【摘 要】 房事是正常成年人的生活必需，但男女的交合应有一定的原则，否则容易引起早衰甚至导致一系列疾病的发生。由于男女生理、心理不同以及社会因素等原因，古代医家关于男女两性房事养生原则的论述既有相同之处，又有所侧重。男女两性房事养生原则的相同点是都以“乐而有节”为基本原则，包括欲不可早、欲不可绝、欲不可纵、欲有所忌四个方面；不同点是古代文献对于男性房事养生重点强调了“欲不可纵”，对于女性则主要强调了“欲不可绝”，而“欲有所忌”中的“避会三期”对女性尤有重要意义。

    【关键词】 房事养生； 两性； 原则； 差异性

    Similarities and differences in sexual health protection principles between malesand females in ancient literature

    TIAN Shuanlei, WANG Qi

    School of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China

    【Abstract】Ancient literatures have similar and different description on female and male sexual health protection principles. The similarity is both females and males should hold the basic principle of “temperance in sexual pleasure”. Specifically speaking, it includes “no earliness in sexual life, no termination of sexual life, no indulgence in sexual life, and counter-indication of sexual life”. The difference is that ancient literature emphasizes on “no indulgence in sexual life” for males, but “no termination of sexual life” for females. It is of great significance for females to avoid sexual life in three specific periods described in the principle of “couner-indication of sexual life”. ......