When blood is abundant, the beard grows long; when blood is scarce and qi is excessive, the beard grows short; when both blood and qi are deficient, there is no beard. Therefore, when phenomena such as beard loss occur, it indicates that there are health problems in your body. Here's how to determine it:
How to Determine Health from a Man's Beard
1. Excessive Beard Growth, Excessive Testosterone
When there is excessive secretion of testosterone in the body, such as in adrenal tumors, the beard will grow excessively due to the stimulation of excessive testosterone. Another situation is when excessive testosterone or testosterone products are taken, causing an excess of testosterone in the body, which will also result in excessive beard growth.
2. Beard Loss, Decline in Sexual Function
Modern medicine uses the beard to help diagnose diseases: if a man's beard becomes sparse or completely falls out, it is likely a manifestation of reduced sexual function. There is a type of disease in medicine that affects sexual function by affecting hormone secretion in the body.
3. Coarse Beard Texture, Stable Sexual Function
The growth of the beard has its natural laws. The beard usually starts to grow during puberty and is relatively soft. After puberty, men's beards generally grow faster than their hair, which is due to the action of male hormones. During adulthood, the color and texture of the beard usually become similar to the hair, and at this time, sexual function tends to stabilize.
4. Shaving Doesn't Need to Be Too Clean
Many men have a misconception that the cleaner the beard is shaved, the better. However, this behavior actually causes "razor bumps" because only very short hair can grow back into the skin. The cleaner the beard is shaved, the easier it is for those very short hairs to grow into the skin, causing unbearable pain.
How to Determine Men's Health from These Aspects
1. Red Nose
According to traditional Chinese medicine, the tip of the nose is related to the heart. If a man's tip of the nose often turns red or purple, and there is also high blood pressure, then you should pay attention to whether there has been recent discomfort in the heart.
2. Red Ears
Some men often have hot and red ears in the afternoon. Some people say this is a normal physiological phenomenon, but traditional Chinese medicine does not think so. Red ears may be caused by poor circulation. In this case, men should drink less alcohol and exercise more to restore normal circulation.
3. Dark Circles
Regardless of gender, dark circles appear when sleep is insufficient. However, if your sleep quality is good, but the dark circles still don't go away, traditional Chinese medicine believes that it may be due to heavy burden on the kidneys, causing the dark circles to worsen. At this time, you should pay attention to eating some kidney-tonifying foods.
Yang-Enhancing and Kidney-Tonifying Diet Porridge
1. Walnut Porridge
Ingredients: 50g walnuts, 100g rice, 100g white sugar, 1kg water.
Method: First, shell the walnuts and cut them into small pieces. Then, put the washed rice into a pot and cook until it becomes a paste. Finally, add the walnut pieces and rock sugar.
Efficacy: Tonifies qi, nourishes yin, moisturizes dryness, and eliminates phlegm.
2. Chinese Wolfberry, Jujube, and Cornmeal Porridge
Ingredients: 100g cornmeal, 10 jujubes, 15g Chinese wolfberries.
Method: First, rinse the Chinese wolfberries and jujubes with clean water. Then, put an appropriate amount of water in a pot and bring it to a boil. After that, add the cornmeal and cook over low heat for about half an hour. When it is cooked and soft, add the jujubes and Chinese wolfberries and continue to simmer until fully cooked. Then, it can be consumed.
Efficacy: Nourishes blood, calms the mind, nourishes the liver, and lowers blood sugar.
