Menopause, which is generally more common in women, mostly begins around the age of 50, and the symptoms of menopause are more obvious and prominent. But men are also present. It's just that because the male gonads begin to age later, fewer people develop symptoms. Menopause is also advanced to the age of 39 or delayed to the age of 58, but why is it the same people, and some of the menopause comes early and some come late? Some of the symptoms are obvious, and some of the symptoms are not prominent?
Su Wen. The first chapter of the ancient naïve treatise "cloud": "Woman, the six, seven, and three yang veins are declining on the top, the face is scorched, and the hair is white; Qiqi Ren has a weak pulse, Taichong has a weak pulse, the sky is exhausted, and the tunnel is impassable, so the shape is bad and childless. This shows that the ancients had an early understanding of menopause, and from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, menopause is caused by yin deficiency, especially liver yin deficiency.
As the saying goes, "When a person is over forty, the yin qi is half of it". Half of the yin qi is gone, and people's lives will go downhill.
The menopausal women are more than men, the symptoms of women are obvious, and the symptoms of men are not obvious, it is mainly because women are blood-based, menstruation, belt, pregnancy, childbirth, etc., are inseparable from blood, and blood belongs to yin, and yin qi is more consumed than men, so menopausal women are more common, and the symptoms are also obvious, and the early or late menopause mainly depends on the degree of liver yin deficiency.
Taixi acupoint, from the "Lingshu Ben Loss", is the infusion acupoint and original acupoint of the Yin and Kidney Sutra of Zushao, also known as Lu Xi, Lu, the yin law in the twelve laws of ancient music, and the substance in this acupoint is the liquid of pure yin.
"Huiyuan Acupuncture and Moxibustion" cloud: "Taixi, the valley of the mountain leads to the stream, and the stream leads to the river." The kidneys hide the ambition and enjoy quiet, out of the too deep stream, in order to raise its great ambition, so it is called Taixi. ”
"Sutra Acupoint Explanation" cloud: "For those with the acupoint name Taixi, the kidney is the water of the human body, which originates from the spring; The shape of movement has not yet been seen, and the shape of movement has not been seen in the valley, and there is an artery visible so far. The stream is the place where the water flows, and if there is an artery, the shape of the water is seen, so it is called Taixi. Brook Maker; The view of water also; Too much, it is unpredictable. In ancient times, it was also called "one of the nine acupoints of Huiyang", and the effect of this acupoint was to tonify the kidney, which had the effect of significantly improving kidney function.
"The human kidneys contain Yuan Yin and Yuan Yang, which are the foundation of growth and development, and the five internal organs and six internal organs, the limbs and all the bones are rooted in the kidneys, and the diseases of the kidneys are all born" "Acupuncture A and B Jing" said that the acupoint "is in the depression of the superior calcaneal artery of the medial malleolus", that is, on the inside of the foot, behind the medial malleolus, when the depression between the tip of the medial malleolus and the Achilles tendon.
When taking the Taixi acupoint, you can take a sitting position, relax the muscles of the whole body, withdraw the socks to expose the heel, and press repeatedly and carefully between the inner ankle and the Achilles tendon with the thumb of the hand to find the place where the soreness, pain, and swelling are most obvious and are sunken, which is the exact location of this acupoint. You can also use the thumb of the opposite hand to knead, you can also use a massage stick or a smooth wooden stick to knead, pay attention to the strength to be gentle, to feel sore, not too strong so as not to hurt the skin.
Because Taixi acupoint is the original acupoint of the kidney meridian, it is good at nourishing yin and nourishing the kidney, and regulating the three focal points, which can be used to treat the disease of yin deficiency. There are no obvious contraindications in the literature and clinical practice.
Too chong acupoint, too much, is called big. Rush, the form of the rush also. It is one of the important acupoints on the human body's foot and yin and liver meridians, the acupoints have the function of removing liver fire, eliminating fire, soothing the liver and relieving depression, and is one of the best acupuncture points in the human body to regulate emotions, which can effectively relieve mental pressure, because the liver belongs to wood, aquatic wood, wood makes fire, the kidney and the heart belong to water and fire, the liver is between the heart and kidney, the heart and kidney are communicated, and between water and fire, adjust yin and yang.
The liver belongs to wood, wood produces wind, the liver fire is large, the wind is generated, the liver wind is moving, the heart fire is blown vigorously, the heart fire is vigorous, the kidney water can not make fire, which leads to the monarch's restlessness, the five organs are restless, the kidney water is depleted, and the whole body is not nourished. The root cause of the internal movement of the liver wind lies in the anger of the person, and rubbing the Taichong acupoint has the effect of removing the liver fire and extinguishing the fire, soothing the liver and relieving depression.
When kneading the acupoint, you can use a sitting position, Taichong is located on the dorsal side of the foot, in the connection of the metatarsal bones of the first and second toes. Move your fingers upward along the gap between the hallux and second toe until you can feel the artery reflecting the hand, which is this acupoint. When kneading, you can use your thumb to press the Taichong acupoint from the instep to the direction of the two toe gap acupoints, twice a day, each time pushing 100 times the best effect, but pay attention to the moderate strength, not to hurt the skin.
In addition, people suffering from menopause must regulate their emotions and maintain an optimistic attitude, if the mood is not good for a long time, people will be depressed and cause liver depression, liver depression will cause qi stagnation, qi stagnation will not flow smoothly and qi depression will turn into fire, and if the fire is big, it will hurt yin and aggravate liver and kidney yin deficiency. Therefore, it is very important to maintain an optimistic mood in order to delay or successfully pass menopause.