Annnon

What really happens on an energetic level when a man and a woman have sex: I've read that the woman only absorbs the man's chi and that's why a man feel tired after sex. Is that true? What I knew is that what actually happens is an exchange of energy(yin and yang) between both partners, no one would "lose". Unless the man masturbates, which is 100% loss of energy. But talking about sex, what is correct to say, both exchange energy? I've also read other opinions like: If you have sex with a woman only for lust, then you will only lose jing, but if you have sex with someone you love, you will exchange that energy with your partner.

By loss of energy I mean loss of Jing, I used the wrong term there. But don't you agree that masturbation is a total loss? If not, do you think sleeping makes us lose more Jing than masturbation? Why preserving jing should be one of the final steps? I always see it as one of the first steps people talk about. Even when people don't practice qigong there's this general rule in TCM to not waste Jing - "overindulge in sexual activity", because excessive sexual activity drains our jing and in turn affets our health. What I learned was: You can still drain yourself if you engage in TOO MUCH sexual activity. But I always knew that the woman gave her yin to the man and the man gives his yang to the woman, why do you say the opposite? This is a very interesting information, I will look into it. Yes I also heard that it's the same.

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