Department of Psychological Medicine, Army 958th Hospital, Chongqing, 400039, China.
Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Chin J Integr Med. 2021 Nov;27(11):874-880. doi: 10.1007/s11655-021-2864-1. Epub 2021 May 31.
"Timely, near, and expectation" is the main principle of battlefield rescue for military combat stress reaction (CSR). Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is the most common form of CSR and a long-term persistent mental disorder that is caused by unusual threatening or catastrophic psychological trauma. Chinese medicine (CM) has abundant resources, is simple, easy to master, with few side effects. This article summarizes the cellular and animal experimental mechanisms of CM treatment on PTSD, suggesting that traditional Chinese herbs and acupuncture can protect brain functional areas, and adjust hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis. Traditional Chinese herbs and acupuncture have shown good anti-stress efficacy and fewer side effects in clinical application, which may improve the CSR in the battlefield.
“及时、就近、期望”是军事战斗应激反应（CSR）战场救治的主要原则。创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）是 CSR 中最常见的一种形式，是一种由异常威胁或灾难性心理创伤引起的长期持续的精神障碍。中医药（CM）资源丰富、简便易学、副作用少。本文总结了 CM 治疗 PTSD 的细胞和动物实验机制，提示中药和针刺可以保护脑功能区，调节下丘脑-垂体-肾上腺轴。中药和针刺在临床应用中显示出良好的抗应激效果和较少的副作用，可能改善战场应激反应。
