Sex is one of the normal physiological activities, related to the quality of life of a family, she can not be simply and rudely equated with fornication, pornography. In the traditional concept, sexual topics cannot be elegant, but Professor Ma Xiaonian, a well-known sexology expert in China, told Sohu Health that the ancients had a very formal and systematic study of sexology, and could also play a good guiding role in contemporary sex treatment.
○ Author | Zhou Yichuan
○ Source | Sohu Health
The story goes back to 1979, when Ma Xiaonian, a medical student, encountered a difficult problem when he tried to find foreign sexology monographs in the library. He retrieved book cards, but there were no books on several shelves. It was so easy to meet an old gentleman, when Ma Xiaonian asked, the old man immediately stretched his face: What are you professional?! Hearing that Ma Xiaonian was a "family planning" major, he found out the books he had hidden. In later years, medical students in other disciplines were not allowed to borrow sexology books, including monographs on sexology translated by Professor Wu Jieping.
In 1982, ma Xiaonian went to the United Kingdom for further study, and Found that there were all kinds of sexology books in British bookstores, and many of them were from China, such as the Spring Palace of various generations. At this time, Ma Xiaonian learned that the ancient Chinese were so open; in the library of Liverpool, he also saw the "Su Nü Jing", "The Secret of the Jade Room", "Xuan Nü Jing" and so on. The now recognized sexology masterpiece is the "Human Sexual Response" by American sexologists Masters and Johnson, which describes the changes of sex to blood pressure and heart rate breathing through laboratory observation of sex. In fact, our country already had this description two thousand years ago, much more detailed than they are.
Jade Room Secret Cloud:
The Yellow Emperor said, "How can you know the speed of your daughter?" Su Nu said: "There are five signs and five desires, and there are ten movements, so as to see their changes and know why." The five signs of the husband: one is red in the face, then slowly merge; the second is the milky nose sweat, then xu Xu nei; the third is dry throat saliva, then slowly shake; the fourth is yin slippery, then slowly deep; the fifth is the jiri chuan liquid, xu Xu lead it. ”
There are also descriptions of treatment for sexual dysfunction:
The Xuannu Sutra Cloud:
The Yellow Emperor said: "If you are greedy and can't afford to turn over, can you use it strongly?" The niece said, "Don't do it." The way of the husband's desire to hand over, the male passage through the four solstices, can cause the female nine qi. The Yellow Emperor said, "What is the four solstices?" Xuan Nu said: "The jade stem is not angry, and the harmony is not to the point; the anger is not great, the muscle qi is not to the point; the big is not strong, the bone is not strong; the firm is not hot, and the spirit is not to the point." The angry, the shrewd; the great, the fine; the strong, the refined; the hot, the gate of the fine. The four qi are in the way, the boot is not vain, and the essence is not leaked. ”
About the frequency of sexual activity:
The Yellow Emperor asked Su Nu, "If the Tao does not want to lose sperm, it is advisable to love liquids, that is, to desire children, how can it be written?" Su Nu said: "People are strong and weak, old and strong, each according to their strength, do not want to be strong, strong and fast is damaged." Therefore, in the fifteenth year of the male year, the rich can give again in one day, and the thin can give again every day; the twenty-yearly, the rich can give again every day, and the winner can give again every day; the thirty-year, the prosperous can give once a day, and the inferior can give one day; the book, the rich can give one day, the weak can give one day; fifty, the rich can give once every five days, and the weak can give once every ten days; sixty, the rich can give once every eleven days, and the vain can give once every twenty days; seventy, the rich can give once every thirty days, and the virtual one does not write. ”
In fact, at present, all kinds of Western-style sexual treatment methods have been passed down from China's classic works, including some Taoist fangzhong techniques, cultivation and tantra.
"At present, when the international community mentions classical sexology works, it is always said that india's "Love Sutra", and few people mention that these works in China are regrettable." Ma Xiaonian said.
Erectile dysfunction treatment drugs launched at the end of the last century have brought good news to male patients, but also brought new mustard to some patients. Ma Xiaonian said that does the drug have any side effects of heart disease? Will the drug be dependent? The price exceeding their psychological expectations is also one of the factors that avoid treatment and does not completely solve their problems.
In patients with disharmonious sex, more than half have psychological problems, including anxiety and depression. They have sexual disharmony, but they are ashamed to see a doctor. When they visit the doctor, they also try to use some words to imply the doctor, hoping that the doctor will ask "how is your sex life", but dare not take the initiative to express it.
Ten minutes in bed, ten years under the bed - so if we want to do these ten minutes well, do we also have to make more efforts to exercise and adjust in normal times? Ma Xiaonian said that sex is not only a matter between the legs, but also a matter between the ears, that is, the treatment should also start from the brain. In some mature treatment experiences abroad, when a patient is treated, the doctor will transfer him to a sex therapist for all-round treatment management, and China is also focusing on cultivating such a team of therapists.
Combined with our national conditions, more people trust the traditional Chinese medicine treatment, we can use acupuncture, massage, fire pot and other ways to cooperate with the drugs in Western medicine, supplemented by psychological counseling, from physiological functions to emotional factors to do a full range of treatment. Yoga is also one of the effective ways to improve sexual performance. Historically, yoga was a form of cultivation created for sex, and in the process of meditation and breathing energy exchange, it could help to improve the pleasure of sexuality, but today it has evolved into a movement of shaping and losing weight.
Ma Xiaonian said that it is necessary to actively popularize the concept of healthy sex to the public.
Since ancient times, we have a wealth of sexology books, but these books are difficult to find in bookstores, and major media websites are also secretive about them. Including medical schools, when talking about the "reproductive system", they will also take a sentence and not go into detail.
In the 30 years of sex education popularization, Ma Xiaonian has also experienced many setbacks in the deletion of a large number of book manuscripts, the suspension of radio and television programs, and some university presidents have bluntly said not to "instigate sex" to our students - of course, the ostrich policy can not protect the safety of college students, and the rising number of college students and the incidence of AIDS show that our sex education level is still a lot worse.
Of course, we also see that the concept of sex is constantly improving. At present, the principals of some colleges and universities actively invite experts to give lectures, saying that they must explain contraception clearly and do a good job in their psychological adjustment. The andrology treatment rate in major hospitals is rising day by day, and men with sexual distress actively seek the help of doctors; the female sexual dysfunction treatment rate is currently lower than that of men, but at present, more and more women choose to seek medical treatment - Ma Xiaonian's text on female sexual dysfunction in "Chinese Obstetrics and Gynecology", from the initial version of 10,000 words, to the later versions of 170,000 words, 200,000 words, indicating that this is becoming more and more important, in this regard, the concept of gynecologist treatment should also keep up.
We have obtained a large amount of medical and pharmaceutical knowledge from classical Chinese medical classics, which have endured for a long time, so can these ancient books of sexology also provide more ideas for contemporary sexual health and sex education? It will be very exciting...