Anti-aging Effect of Qigong and Sex |
Hormones in Male and Female Patients |
Edited by: Joe Hing kwok Chu
Both males and females produce testosterone.
Men produce testosterone in the testes and
adrenal glands and women produce testosterone
in ovaries and adrenal glands.
The average male has 260 to 1,000 nanograms of
testosterone per 100 c.c. of blood plasma and the
average woman has 15 to 70 nanograms of
testosterone per 100 c.c. of blood plasma.
The sex drive of men depends on the level of
testosterone and the the number of receptors
they have in the body. Men with low testosterone
can still have a normal sex drive if they have larger
amount of receptors.
Usually the level of testosterone fluctuates during
the day. In normal healthy men, the peak is around 8 a.m., and the low is around midnight. In men with shenyangxu condition, the curve of testosterone production can look like an inverted V.
As people age the sex hormone concentration in
blood plasma changes. In normal men after middle
age, the concentration of plasma female hormone,
estradiol (E2) tends to rise, while the levels of
plasma male hormone, testosterone (T) tend to
remain normal or slightly decrease. As men get
older the estradiol starts to remain at steady levels
and testosterone starts to drop.
Dropping of testosterone in men not only causes
loss of libido and impotence but also causes other
illnesses.
In 1976, Phillips found that of 15 middle aged
male patients, 7 had a slower growth of beard,
3 had gynecomastia , and three had decreased
libido before myocardial infarction occurred.
Four months before myocardiac infarction,
plasma E2 rises significantly while levels of T
were normal.
In 1982, researchers at the Shanghai Hypertension Clinic in China found that E2 level and or E2/T ratio increased respectively in patients with sick sinus syndrome (1981), as well as in those with Type II diabetes (1982), acute myocardial infarction (1983) and hypertension (1984). Administration of kidney tonics and Yin-yang regulating herbal medicines or practice of certain type of qigong overcame various symptoms, and decreased, to various extent, the E2 levels and E2/T ratio.
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