With the spring flowers blossoming and everything on earth reviving, it seems that psychiatric symptoms are also“reviving”in this season. According to statistics, the recurrence rate of mental diseases in spring is probably higher than that of other seasons. Traditional Chinese medicine holds that spring is associated with wood and is related to liver among the five viscera. It is often windy in spring. Liver wind stirring internally disturbs heart and leads to mental disorder. From the perspective of western medicine, because of the changeable climate of spring, the resistance of people declines and the physiological functions are influenced. Therefore, disorder appears in the neuroendocrine system and neurotransmitter in the brain changes, which lead to the fluctuation of mental diseases. Of course, these are still some hypothesis to be further studied.

How to prevent the recurrence of mental diseases in spring? The following aspects should be taken into consideration:
　　
1.  Take medicine as doctors’suggestion and don’t reduce the dosage of medicines or stop taking medicine at random. About 70%-80% of patients who suddenly stop taking medicine will suffer the recurrence in a short period of time.

2. In case of early signals of fluctuation of disease such as unstable emotion, losing temper easily, great suspicion and insomnia, visit the doctor timely and adjust medicines lest the disease would get worse.
　
3.Pay attention to climate changes and timely increase and decrease clothes to prevent catching a cold.

4. Take more outdoor exercises on warm days, such as taking a walk, jogging and outing. Through outdoor exercises, patients can breathe fresh air and the brain can feel more external stimulus so as to help patients free from the excessively closed mind. Long-term exercise can help patients change their characters and even their attitudes towards life.
　　
5. Chinese medicine holds that preserving health in spring should be mainly based on liver maintenance. Abstain from anger and alcohol for they hurt the liver. Pay attention to spirit caring and keep the mind cheerful to make your spirit and blood smooth and thriving like the climate in spring.