without the addition of any curative elements. The result is often the 

 overburdening of the kidneys, and the weakening of the bladder. Fur- 

 thermore, the drinking of too much water causes indigestion, and soon- 

 er or later the health of the individual is broken. 



THE "CHANGE OF LIFE" IN MAN 



While most people are familiar with the term "Change of Life" as 

 applied to woman, few realize that man also undergoes a change of life. 



For thousands of years the Chinese people have been taught that the 

 life of both sexes is divided into periods of time, or cycles. A woman's 

 life is divided into cycles of 7 years. The first cycle is that of early 

 childhood; at the close of the second cycle, she is 14 years of age, and 

 has developed into young womanhood. When she has completed 7 

 cycles of 7 years each, the average woman has come to the change of 

 life, although she is but 49 years of age. 



With man, each cycle consists of 8 years instead of 7 years. He de- 

 velops into young manhood at the age of 16 years, after having com- 

 pleted two cycles of 8 years each. Moreover, he must complete 8 cycles 

 of 8 years' duration before he comes to the change of life, at which 

 time he is therefore 64 years of age. 



Because of this difference in the age at which men and women reach 

 the change of life, we may infer that a man who is 15 years older than 

 his wife is actually of the same age physiologically, and that though 

 younger in years, a wife who is less than 15 years younger than her 

 husband is really the elder of the two. 



During the period of their change of life, most men suffer because 

 of difficulties in the functioning of the kidneys and bladder, accompan- 

 ied by more or less dizziness of the head and pain in the back of the 

 neck, etc. This trouble may be traced to the loss of power by the kid- 

 neys, due to'the change of life in man. When, from about 55 to 65 years 

 of age, many suffering men consult their physicians regarding these ail- 

 ments, the physicians generally diagnose the trouble as swollen glands 

 or decide that it is the neck of the bladder that is causing the trouble. 

 Frequently the bladder is operated upon and left leaky as long as the 

 man lives. However, the real seat of the trouble is to be found in the 

 change of life, which has lessened the power of the kidneys, thus weak- 

 ening the circulation of the blood and the air pressure. 



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