Author(s)

Liang Xiaojuan ¹, Li Na ¹, Nan Ye ¹, Zuo Yufei ¹, Wang Weigang ²

Affiliation(s)

¹ Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, 712046, China
² Affiliated Hospital of Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, 712000, China

Corresponding Author

Wang Weigang

ABSTRACT

Depression is a common clinical psychological disorder disease, the main clinical manifestations for a sustained long period of low mood, accompanied by slow thinking, language reduction and other manifestations, in recent years the incidence rate is gradually rising, the incidence of the population is gradually younger and younger, and has a recurrence rate, disability rate, suicide rate and other characteristics. At present, the clinical treatment of this disease is mainly based on oral antidepressant drugs, but the adverse reactions, side effects and drug dependence also largely affect the patients' lives and become a nuisance to the patients. Acupuncture, as a kind of non-specific stimulation, can effectively treat depression and improve patients' depressive symptoms by producing stimulation to acupoints, and it has the advantages of good efficacy, high safety, and basically no side effects, etc. It is also effective in treating patients' depression and improving their symptoms in various aspects such as somatic, gastrointestinal and cardiovascular. In order to better summarize the research hotspots and development trends in the field of acupuncture treatment of depression, this paper analyzes the authors, institutions, keywords, etc. of the relevant literature in this field in the past 15 years, summarizes the current status and development trends of the research in this field, and discovers the shortcomings of the research in this field, so as to promote the further development of this discipline.

KEYWORDS

Depression; Acupuncture; Research Hot Spots; Development Trends

CITE THIS PAPER

Liang Xiaojuan, Li Na, Nan Ye, Zuo Yufei, Wang Weigang, Analysis of research hotspots and development trends in the field of acupuncture treatment of depression. MEDS Chinese Medicine (2024) Vol. 6: 78-85. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/medcm.2024.060210.

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