Depression is a condition brought about by pent-up passions and impeded Qi movement. In addition to the pent-up emotions, it manifests mainly as emotional lability, chest fullness or tightness, subcostal distention or pain, and globus hysteri-cus.
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Liu, Z. (2009). Depression. In: Liu, Z. (eds) Essentials of Chinese Medicine. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-596-3_8
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