Natural Medicines Of Depression
Natural Medicines of Depression
Depression, also know as clinical depression or unipolar depression is the most widespread form of mental sickness all over the world. It’s mostly characterized by low mood with a very low self esteem and loss of interest in all the normal day to day activities, and in severe cases causing harm to himself and others around him. It is mostly found in people after the age of 30-40 years, but in today’s age of loneliness and excessive competition it’s also found in teenagers. There’s no sure shot way of diagnosing depression it’s mostly diagnosed by the patients experiences and also the experiences of their relatives, friends and their close ones.
It’s mostly treated by antidepressants like sertraine, fluoxatine, paroxetine and if these don’t work a much stronger anti-depressant like bupropion. In severe cases where there is a risk of patient causing harm to himself and others around him are more, hospitalization under the supervision of a psychiatrist is advised. But in the cases of allopathic medicine there are severe side-effects of medicine and in some cases the side effects are over-whelming and are much more than the benefits. That’s why it’s advised to try on natural medicines for depression before moving on to the hard hitting allopathic ones.
Natural Medicine for depression mainly consists of herbal treatments in addition to nutritional supplements and holistic treatments. The most popularly used Natural Medicine is St. John’s Wort its particularly useful in mild depression. It’s a naturally occurring herb which has been used for centuries as a natural medicine for manic depression. Extracts from Golden Root also known as ‘Rhodiola Rosea’, is a naturally occurring Siberian herb. It has been especially popular among the tribal people it increases stamina and cardiovascular activity and also energizes the body and is also used as a medicine for depression, and has no side effects.
Fish oil, which is a very important source for the essential fatty acids, produced by the body, has been found in many scientific studies to be a potent mood stabilizer is widely used as a natural medicine of depression and is totally non toxic. It also has various other health benefits it increases heart health, prevents stroke and also prevents cancer and arthritis. Vitamin B or Folic Acid has also been recognized as a natural medicine of depression. It is found that low levels of Vitamin B in food leads to an increase in depression. In such cases oral doses of Vitamin B has been found to cure depression.
Holistic treatment has also been found to be effective in some cases for curing depression. Holistic approach regards the body of a person as whole and establishes that any change in one part of us will affect the other parts as well. It mainly differentiates the body into three parts Body, Mind, and Spirit and treats each part at its own level. It is found that if you are employing holistic approach you will feel improvements in other parts of your life as well. The main approaches involved in treating the Body part are Acupuncture, Acupressure, Yoga, Light Therapy, Dance Therapy and Homeopathy. In curing the mind the various approaches involved are Hypnotherapy, Journaling, Art Therapy, Dream work and Mindful Meditation. The most interesting approaches involved are in the treatment of the soul which includes body and mind as well such as Shamanism, Energy Healing, Tai Chi, Prayer and Transpersonal Psychotherapy.
