Medicament for treating depression, and preparation method thereof

Abstract

The invention discloses a medicament composition for treating depression, which is a Chinese medicinal preparation mainly prepared from the raw materials such as radix curcumae, hypericum perforatum, puncturevine caltrop fruits and grassleaf sweelflag rhizome. The medicament has the advantages of simple unique prescription, low price and remarkable efficacy. Clinical study confirms that the medicament obviously improves clinical symptoms of depression, decreases the grade of Hamilton Depression Scale (HAM-D) and has the total effective rate of 84 percent. The invention also discloses a method for preparing the medicament. The medicament is obtained by extracting Chinese medicaments with different solvents respectively, performing other pretreatment and then compounding the obtained products pro rata according to the different characteristics of each Chinese medicament.

Description

technical field [0001] The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treating depression. Specifically, it is a Chinese patent medicine prepared from turmeric, Hypericum perforatum, Tribulus terrestris and Calamus calamus as main raw materials. The present invention also relates to the preparation method of the above-mentioned medicine. Background technique [0002] Depression is called "blue hidden worry" in the West. According to relevant surveys, the incidence of depression in my country is about 3%-5%, and the number of patients has exceeded 26 million. The main feature of depressive symptoms is low mood (mood), and it can often have many accompanying symptoms, the common ones are: ① loss of interest in daily activities, no sense of pleasure; ② obvious loss of energy, continuous fatigue for no reason; ③ spirit Motility retardation or agitation; ④ low self-evaluation, or self-blame, or guilt, reaching the level of delusions; ⑤ difficulty in associating, or s...

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Problems solved by technology

Currently commonly used are ① tricyclic antidepressants (TCA) such as imipramine, amitriptyline, doxepin; ② serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) such as fluoxetine, sertraline, paroxetine, fluoxetine Voxamine, etc., have certain curative effect on depression, the total effective rate is about 70%, but the onset time is slow, and the side effects of this kind of medicine are more common, such as dry mouth, constipation, blurred vision, dysuria, tachycardia Speed, weakness, dizziness, heart block, etc.

Therefore, the development of traditional Chinese medicine preparations for the treatment of depression has a broad prospect. Although there are some Chinese patent medicines for the treatment of depression, they still cannot meet the needs of patients. bad