Those who still believe in this statement neither understand modern science nor misread traditional Chinese medicine.
First, compare the composition of semen and blood.
The main components of semen are prostatic fluid, seminal vesicle gland fluid, epididymal fluid, vas deferens ampullary fluid and other secretions, which account for 95% of the total semen. Sperm that really plays a role in making small people only accounts for about 5% of the total semen.
Blood is composed of plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells and other blood cells. Plasma contains various proteins and inorganic ions with complex components.
Let’s look at the sources of the two.
Semen is produced by testis. It is excreted through vas deferens, ejaculatory ducts, urethra and other structures. The whole process of its production, transportation and excretion outside the body is completely isolated from blood circulation.
The blood is mainly produced by bone marrow and then enters large and small blood vessels to circulate throughout the body.
Finally, look at the purpose.
The purpose of semen is single and clear-to carry on the family and continue the species.
The purpose of blood can be simply summed up as transportation. Deliver oxygen, nutrients, hormones, etc., and then transport out metabolic wastes generated by organs.
In terms of composition, source and function, semen and blood are two completely different body fluids, which cannot be transformed into each other, and there is no such change ratio as [1: 10].
Some people say that this is a traditional Chinese medical theory and cannot be explained by modern medicine.
Not really.
In the orthodox Chinese medicine classics, there is no saying that “one drop of essence equals ten drops of blood”.
Traditional Chinese medicine does have the theory that essence can transform blood, and there is a record that essence is the foundation of life. The theory of essence and qi is an important part of the theory of traditional Chinese medicine and is an explanation of medicine by the ancients with simple philosophy.
However, [sperm] here does not refer to semen or sperm, but to the virtual finger of [vigor and vitality].
To attribute this folk rumor to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine is also a misunderstanding of traditional Chinese medicine.
Why can the unreliable statement that [one drop of essence equals ten drops of blood] spread for so long and so widely? If we jump out of the scope of medicine, we may be able to understand it better.
Jia Rui felt sweaty and had left a pool of essence underneath. In the end, he turned over the front of the (mirror) and saw Xifeng waving to him. He went in again: so three or four times… at the end of the mirror fell down and did not move. When the crowd came up to see it, they had already swallowed their anger and left a large pool of essence under the body cold and wet.