Integrated with pathogenic characteristics and Chinese medicine clinic of vascular depression (VD)

the article are to collect literatures and explore theories on laws of medicine application about curing VD by 'Benefiting archaeus and Dissipating depression'. The article retieved related literatures about VD by databases such as China national knowledge infrastructure (CNKI) and Chinese medical journal database (CMJD)

analysed and summarized pathogenesis

therapies and laws of medicine application. The article proposed that the basic pathogenesis of VD was archaeus deficit and Qi-blood stasis. The basic therapy was'Benefiting archaeus and Dissipating depression'. Emphasis of 'Benefiting archaeus' was benifiting Yin

Yang

Qi and blood while 'Dissipating depression' stressed shun gas firstly

resolving phlegm to avoid developing

blood-activating and stasis-dissolving as a therapy

collateral-unblocking and toxin-relieving for injury treatment; regulating Qi and blood together

combination of dredging and tonifying and compound of solidness and softness were kept in mind. Hence

proper application of 'Benefiting archaeus' and 'Dissipating depression' reflects superiority of the concept of organic wholeness and treatment based on syndrome differentiation and is beneficial to solve clinical problems such as low sensitiveness

poor tolerance and vulnerableness to poisonous side effectes of anti-depression drugs on VD.