468: Fight Seasonal Depression by Clearing Your Kidneys

Ancient Health Podcast

Alternative Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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We’re re-airing this episode, as we know many people struggle with the winter blues and feeling off this time of year! Do you get the blues when the weather turns cool? In this episode, Dr. Motley tackles seasonal depression from a TCM perspective. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the heart is connected to the kidneys and bladder, so if you feel that you’re not your best self in the colder months, pay attention to signs of bladder issues. Show Notes: ⬇️ For UTI testing: https://microgendx.com/ For kidney issues: Uva Ursi https://shorturl.at/vqxmG Your Seasonal Depression Recommendations: Sunshine Infrared Sauna Mineral Support (check out BEAM Minerals. You can get 20% off with code DRMOTLEY - https://shorturl.at/W8MO5⁠) Multivitamins: Thorne Research https://www.thorne.com/products. EFT - https://www.thetappingsolution.com/eft-tapping/ Neuroemotional Technique - https://www.netmindbody.com/ 00:00 - 01:14 - Intro 01:15 - 01:37 - History/Origins of Seasonal Depression/Winter Blues 01:38 - 02:30 - facts on SAD 02:31 - 04:07 - Winter months in Chinese Medicine 04:08 - 04:48 - Kidneys/Bladder/Fear Connection 04:50 - 10:42 - Patient Story 10:45 - 12:38 - UTI/Bladder Infections + Lab Testing 12:43 - 13:20 - Undereye Bags and the Kidneys 18:10 - 19:00 - Herbs for Cleaning out the Kidneys 25:00 - 27:00 - Relationship between Seasonal Depression and UTIs 27:01 - 29:00 - Recommendations for Seasonal Depression 29:01 - 31:44 - Addressing fears ------ Want more of The Ancient Health Podcast? Subscribe! Follow Dr. Motley! Instagram Facebook Tik-Tok Website ------ *Liposomal supplementation has been proven deeply effective and LivOn Labs got there first. Get 10% off LivOn Labs entire store of liposomal supplements with code MOTLEY at https://www.livonlabs.com/ *Join Doctor Motley’s newsletter for TCM insights and regular podcast updates: https://www.doctormotley.com/ *Do you have a ton more in-depth questions for Doctor Motley? Are you a health coach looking for more valuable resources and wisdom? Join his membership for courses full of his expertise and clinical wisdom on every-day health concerns, plus bring all your questions to his weekly lives! Join here: doctormotley.com/15

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0:00.0	Welcome to the ancient health podcast, where East meets West in the world of medicine.
0:05.2	I'm Dr. Chris Motley, and here we explore how modern Western science and traditional Eastern wisdom come together to unlock the body's full healing potential.
0:14.0	Each week, we'll dive into powerful tools, techniques, and approaches from both sides of the world to help you optimize your help and live with vitality.
0:22.5	Let's bridge the gap between ancient practices and cutting edge medicine. Let's get started.
0:28.8	Hello friends, welcome to the Ancient Help podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Chris Motley, and we're going to talk about seasonal depression.
0:36.7	Do you have seasonal depression, also known as the winter blues?
0:42.2	Do you feel that when the summer months are leaving and you're alive and happy?
0:48.9	And when you get the report on the news from the weatherman, weather woman, that there is a chance of long,
0:58.5	cold winds coming in, shorter days, darker days. And do you find that you get a little sad?
1:06.6	Maybe you get depressed. Maybe you lose interest. Maybe you lose passion.
1:12.2	Maybe you don't have a zest for life.
1:14.7	Well, it is a real thing.
1:17.1	And there was a doctor named Norman Rosenthal, who's a psychiatrist, who coined the term back in 1984, 85.
1:25.2	And it's also known as the winter blues.
1:27.0	And so he was noticing that within his
1:28.6	patients that they would have some form of depression or sadness right when the weather changed,
1:34.3	right, when it got into the winter months. So it's a real thing. There's lots of reports about
1:39.8	how individuals suffer from seasonal affected disorder were sad.
1:51.5	In fact, in Alaska, they say that individuals have to use light therapy on their eyes because if they can get more sunlight or more light, it actually helps certain receptors
1:57.5	in their brain to actually activate to keep them happy.
2:20.8	But the constant darkness, the constant long days of darkness, has been shown to cause higher amounts of depression, higher amounts of alcoholism. Unfortunately, some individuals, there's higher amounts of suicide just from something as we think is just a seasonal issue, but it's not.
2:21.8	It's very, very serious.
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