The fifth application of traditional Chinese medicine for health preservation in the population - male section

Male physiological and psychological characteristics1. Men are masculine in natureThe Preface to the "Geshi Yu Lun: Food and Lust Proverbs" says: "Only in human life, with the participation of heaven and earth, the Kun Dao becomes a female, and the Qian Dao becomes a male

Male physiological and psychological characteristics

1. Men are masculine in natureThe Preface to the "Geshi Yu Lun: Food and Lust Proverbs" says: "Only in human life, with the participation of heaven and earth, the Kun Dao becomes a female, and the Qian Dao becomes a male." Women belong to Yin, while men belong to Yang. The book "Ling Shu Shou Tian Gang Rou" states: "In human life, there are strengths and weaknesses, strengths and weaknesses, strengths and weaknesses, as well as strengths and weaknesses, as well as yin and yang." Men possess a strong and masculine nature, characterized by strong muscles, muscles, and bones, as well as agile and powerful limb movements; Psychologically, they have the characteristics of being proactive and brave, striving for strength and competitiveness, and liking to be active but not static; Has a decisive and resolute attitude in handling affairs, dares to think, speak, and act, and is quick and agile in doing things. Has an open mind, is frank and magnanimous, has rough emotions, and a bold and unrestrained personality. Men have a strong sense of initiative and exhibit strong competitiveness and self-esteem in social interactions, family life, and career. However, compared to women, they are more resilient and less flexible, with relatively weak ability to handle details and self-control, and are prone to emotional changes that are hyperactive.

2. Men mainly focus on essenceEssence and blood are essential basic substances for human life activities. Relatively speaking, men are based on essence while women are based on blood. The "Complete Collection of Ancient and Modern Medical Records - Health Preservation Records" states: "Men primarily rely on semen." Men consume a considerable amount of semen during sexual intercourse to meet their physiological and psychological needs. The unique ejaculatory function of men determines their physiological characteristics of being prone to sperm loss. Therefore, in the book "Medical Heart Understanding - Seeking Inheritance", it is warned that "the way to maintain sperm is not to have few desires" and not to exhaust their sperm.

Clinically, men who engage in sexual misconduct often experience symptoms such as slow thinking, dull eyes, weak waist and knees, dizziness and tinnitus, forgetfulness and fatigue, impotence, premature ejaculation, and ejaculation. Modern medicine believes that semen contains a large amount of important substances such as prostaglandins, proteins, and trace elements zinc. Prostaglandins exist in many important organs and tissues of the human body, such as the brain, thymus, bone marrow, kidneys, lungs, iris, stomach, intestine, nerves, etc. They can help control inflammation, regulate blood pressure, smooth muscle activity, and nerve impulse transmission, and can affect the functions of the cardiovascular system, nervous system, and digestive system. Insufficient prostaglandins can cause pathological changes in these systems and accelerate aging.

Key points for male health and wellness

1. Abstinence and Sperm ProtectionThe book "Medical Insight: Seeking Inheritance" states: "Men primarily focus on maintaining their essence, while women mainly focus on regulating their meridians. The way to maintain essence is not to have few desires. When you are far away from home, do not indulge in excessive drinking. If you work less on your mind, your essence will be sufficient." "Men primarily focus on essence," and kidney essence plays a very important role in male health. Therefore, men's daily health care focuses on caring for kidney essence. Abstinence, which refers to excessive sexual activity, is not a prohibition of sexual activity. In the late Qing Dynasty's "Health Preservation and Life Preservation Record - Far Color", it was said: "A festival is like a festival of bamboo and wood, with a limited meaning. If there is no festival nearby, it is good. If there is no festival nearby, it will be useless and unemployed, causing illness and death. It is a great disaster. The first thing to pay attention to far color is to avoid its proximity. If it is far away, it will be bad, and if it is not good, there will be festivals." Male kidney essence depletion is often caused by improper sexual activity.

Young men should approach women later and "get married when they are strong". They should not get married and have children too early to avoid damaging their kidney essence, otherwise it will cause harm to the body. The "Chu Family's Posthumous Letter - Essence and Blood" states: "If the essence is not fully transmitted and the female is used to transmit its essence, there will be dissatisfaction in the five bodies, and there will be difficult diseases in the future. Married men should control sexual activity and avoid indulging in sexual desire to avoid repeated ejaculation of semen, which may lead to exhaustion of essence and qi, mental fatigue and physical damage, and premature death before reaching the age of heaven.

2. Adjusting the Mind and Nourishing EssenceSince ancient times, traditional Chinese medicine has attached great importance to the relationship between essence and spirit, believing that essence is the material basis for the production of spirit, and that spirit has a dominant role over essence. Jing can nourish the mind, Shen can control the essence, accumulate the essence to improve the mind, and Ning Shen can protect the essence. The two interact with each other to maintain normal life activities. Therefore, men should pay attention to their own moral cultivation, enhance the stability of their hearts and minds, in order to have a clear mind and calm emotions. Only by calming down and nourishing the mind, keeping the mind calm, reducing thoughts and desires, abstaining from distractions, and maintaining emotional tranquility, can the essence be preserved internally and not easily leaked out. If one is restless, distracted, or overly thoughtful, unable to achieve what one desires, the essence is easily lost or consumed, Therefore, the "Ge Zhi Yu Lun" - "Yang You Yu Yin Insufficient Lun" states: "The main body is the kidney, and the main body is the liver. Both organs have phase fire, and its connection belongs to the heart. The heart is the ruler of fire, which is easily moved by the sensation of things, and the heart is also moved by phase fire. When the heart is moved, the essence moves on its own, and the phase fire rises in unison. Although it does not intersect, it also flows in secret and dissipates. Therefore, sages only teach people to regulate and nourish their hearts, and their purpose is profound

3. Maintaining Yang QiThe Complete Book of Jingyue - On the Great Treasures "states:" The great treasure of heaven is only a red sun; the great treasure of man is only a breath of true yang. "It can be seen that yang qi is the driving force of life activities, and men are the essence of yang hardness, dominated by yang qi. The strength of men largely depends on whether they are strong or not. Cold is a yin evil, which is most likely to harm one's yang qi. Pang Anshi of the Song Dynasty pointed out: "In the harsh winter season, it is necessary to kill the fierce qi. Therefore, gentlemen are good at feeding and living. When the cold is severe, they should carefully house without committing cold toxins." ("Treatise on the General Diseases of Typhoid Fever - Xulun") Therefore, when the temperature is low and the climate is cold, men should pay more attention to preventing cold and keeping warm to avoid being injured by cold qi. When the climate is hot, one should not indulge in cold food or sleep outdoors in the wind. In spring, the natural yang qi rises, and all things are full of vitality. At this time, it is advisable to maintain and cover your clothes to avoid damaging the yang due to the cold. As stated in the book "Prepare for Urgent Qianjin Yaofang - Daolin Nurturing Nature": "The spring is not yet frozen, the clothes are thick and thin, nourishing the yang and collecting the yin, and inheriting the eternal life

4. Smoking cessation and alcohol restrictionThe harm of smoking to health has been increasingly confirmed by scientific research. Smoking can interfere with the function of the hypothalamic pituitary gonadal axis, reduce male semen quality, lead to oligospermia and asthenozoospermia, and reduce sperm count. It can also induce varicocele and lead to infertility. Nicotine and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in tobacco can cause testicular atrophy, interruption of sperm production, and morphological changes in various experimental animals. Research has confirmed that smoking is one of the reasons why men are more prone to lung cancer and liver cancer. Therefore, non smoking is an important aspect of a healthy life for men.

The book 'Yixin Fang: Prohibition of Drunkenness' states that the function of alcohol is' to benefit and harm people'. Wine is the essence of water and grain, and the essence of five flavors. If you can drink it in moderation, it is very useful for strengthening your body. Therefore, medical experts, health preservation experts and literati throughout the ages have praised wine, and many medicinal wines are good for curing diseases and prolonging life. Drinking too much can have many dangers. Gong Tingxian wrote about "Drinking harms the body", while Luo Tianyi wrote about "Drinking harms the spleen and stomach", stating that alcohol "harms harmony, damages the spirit, dries up the honor and defense, exhausts the heaven and the earth, and leads to a long life. The Medical Humanity - Essence Discharge also said: "Because of the strong taste of drinking, it is damp heat and internal depression, and the middle qi is not clear, the essence is also turbid and belongs to the kidney, and the water is not quiet, so it is slippery." Modern research has proved that wine can damage the structure of sperm membrane, distort spermatogenesis or weaken their vitality, indicating that wine has a negative impact on male reproduction. Excessive drinking will cause prostate congestion, which is easy to induce and cause prostatitis. Therefore, men should adhere to the principle of moderate alcohol consumption and avoid excessive drinking. Having sex after drinking is even more taboo for health preservation.

5. Dietary regulationThe innate essence stored in the kidney must rely on the continuous transformation of the acquired diet, water and grain essence, in order to have an inexhaustible source and exercise its normal physiological functions. So in terms of diet, it is necessary to achieve moderate hunger and satiety, a combination of meat and vegetables, a balanced diet, and not excessive hunger and satiety. Dietary essence can transform into human essence. Especially for meat and blood products, such as duck, lamb, sea cucumber, turtle, turtle, shrimp, etc., consumed in moderation can benefit the essence and marrow, and strengthen the body.

6. Medicated recuperationMedication for nourishing essence has been advocated by health practitioners throughout history, such as Zhang Jingyue of the Ming Dynasty, who believed that ripe ground "has a calming nature, a sweet and strong taste, and is the first pure and concentrated medicine in the essence and blood form", making it a good product for nourishing essence and filling essence. The famous doctor Ye Tianshi of the Qing Dynasty advocated using emotional products such as deer antler glue, turtle shell glue, cow bone marrow, and purple river carts to nourish the essence of the kidney.

In addition, Qi tonifying and Yang boosting drugs play an important role in male health care, such as ginseng, astragalus, atractylodes macrocephala, yam, licorice, honey and other Qi tonifying drugs. Deer antler, Morinda officinalis, Xianmao, Epimedium, Eucommia ulmoides, dodder seed and other Yang tonifying drugs all have reliable effects. Traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations that can replenish qi and yang, such as Jinkui Shenqi Pill, Yougui Pill, Lugui Bushen Pill, are convenient to take and have definite effects. It should be noted that taking medication should not be excessive for too long, and one should not blindly believe in the effects of medication and indulge in excessive consumption without moderation, which will ultimately harm health.

In short, men have different ways and methods of maintaining health compared to women due to their unique physiological and psychological characteristics.

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