Anxiety disorders: Intense, excessive, and persistent worry and fear, accompanied by symptoms such as increased heart rate and sleep difficulties. The incidence in women is higher than in men, primarily treated with medication and psychotherapy.
Anxiety disorder refers to the intense, excessive, and persistent worry and fear that can peak within minutes in everyday situations. These symptoms disrupt daily activities and are hard to control. Common anxiety disorders include generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social phobia, specific phobias, and separation anxiety disorder.
Chengdu Hanfangtang Health Tips: So far, the etiology of anxiety disorders is complex, and the pathogenesis remains unclear, involving both physical and psychological pathological processes, resulting from the combined effects of biological, psychological, and social factors.
The psychological experience and feelings of excessive worry are core symptoms in patients with anxiety disorders. They often experience tension, restlessness, uncontrollable worry about impending danger, panic or a sense of doom, increased heart rate, rapid breathing, sweating, trembling, weakness, fatigue, sleep difficulties, and gastrointestinal issues.
Compared to the past, when patients exhibit the following “irrational” behaviors in cognition, emotion, and behavior, they are identified as potential “anxiety disorder” patients and should seek timely treatment at a hospital’s mental health department.
Patients with anxiety disorders often experience significant functional impairment and decreased quality of life, primarily alleviating symptoms through psychotherapy and medication, with better outcomes when both are combined, but requiring repeated trials to identify the most suitable treatment method.
Self-relief is rare among patients with anxiety disorders, and it may worsen the longer the illness persists, impacting normal life and work. However, with proper psychological and pharmacological treatment, the prognosis is generally favorable.
Experts from Hanfangtang remind that it is especially important to note that patients with poor treatment outcomes may develop secondary depressive disorders.
In traditional Chinese medicine, anxiety disorders belong to the category of “stagnation syndromes,” related to factors such as the spleen’s inability to function properly and the internal blockage of phlegm and blood stasis. Treatments mainly focus on soothing the liver and nourishing the kidneys, using proprietary Chinese medicines or herbal formulas, and may also incorporate acupuncture, cupping, and massage to improve the patient’s symptoms.
Due to the complex etiology of anxiety disorders, prolonged illness, and tendency to recur, daily management should be strengthened in aspects such as the patient’s psychology and life management, in addition to controlling anxiety symptoms with medication, to improve the patient’s quality of life.
When a patient experiences an anxiety episode, family members should fully distract the patient’s attention, timely remove any stimulating sources, control any potential occurrences of self-harm or suicide, closely observe, and provide dedicated companionship if necessary.
Lu Sanming, male, currently practicing at Chengdu Jinniu Hanfangtang Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic, in the Oncology department, as an associate chief physician.
He possesses profound professional knowledge and rich clinical experience in traditional Chinese medicine. He specializes in treating difficult cases within traditional Chinese medicine, particularly focusing on geriatric diseases, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes, tumors, gout, and other pain-related conditions.
Dr. Lu Sanming has inherited the traditional treatment concepts and techniques of traditional Chinese medicine, emphasizing the overall health and comprehensive treatment of patients. During treatment, he advocates “correspondence between prescription and symptoms,” aiming to achieve the best treatment outcomes by combining various traditional Chinese therapeutic methods such as herbal medicine, decoctions, and acupuncture.
He is adept at treating various mid to late-stage malignant tumors, including lung cancer, stomach cancer, esophageal cancer, liver cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer, bone cancer, oral cancer, throat cancer, colon cancer, breast cancer, cervical cancer, lymphoma, bladder cancer, and prostate cancer.
Coming from a family with a longstanding tradition in Chinese medicine and recognized as a renowned traditional Chinese physician in the southwestern region, he has been engaged in the clinical treatment of malignant tumors for over 40 years, possessing extremely rich diagnostic and therapeutic experience, particularly in major disease areas such as stomach cancer and chronic gastritis, demonstrating a high level of treatment expertise.
