Experts remind that women with yang deficiency should make use of the abundant natural yang in summer to "replenish yang"
For a long time, the saying that "men tonify yang and women nourish yin" has contributed to the harmony between Qin and Qin, and has a "mass base", giving people the impression that only men have yang deficiency and women have yin deficiency.
In this regard, experts pointed out: in fact, aphrodisiac is not a "patent" for men. Under normal circumstances, women who are prone to symptoms of yang deficiency are weak, cold hands and feet, mental fatigue, and even slow sexual arousal and apathy. Need to tonify yang and strengthen yang. Especially, taking advantage of the favorable opportunity of more yang and less yin in nature in summer, human Yang Can can recover faster and get twice the result with half the effort.
Afraid of cold, fatigue, no "sexual interest"
It is caused by "yang deficiency".
Ms. Zhang, 37, has been getting worse every year since she gave birth to a child six years ago. In the past two years, she has been afraid of cold and heat almost all the year round. Even in the current hot weather, she can't blow the air conditioner, and even if she is neatly dressed, she often feels cold. She looks tired when she comes home every day. At first, her husband was distressed that she was too busy outside during the day and considerate of her. But after a long time, he found that his wife was less and less interested in the life of husband and wife, and even "passive" acceptance seemed very reluctant, which naturally made him very uncomfortable.
Ms. Zhang also realized that her physiological changes in recent years have been really great. Is it really a "woman with 40 tofu dregs"? Persuaded by her friends, she went to a China hospital and registered. After some inquiries, the doctor told her: you obviously have kidney-yang deficiency. Before the end of summer, you should take time to make up for it, which should gradually improve your symptoms such as chills, fatigue and lack of "sexual interest".
The doctor gave her some medicine and told her to eat more ingredients that would help improve yang in her body. She is dubious: Do women also need "aphrodisiacs"? Usually, advertisements for strengthening yang and tonifying kidney can be seen everywhere, but it seems that they are only aimed at men. Women's health products are generally nourishing yin and enriching blood. What's going on here?
case analysis
Women also have kidney deficiency.
"Clinically, many women do have symptoms of kidney deficiency," said Liu Jiaoshou of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine. "In fact, kidney deficiency is only divided into yin and yang, and there is no distinction between men and women. The so-called "aphrodisiac" is not a man's "patent". For women with obvious kidney-yang deficiency, tonifying yang or "strengthening yang" is equally important.
"The' aphrodisiac' mentioned by Chinese medicine does not necessarily mean tonifying the kidney." Liu said that because kidney deficiency is divided into yin deficiency and yang deficiency, tonifying kidney and strengthening yang, which is commonly understood as "strengthening yang", can only work on patients with kidney yang deficiency. Many patients with kidney deficiency often can't tell whether they are yang deficiency or yin deficiency, so they make up for it. In this way, they "add insult to injury" or "add fuel to the fire", which not only fails to achieve the purpose of "helping", but also often harms their health.
"In addition, yang deficiency is not limited to the kidney, and all internal organs may have symptoms of yang deficiency or yang deficiency, such as spleen yang deficiency and spleen and kidney yang deficiency." Liu said that in fact, people's internal organs are warmed by yin and yang. When yin and yang are in a relatively balanced state, people are healthier. With the growth of age to about 40 years old, the yang in the human body will gradually wear out. This degeneration is not only sexual function, but also a more comprehensive and extensive physiological change process.
"Supplementing Yang" in summer will get twice the result with half the effort.
"The ancients particularly emphasized' nourishing Yang in spring and summer' in the four seasons of health preservation." Liu explained that "supplementing Yang" and "supplementing Yang" are two different concepts. The latter is due to deficiency, especially in patients with yang deficiency; The former focuses on "maintenance" and faces all healthy people.
"When it comes to replenishing yang, doing it in summer can often get twice the result with half the effort." Liu said that it is difficult for people with weak yang to return to the level of ordinary people, so from time to time there will be symptoms such as chills, fatigue, fatigue and even lack of "sexual interest". In contrast, these symptoms tend to get worse in autumn and winter and improve slightly in spring and summer. That's because the yang of nature begins to rise in spring and is more vigorous in summer; Similarly, the yang in the human body has been rising since spring, and it will recover more abundantly in summer. At this time, if it can be properly supplemented by "strike while the iron is hot", it will be easier to achieve the ideal effect. In autumn and winter, various symptoms caused by yang deficiency are also expected to be alleviated.
The combination of medicine, food and massage helps to "strengthen yang"
Now is a good time to "replenish Yang". How can people with kidney-yang deficiency make up for it? Liu gave simple advice from three aspects: medicine, food and massage:
1. Medicinal tonic: Commonly used medicinal materials include velvet antler, gecko, Cordyceps sinensis, Lycium barbarum, Morinda officinalis, cistanche deserticola, Psoralea corylifolia, Eucommia ulmoides, aconite, dried ginger, walnut, etc. Common Chinese patent medicines include Jingui Shenqi Pill, Fugui Bawei Pill and Gui You Pill. Many patients have other symptoms besides kidney yang deficiency, such as sandwich yang deficiency or spleen yang deficiency. General professional doctors will help patients to consider these comprehensive factors before choosing drugs.
2. Food supplement: The so-called "aphrodisiac" food may not be directly "nourished" as some people think, nor does it mean that the more the better. Instead, meat such as mutton, dog meat, venison, chicken, leek, pepper, ginger, fresh litchi, bayberry, peach, apricot, longan, jujube and other fruits and vegetables, seafood and other foods should be reasonably added or used according to the principle of dietary balance.
Stewed pork tenderloin with velvet antler: velvet antler 10g, medlar 30g, pork tenderloin without inner membrane 1g, chopped and fried with ginger slices. Stewed with velvet antler and medlar, it is especially suitable for people who are afraid of cold, tired and even prone to dizziness and tinnitus. But this recipe is more complementary. You can eat it once or twice a week according to your personal situation, and don't overdo it.
Mutton porridge: half a catty of fresh mutton and two pairs of rice. Wash and chop mutton, and cook porridge with washed rice. Especially suitable for people with insufficient yang and fear of cold.
Massage: On weekdays, you can often rub the point 1.5 inch (or about two fingers wide) under your navel. Chinese medicine believes that "Qihai point warms the whole body". If you can press it for three or two minutes every day, it will help to adjust the state of general weakness. Even if it is not yang deficiency, you can always press this acupoint to keep fit.