Depression touches every aspect of the human experience - our physical well-being, our relationships with our loved ones, our work, our creativity, our spirituality. Depression can paralyze & alienate us, making us strangers to ourselves & the world. In recent years, clinical depression has been researched widely in Western medical studies & many new pharmaceuticals have been created to help control this debilitating condition. The author of this book, Rosa Schnyer, conducted a National Institute of Health-funded research project studying acupuncture as a treatment for depression. She found that through the use of this ancient practice, hopelessness may be transformed into possibility, helplessness into courage, & anxiety into calmness. Her co-author, Bob Flaws, is one of the world's best-known authors & lecturers in the field of Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine has had a theory describing the causes, treatment, & prevention of depression for many centuries. In this book, the authors describe these theories