Menopause is an inevitable consequence of the development of people throughout their lives, from infancy when they first emerge from their mother’s womb, to gradual development and growth, to early childhood, adolescence, youth, adulthood and old age. As the kidney energy changes from strong to weak during the prime of life to old age, a series of changes will occur in the body, and if there is any maladjustment, it will be manifested as various diseases, collectively known as menopausal syndrome.
The symptoms of menopause vary from one individual to another, either significantly or mildly. In this issue, we will introduce male menopause syndrome and how to maintain health during menopause.
Disease Overview
Men’s menopause syndrome, also known as partial androgen deficiency syndrome in middle-aged and elderly men, is a group of clinical syndromes with mental symptoms, autonomic dysfunction and sexual dysfunction as the main manifestations due to the gradual aging of the body, endocrine function, especially gonadal function, and male hormone regulation disorders.
Specific manifestations
The symptoms include neurological disorders, depression, memory loss, inattention, fatigue, insomnia, hot flashes, sweating and sexual dysfunction.
Men’s menopause syndrome usually occurs in middle-aged and older men over the age of 50, but due to environmental pollution, stressful life and fierce competition in recent years, there is a tendency for the disease to occur at an earlier age, and men over the age of 40 should be considered as having menopause syndrome.
What is the Chinese medicine perspective?
There are no special topics on this disease in Chinese medicine, but its similar symptoms are described in Chinese medical books, and according to its symptoms, it can be included in the categories of “deficiency labor”, “palpitation” and “impotence”. The symptoms can be included in the categories of “deficiency labor”, “palpitation” and “impotence”.
Since the Han Dynasty, there have been records of tonifying the essence, nourishing the yin and strengthening the yang, and prolonging life, indicating that the ancients had already noticed that men could suffer from yang deficiency due to various reasons and sought treatment. Although at that time, the development and function of the male sexual organs were categorized as “kidney energy”, and it was believed that “when a husband is eight years old, his kidney energy is real and his hair is long and his teeth are more. In the second eight, the kidney energy is strong, the heavenly sebum to, the essence overflow diarrhea, Yin and Yang together, so can have children.” The disease starts from kidney deficiency, due to the deficiency causes the real, eventually leading to kidney deficiency liver depression, deficiency mixed with the real, to nourish the kidney and liver as the basic treatment.
Health guidance
To maintain health during menopause, we should focus on recognizing old age, serving old age, being emotionally calm, being calm and uncontroversial, being tolerant and modest, living a normal life, eating and drinking in moderation, sleeping early and waking up early, exercising, and taking medication in moderation. If you have the conditions, you can do qigong under the guidance of a qigong practitioner to quietly nourish your heart and enjoy a hundred years of life.
1. life conditioning
(1) Maintain an optimistic and open-minded temperament, and do not be anxious about things
(2) Actively participate in physical activities
(3) Appropriate control of food intake, less sweet, salty and fatty foods
2. diet management
(1) control the diet, not too full at each meal, can eat some coarse grains.
(2) Use vegetable oil when cooking. The author believes that sunflower oil, olive oil, corn oil, etc. are better.
(3) Eat more fresh fruits and green leafy vegetables.
(4) Eat more foods containing iron, calcium and fiber to compensate for blood loss and reduce osteoporosis.
(5) Avoid spicy and overly stimulating foods, such as strong coffee, strong tea and spicy condiments, such as onion, ginger, garlic, chili, pepper, etc. 3.
3. medicinal food regimen
(1) Poria cake
Ingredients: 70% of japonica rice, 30% of white glutinous rice, plus two or three percent of lotus meat, gravy, poria, yam powder.
Practice: mix well and steam it. Mix the above-mentioned japonica rice and glutinous rice with herbal powder; put them into a pot and steam them over water.
Treatment: Calm the mind, strengthen the spleen and stomach
(2) Lotus seeds and lily pork soup
Ingredients: 50 grams of lotus seeds, 50 grams of lily, 250 grams of lean pork, onion, ginger, salt and wine. Practice: lotus seeds peeled and core; lily peeled and washed; pork lean meat washed and cut; onion cut, ginger sliced. Put lotus seeds, lily and pork into a pot at the same time, add onion, ginger, salt, wine and water. Stew for about 1 hour.
Desirable treatment: nourish Yin and clear heat, moisten the lungs and clear the heart.
(3) Cuscuta congee
Ingredients: 30 grams of cuscuta seeds, 100 grams of round-grained rice, sugar.
Directions: Wash and pound dodder seeds, add water to decoct the juice, remove the dregs, then add japonica rice to cook the congee.
Desirable treatment: Cuscuta seeds porridge is a gentle tonic and strong medicinal porridge, which can nourish the kidney and benefit the essence, nourish the liver and brighten the eyes. To achieve the desired effect, it needs to be taken consistently for a long time.
4. Massage prevention
Press and rub Fengchi, point and press Zanzhu, press and rub Sun and squeeze Baihui. It can enhance memory, improve intelligence and slow down the aging process of the brain.