Improper and excessive sexual life is called excessive lust in traditional Chinese medicine. In addition to often causing sexual dysfunction, excessive lust is also an important factor in causing physical weakness, strain, and premature aging.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that excessive lust can harm a person’s essence, energy, and spirit. Jing, Qi, and Shen are the three treasures of human beings. Because essence can generate vitality, and qi can generate spirit. If you want to maintain your health, you should first protect your essence. If essence is full, your qi will be strong. If your qi is strong, your spirit will be strong. If your spirit is strong, your body will be healthy. If you are healthy, you will be less sick. Internally, the five internal organs will be enriched, and externally, the skin will be moist, the face will be radiant, the ears and eyes will be bright, and you will be strong in old age. Therefore, health practitioners regard essence, energy and spirit as the three treasures, especially essence. To use essence as a treasure, we must first avoid the harm caused by lust. In this regard, predecessors have many discussions and practical experiences, which are briefly summarized as follows:

(1) Sexual life is indispensable

Sex life is the normal nature of human beings. A normal sex life enables men to enjoy themselves freely, harmonizes yin and yang, and is beneficial to physical and mental health. "Zun Sheng Ba Jian" says: "The Yellow Emperor said that one yin and one yang are called Tao, and partial yin and partial yang are called diseases. Yin and yang are not in harmony, like spring without autumn, like winter without summer, so harmonizing them is to adjust the sage." There is no perfect way for people to be in harmony, but to be content with being closed and keeping their innocence. That is to say, sexual life between men and women is a normal physiological phenomenon (that is, being yin and yang) can make people feel bad, and even cause depression. All kinds of diseases. The way to a good life is not to have sex between men and women, but not to overdo it, so as to avoid excessive leakage of essence and energy, so as to preserve the innocent energy.

(2) Sexual life should not be too early

Confucius, a great thinker and educator in ancient my country, once said: "When you are young, your blood and energy are not yet determined, and you should be careful about sex." According to the discussion of the physiological process of human growth and development and the important role of the kidneys in "Suwen·Ancient Innocence", when a man reaches the age of eight, his kidney qi begins to become abundant. At the age of 16, his kidney qi is strong, with kidney essence as the material basis. Tiangui promotes the production of reproductive functions, the essence is overflowing and can be leaked out, and when the two sexes have intercourse, they can give birth to children. However, if you rely on the strong blood energy at this time, have sexual intercourse too early, or even have an excessive sexual life, your essence and energy will be damaged. Like a flower in the garden, it will wither before it blooms. Therefore, "Four Essentials of Wan Family Health Preservation" points out: "Nowadays, men should be young, and when they are less than 28 years old, they should take care of women to pass through their semen. Then the semen will not be full and will be discharged first, and the five internal organs will be dissatisfied." , there will be difficult-to-shape diseases in the future", and pointed out that "the essence of the kidneys is insufficient, and it is taken from the internal organs. The head will be tilted, the feet will be weak, and the pain in the waist and spine will last for a long time." It means that having sexual intercourse too early will affect the growth and development of other organs and even cause various diseases. The famous gynecological monograph "Women's Complete Prescriptions" in the Song Dynasty said: "Although a man is sixteen and is proficient, he must be married at thirty; although a woman is fourteen and Tiangui (menstruation) is coming, she must be married by twenty." "Yin and Yang are complete If it is true, then you will get pregnant through intercourse, you will get pregnant and you will have a child who will be strong and live a long life..." From the perspective of eugenics and nurturing, it is proposed that sexual intercourse should not be too early, as well as the age of marriage and the benefits of late marriage. This is consistent with the spirit of the marriage age stipulated in my country's Marriage Law, which stipulates that men must not be earlier than 22 years old and women must not be earlier than 20 years old.