China's art of sexual health preservation has a long history, which was produced as early as the Zhou and Qin Dynasties. The most representative point of view at that time was put forward by Laozi. He believes that lust for sexual desire will lead to disaster, and sexual desire consumes essence, which means that essence and yin are hard to disappear, and people will grow old when they grow up. Concentration, peace and no desire are the only ways to keep fit. The viewpoint put forward by Laozi was accepted by later generations, forming a comprehensive management view of abstinence and refinement. For example, in the book Fang Traditional Chinese Medicine unearthed by Mawangdui, the author pointed out under the pretext of smooth passage: "If you want to make the penis tough, you must slow down sexual intercourse and control your sexual life, and you must make the number of sexual intercourse rare, so you should not do it rashly."

"Huang Ting Neijing" said: "The sperm room should not be put in a hurry, but should be closed for a long time." "Life is urgent in the cautious room, so you must give up your lust and donate." It is said that the following two poems were written by Lv Chunyang: "On the 28th, a beautiful woman was crisp, with a sword around her waist, trying to kill a foolish man."

These ideas, we now sound like nonsense.

It is worth noting that the ancients advocated abstinence and sperm preservation, although unscientific, but did not advocate complete abstinence; Some people in later generations are completely opposed to health preservation and sexual desire. For example, as we mentioned just now, abstinence for practicing Qigong is completely extreme.

If you have a chance to look at the relevant medical history, you will find that since the Han and Wei Dynasties, the art of sexual health preservation has flourished rapidly, and the view on sexual intercourse has completely changed, from abstinence to abstinence. What we belong to here is that on the one hand, we don't ejaculate during sexual intercourse, on the other hand, we try to increase the number of sexual intercourse and change sexual partners frequently.

According to historical records, Cao Cao learned from Shi Gan, Zuo Ci and others, and conquered 70 women in one night. According to the magician in the palace, to master the way of closing the essence, the more royal women, the better. Sun Simiao said in Qian Jin Fang: "But those who can resist twelve women and stop venting are not old, so they are worth buying. If the imperial daughter is ninety-three women, she can be self-sufficient and live forever. " He also said: "In the past, the emperor ruled over 1200 women and ascended to heaven to become immortals."

There is a straight line between abstinence and indulgence, that is, paying attention to the role of semen, but abstinence is from passive avoidance of sexual life to sexual life without letting semen leak. For example, after Sun Simiao preached abstinence and indulgence, he advised thousands of people: "If you have less essence, you will get sick, and if you have exhausted essence, you will die. Don't think about it, and you can't care. "

It's not easy to be celibate. In order to do this, the ancients summed up many methods. For example, someone put forward the way of "gathering qi", that is, during sexual intercourse, don't move deeply, make the femininity hot, and then suck the femininity with your mouth. The key is to stop it with their will. Others put forward the technique of "picking the station", which not only picks the yin to replenish the yang, but also requires the man to fully arouse the sexual excitement of women first. "The feelings are strong and the room is slippery." Then I "clench my teeth, worry a lot, miss each other", "between intercourse, go in slowly and go out late, don't be impatient, don't let me breathe"

If only from a technical point of view, the above methods are still effective. Less exercise will reduce friction and reduce the stimulation to the penis. "Leaking the other end" will reduce or divert the excitement of the center, making it impossible for you to ejaculate or prolong ejaculation. But the theory of gas extraction or war extraction is really absurd.

According to modern medical research, both male semen and female vaginal secretions contain very limited nutrients. It is obviously unreasonable to say that the method of sealing semen is to strengthen the body, or even to practice Taoism.