Poor long term memory. Now, all these symptoms can be cleared up by going a macrobiotic dietary program and doing ginger compresses and, in the case of women, also the daikon bath. First I want to focus on osteoporosis, which is a condition which happens in both men and women, the condition of loss of mineral content of the bones. As related in the Nei Ching, the condition of the bones is related to the condition of the kidneys. In terms of yin and yang the bones are more yang than, for example, the soft tissues.
Minerals are more yang than say, sugar or fruits.
Now, when the condition of the blood and tissue fluids becomes more yin, this initiates a process whereby minerals are leached out of the bones because the body is always in a process of maintaining its internal balance. However, if we are always pushing the blood and tissue fluids toward a more extreme yin condition by our daily eating and drinking habits, over the long term more minerals are being leached out of the bones than are being replaced, with the excess being lost through urination and bowel movement. Thus, over the long term a chronic loss of mineral content of the bones and tendons and ligaments occurs. This is osteoporosis. The reason why osteoporosis tends to accelerate in women after menopause is due to the fact that the monthly menses a woman experiences from puberty to menopause is, among other things, a monthly flushing of excess blood out of the body.