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Deficiency of essence and qi

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Essence is stored in the kidney. "The kidney is the congenital base of life." If renal essence is deficient, life will age prematurely. The deficiency of essence and qi originates mainly from congenital insufficiency, excessive sexual life, exhaustion of diseases, physical overstrain, etc.

Ageing

Ageing is the natural law of normal human vital activities. Reasonable health preservation measures may delay the occurrence of physiological ageing, block the progress of pathological ageing so as to prolong human life span. Premature ageing mainly includes the following causes.

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Malnutrition

Malnutrition

The diet is the source for the human body to obtain nutrients. Malnutrition includes the two aspects of insuffi¬cient ingestion and malabsorption. Insufficient ingestion is seldom seen in...
Impairment of the five zang organsImpairment of the five zang organs

Impairment of the five zang organsImpairment of the five zang organs

The heart stores spirit and controls blood circulation. It is the dominator of vital activities. If the heart suffers from diseases, it will affect blood circulation and mental functions,...
Excessive emotional stimuli

Excessive emotional stimuli

If persistent emotional stimuli or sudden violent psy¬chic trauma occur beyond the range of adjustment of phy¬siological activities of the human body, it will cause disor¬ders of qi and...
Maladjustment of work and rest

Maladjustment of work and rest

Overstrain and overrest are both harmful to health. The so-called overstrain refers to not only excessive and heavy mental labor and physical labor, but also abnormal life style such as frequent...
Heredity

Heredity

Ageing is closely related to heredity. Good heredity results in strong physique full of vigor and insusceptibility to ageing. Conversely, poor heredity brings on wan and sallow complexion and...
Social environment

Social environment

Dramatic changes in social position may bring about mental and physical impairment to people. Thus, prema¬ture ageing will appear. Besides, rich life is replaced by poverty or respectable...
Natural surroundings

Natural surroundings

Residents in mountainous areas with cold climate pos¬sess relatively long life; dwellers have relatively short life in flatlands and low-lying lands as well as in the south with high...