, you're welcome to contact us.