Experts explain the secrets of menopausal health and longevity

The menopause of women after the age of 57 and men after the age of 58 is the transition period from the prime of life when "the five internal organs and twelve meridians are all in full bloom and in peace" (Inner Canon of Medicine, "Tiannian" ) to old age when "the essence is exhausted", "the semen is scarce", "the kidneys are weak"... (Inner Canon of Medicine, "Shanggu Tianzhen Lun").

How can men and women who want to maintain good health and prolong life "adjust these two things"? What they need is to understand the physiology of men and women at different ages of seven or eight. "If you can understand the seven losses and eight gains, then the two things can be adjusted; if you don't know how to use this, you will age prematurely... Therefore, it is said: knowing this will make you strong... The wise have surplus. With surplus, the ears and eyes are sharp, the body is light and strong, the old are rejuvenated, and the strong are better managed... Therefore, the life span is infinite and ends with heaven and earth. This is the way the sage manages the body."^ "The Great Theory of the Correspondence of Yin and Yang in the Internal Classic" ) The Chinese medicine theory of menopause with its "wise man" and "the way the sage manages the body" is generally as follows:

1. Treatment of the essence

When people reach menopause, it is like the natural process of the birth of all things and the decline of all things in autumn. To heal the body and the mind, it is advisable to "restrain the spirit" to make the qi calm, to have an open-minded state of mind, to avoid extravagant expectations and to be tranquil, to do things with a non-action approach, not to think excessively, and to be in a state of having but not having.

"Keep the mind calm" and do not waste energy; do not be anxious or impatient, and do not damage the yin essence, so that the human body's qi function can be naturally harmonious and smooth. In this way, the spirit will be kept inside and unified with the five internal organs of the human body. The meridians, qi and blood and functions will be coordinated and balanced, so as to achieve "the strong will be cured", no damage during menopause, and "the old will be rejuvenated" after menopause and live forever. Zhuangzi refers to this as: "Long and peaceful."

2. Governance of Daily Life

Ensure sleep, and go to bed early and get up early, and wake up with the rooster. The reasons for its benefits for menopause are: ① It helps the body of menopause to not be extremely tired, and it benefits the liver qi for the continuous regeneration of life in response to the "liver qi decline"; ② It responds to the principle that "Yang qi controls the outside for one day... When the sun sets, the yang qi is already weak, and the qi gate is closed, so it is closed at dusk" (Neijing "Vitality Connects the Heaven"); ③ Getting up early is because the "three yang pulses are weak at the top" and the "yang qi is exhausted at the top" (Neijing "Shanggu Tianzhen"). The body of menopause can be supplemented by the "Yang qi born at dawn". And obtain a continuous source of vitality.

The residence should be suitable for undisturbed mind, quiet life and peaceful sleep, and the location should not be low-lying to prevent dampness and yin evil from taking advantage of the menopausal Yang Qi retention and deficiency of the defense system to damage Yang Qi and harm the body.