Men's kidney energy will be reduced by half after this age

40 years old is a hurdle in life. In terms of career, 40 is often the starting point for a gradual rise in success; but physically, it is inevitable that one starts to go downhill.

Ancient people have long expounded on this. Confucius said, "At forty, one has no doubts," which means that people's minds have reached maturity. However, the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine tells us, "After forty, the yin energy of a person is halved." From the age of 40, whether you like it or not, you have to start paying attention to your health.

The saying "When a person is over 40, his yin energy is halved" comes from Suwen: Yin Yang Ying Xiang Da Lun. The original text is: "When a person is 40, his yin energy is halved, and his daily life becomes weak." This means that when a person is around 40 years old, the essence and energy in the kidneys have been reduced by half. The "yin energy" here refers to the kidney energy. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the kidney governs water, is the foundation of the five internal organs, and is the innate root. This means that the amount of kidney energy a person has at birth basically determines the prosperity and decline of his five internal organs and the length of his life. In addition, "40" is an imaginary number. The kidney energy of men declines around the age of 40, while the kidney energy of women begins to decline around the age of 35, which is manifested by hair loss, dry teeth, and a sallow complexion.

Kidney Qi includes kidney essence, kidney yin, and kidney yang, so kidney Qi damage is divided into three types.

Some people start to show symptoms of deficiency fire after the age of 40, such as hot palms and soles, dry mouth, backache, yellow urine, etc. Such people have damaged kidney yin and need to nourish yin. This is common in women. They should eat less spicy and hot things, such as green onions, garlic, chili peppers, alcohol, etc. It is recommended to practice Tai Chi and take more walks under the shade of trees. For food therapy, sea cucumbers, turtles, mushrooms, mulberries, fungus, black beans, wolfberries, and female chastity can be selected. For severe cases, Zhibai Dihuang Pills can be used; if accompanied by dizziness, Qiju Dihuang Pills can be used for conditioning. Some people are the opposite, showing symptoms of yang deficiency, such as frequent urination at night, fear of cold, cold limbs, and heavy cold and dampness. They can take Jinkui Shenqi Pills. Some people suffer from kidney deficiency due to excessive sexual intercourse or overuse of the brain, which is manifested as dizziness, backache, dull complexion, low sperm count, fatigue, etc. They can eat more beef and mutton, and use Chinese medicine such as deer glue, placenta, cooked rehmannia, and wolfberry. The wolfberry and yam beef soup has a good effect of replenishing kidney essence. It can be decocted alone or with polygonatum and cooked rehmannia, which is suitable for both men and women. Soaking wolfberry and mulberry in water instead of tea is also effective.

The kidney is responsible for human reproduction. After the age of 40, the reproductive function of the kidney is completed, and the remaining kidney qi is mainly used to maintain human life. Therefore, in order to prolong life and delay aging, it is necessary to protect the kidney and strengthen the foundation. First, we must prevent overwork and overuse of the brain; second, we must be abstinent. The ancients said that "forty-year-olds should have sex once every sixteen days", which means that after the age of 40, sexual life should be once every two weeks, not too frequent, so as not to damage the kidney essence; finally, we must actively treat chronic diseases. Hypertension and diabetes are mostly caused by liver and kidney yin deficiency, which will accelerate the loss of kidney qi, so we must pay attention.

Some people ask, since modern people have good living conditions, will the decline of kidney qi be delayed compared to ancient people? According to many years of clinical observation, this is not the case. If modern people look younger than ancient people, it is mostly in terms of clothing and beauty. The internal aging speed is not much different. On the contrary, many modern people's lifestyles are accelerating the loss of kidney qi, such as indulging in alcohol and sex, excessive sexual desire, overeating, staying up late for a long time, and overusing the brain.

Some people take some wrong actions to "retain youth", such as men abusing aphrodisiacs and women applying hormone-containing cosmetics, which are more harmful to the body and even increase the risk of cancer. In ancient times, emperors took supplements throughout their lives, but because they had concubines in the three palaces and six courtyards, their life spans were not very long. It can be seen that following the laws of nature is the real way to maintain health.

The importance of kidney qi to a man is self-evident. After the age of 40, the kidney qi in a man's body will be reduced by half, which undoubtedly opens the way for many diseases. If you want to stay healthy and not get sick at this time, then you must replenish your kidney qi in time. This is the only feasible way.