Abstinence After Overeating
Abstinence After Overeating
After a full meal, blood concentrates in the digestive system and should be allowed to rest appropriately to aid digestion and absorption. Engaging in sexual activity immediately after overeating not only disrupts gastrointestinal digestion but may also harm the health of future offspring. The "Jade Chamber Secrets" warns: "After eating, when food qi has not yet moved, engaging in sexual union causes abdominal distension, cloudy urine, and if conceived under such conditions, the child may develop epilepsy or madness."
After eating, blood gathers in the gastrointestinal tract, and the brain focuses on directing digestive fluid secretion. At this time, sexual activity involves whole-body tension and mental distraction, inevitably disrupting digestive function and easily causing gastrointestinal disorders. As for the claim that children conceived after overeating may become epileptic or mad, this refers to how the parents’ own illness from overeating and subsequent sexual activity may affect the next generation’s health. Though exaggerated, it is still worth heeding.