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Chinese MedicinequalityThe "Classification and Judgment Standards" divides human body constitution intoPeaceful、Qi deficiency、Yang deficiencyquality,Yin deficiencyquality,Phlegm-damp constitution、Moisture and heat、Blood Stasis、Qi stagnationquality,Special qualitiesNine types. Constitution is generally inherited.backAfter being conditioned,TCM constitutionThere are different categories, which one do you belong to?

Yang deficiency constitution

What does Yang deficiency constitution mean?

When the functions of the body's internal organs are impaired, it is easy to exhibit symptoms of insufficient yang energy and internal cold caused by yang deficiency.
Commonly manifests as pale complexion, weak breathing, fatigue with a desire to lie down, fear of cold with cold limbs, general weakness, or swelling of the limbs.

How does Yang deficiency constitution come about?

Insufficient innate talent
External invasion of cold and dampness
Excessive consumption of cold foods
Worrying too much
Long-term illness, excessive sexual intercourse, etc.

What are the physical symptoms?

White and fat body
Pale complexion
Limb edema
Fear of cold
Fatigue in the limbs
Clear and long urine
Loose stools
Lip and mouth
Frequent spontaneous sweating
Cold pain in the back

What should I do if I want to improve it?

Four dietary principles:

Eat less or avoid raw, cold, and frozen foods: such foods are clearly cold in nature and can easily damage yang energy. It is best to consume them with warm foods.
To reduce salt intake: those with yang deficiency who consume too much salt are prone to obesity, swelling, hypertension, and difficulty urinating.
Eat more foods with a warm nature: foods with a warm nature can tonify kidney yang and alleviate symptoms of yang deficiency.
Choose the appropriate cooking method: when eating cold-natured foods, methods such as braising, steaming, boiling, and stewing should be selected to reduce the cold nature.

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Qi deficiency constitution

What does Qi deficiency constitution mean?

When the functions of the body's internal organs are impaired and the generation of qi is insufficient, symptoms of qi deficiency are likely to appear.
Often manifests as a low voice, thin or slightly overweight body, pale complexion, shortness of breath, reluctance to speak, lack of energy, physical fatigue, frequent spontaneous sweating, which worsens with movement.

How does Qi deficiency constitution come about?

Insufficient innate talent
Staying up late is stressful
Heavy manual laborers
Long-term or prolonged bed rest
Long-term dieting or eating foods that damage Qi
Serious illness and prolonged illness have damaged one's vitality

What are the physical symptoms?

Being thin or overweight
Fatigue
Pale complexion
Low voice
Frequent spontaneous sweating
Shortness of breath and laziness
Cough and wheezing
Palpitations and loss of appetite

What should I do if I want to improve it?

Mental adjustment:

Overthinking and emotional distress

It may be due to work demands, exhausting all efforts, or it could be getting stuck on a problem, overthinking and becoming more and more distressed, eventually getting trapped and unable to get out.
Self-soothing: Engage in more exercise, singing, and dancing to increase lung capacity and make oneself more energetic.
Contribute to society: Shift attention away from yourself by volunteering or doing charity work to enrich yourself through giving.
Cultivate emotions: channel feelings into hobbies, making friends, and other positive activities to improve self-cultivation.

Irritability, anger, liver qi stagnation

Anger and sulking easily harm the liver; the liver (wood element) overcomes the spleen (earth element). When the liver is injured, it in turn harms the spleen, thereby worsening qi deficiency.
Reasonable planning: Arrange work reasonably, leave some room, so that work is orderly and not rushed or stressed.
Cultivate oneself and nurture one's character: Take things more lightly, be more tolerant, and should not excessively criticize others.
Relaxing exercise: harmonize the body and mind and calm the mind.

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Peaceful constitution

What does a peaceful constitution mean?

Good innate endowment and proper nurturing
Moderate posture, rosy complexion, energetic, strong and healthy organ functions
A model of harmonious life

How to develop a peaceful physique?

Parents are good at health preservation; returning to simplicity, they have cultivated your good living habits and character mindset since childhood.
Maintained good living habits, healthy diet, and regular daily routine
Eat and dress in accordance with natural characteristics
Almost never stay up late
Know how to be content, reflect on yourself before you feel upset, and don’t complain
Moderate exercise

What are the physical symptoms?

Moisturized complexion
Thick and shiny hair
Eyes full of energy
Bright nose color
Good sense of smell
Red lips
Well-proportioned and strong
Full of energy
Tolerance to cold and heat
Sleep well
Good appetite
Normal bowel movements

What should I do if I want to keep it?

Dietary principles:

Avoid eating raw and cold foods, eat more warm foods: try not to drink cold beverages, and food just taken out of the refrigerator should be brought to room temperature before eating.
A balance of five flavors, a mix of meat and vegetables, mainly choosing local and seasonal produce.

Avoid the cold and seek warmth:

Keep the air conditioner at a distance, especially when sweating. Soak your feet in warm water every night when you have time.

Maintain regular moderate exercise:

30E45 minutes of moderate exercise daily, avoiding heavy sweating and prolonged exercise.

Don’t stay up late:

23Going to bed before 12:00 is the bottom line. Midnight is the best time to nourish yang.

Yin deficiency constitution

Yin deficiency constitution, what does it mean?

When the functions of the internal organs are impaired, it is easy for the body to have insufficient yin fluids, leading to yin deficiency and internal heat syndrome.
Often manifests as emaciation, flushed cheeks, heat in the palms and soles, hot flashes and night sweats, irritability and easy anger, dry mouth, dry hair and skin, dry red tongue

How does Yin deficiency constitution come about?

Insufficient innate talent
Often stay up late
Emotional depression can easily lead to stagnation and heat, which can deplete Yin essence.
Spicy foods such as peppers, ginger, garlic, etc. can help to generate internal heat
Long-term medication such as diuretics
Excessive worry

What are the physical symptoms?

Thin body
Flushing
Dry mouth and throat
Feeling irritated
Hot palms and soles
Dry stool
Yellow urine
Duoxi Cold Drink

What should I do if I want to improve it?

Mental adjustment:

Maintain a cheerful mood: A cheerful mood can soothe liver qi, promote hematopoiesis, and enhance immunity.
Develop good living habits: balance work and rest, avoid staying up late, maintain a regular schedule, and practice moderation in intimate relations.
In daily work, avoid arguing with others over non-principal issues to reduce anger.

It is not advisable to do sports that wear out joints for a long time:

Those with yin deficiency tend to lack the yin fluids that lubricate the joints earlier, resulting in joint stiffness.
After middle age, it is not advisable to engage in activities that wear down the joints, especially the knee joints, such as going up and down stairs, mountain climbing, running, etc.

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Phlegm-damp constitution

Phlegm-damp constitution, what does it mean?

When the functions of the body's internal organs are imbalanced, it easily leads to disorders in the transportation and transformation of qi, blood, and body fluids, causing water and dampness to accumulate, which condenses into phlegm and results in internal retention of phlegm-dampness.
Often manifests as obesity, abdominal fullness, chest tightness, excessive phlegm, easy drowsiness, heaviness and discomfort in the body, and a preference for rich, sweet foods and mellow wine.

How does phlegm-dampness constitution come about?

Insufficient innate talent
Cold and damp weather, wading in the rain, living in wetlands for a long time
Improper diet, excessive consumption of fatty, sweet, alcoholic and rich foods
Old age and chronic illness
Lack of exercise, long-term sitting and lying

What are the physical symptoms?

Obesity
Belly fat
Chest tightness
Excessive phlegm
Feeling sleepy easily
Unwell
Likes to eat fatty and sweet food

What should I do if I want to improve it?

Health principles:

Strengthen the spleen: pay attention to controlling diet, eat more light foods, avoid heavy, cold, and damp foods, and enhance the spleen's ability to transport and transform fluids.
Remove dampness: change bad habits, avoid living in damp environments, do more outdoor exercise, wear loose clothing

Environmental Adjustment:

Not suitable to live in a damp environment; during the rainy season, be aware of the invasion of dampness.

Three ways to promote sweating:

Those with phlegm-dampness constitution must find ways to promote sweating, as sweating will help expel some of the phlegm-dampness from the body, thereby promoting quality improvement. Generally speaking, there are three methods to promote sweating, which those with phlegm-dampness might try.

Exercise more, exercise until sweating: each time exercise until the whole body is slightly sweaty and the face is flushed. Or take a hot shower or drink hot water before exercising.
Keep taking hot baths, preferably soaking in hot water or steaming in a sauna, until your whole body is slightly red to open the pores, which helps to dissipate dampness more effectively.
Eat less frozen and cold food: Especially on hot days, you should eat less frozen food, as these foods promote pore tightening and are not conducive to the dispersion of dampness.

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Damp-heat constitution

What does damp-heat constitution mean?

The so-called dampness refers to what is commonly called water dampness, which is divided into external dampness and internal dampness. External dampness is caused by humid climate, exposure to water or rain, or damp living environments, leading to the invasion of external water dampness into the body; internal dampness is a pathological product often related to digestive function. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen has the function of "transporting and transforming water dampness." If the body is weak, digestion is poor, or there is excessive drinking and eating, especially consuming too much greasy or sweet food, the spleen cannot properly transport and transform, causing "water dampness to stagnate internally." Moreover, people with spleen deficiency are also prone to invasion by external dampness. External dampness often obstructs the spleen and stomach, causing dampness to arise internally, so the two are both independent and interconnected.
The so-called heat is a kind of heat phenomenon. The heat in damp-heat exists simultaneously with dampness, either because the summer and autumn seasons are hot and humid, causing dampness and heat to combine and invade the body, or because dampness lingers and transforms into heat, or because a "yang heat constitution" causes dampness to "transform into heat from yang." Therefore, the coexistence of dampness and heat is very common.

How does a damp-heat constitution come about?

Innate talent
Addicted to smoking, drinking, and staying up late
Living in a hot and humid environment for a long time
Improper nourishment

What are the physical symptoms?

Oily face
Acne and pimples
Frequent dry mouth and bitter taste
Red eyes
Feeling restless, drowsy, heavy and tired
Red and short urine
Dry or sticky stools
Men often have scrotal moisture
Women often have increased vaginal discharge and yellow color

What should I do if I want to improve it?

Four dietary principles:

Eat less sweets or spicy foods
Quit smoking and drinking, as both will increase dampness and heat
Eat less nourishing food and medicine, as excessive nourishment will aggravate dampness and heat
Eat less fried, grilled, smoked, and pickled foods

Environmental Adjustment:

People with damp-heat constitution should pay special attention to adjusting their lifestyle habits, avoid damp-heat, and stretch their joints. Maintain a good mood mentally, and avoid sadness or anger.

Avoid warm and humid environments: You should try to avoid living or working for long periods in hot and humid conditions, and can use air conditioning appropriately.
Wear dry, loose clothing: natural fabrics should be worn
Avoid staying up late to ensure sleep: Those who stay up late often have a thick yellow tongue coating, indicating damp heat. You should ensure 7-8 hours of high-quality sleep every day.
Exercise more to increase flexibility: Do more stretching exercises for muscles and joints to improve body flexibility, which helps liver and gallbladder function and relieves tension and anxiety.

Mental adjustment:

Deep breathing: Practice deep breathing, using your belly
Relaxing exercise: Tai Chi, yoga, Qigong, etc.
Listen to light music: listen to smooth and soothing music to maintain a calm mindset

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Qi stagnation constitution

What does Qi Yu constitution mean?

A constitutional state formed due to long-term emotional distress and stagnation of qi flow, characterized mainly by an introverted and unstable personality, melancholy and fragility, and sensitivity and suspicion.
Sensitive, melancholic, often sighing, even demanding perfection to the point of harshness.
I am used to keeping my emotions inside and appearing calm on the surface.

How does Qi Yu constitution come about?

Insufficient innate talent
Young people suffered
High work pressure
Long-term unsatisfied desires

What are the physical symptoms?

Feeling depressed and down
Mental tension and anxiety
Sighing for no reason
Feeling like there is something stuck in the throat and unable to swallow or spit out
Chest pain
Frequent abdominal distension, bowel sounds, dry stools, and uncomfortable diarrhea

What should I do if I want to improve it?

Environmental Adjustment:

Do some activities to stretch your body and mind: you can listen to some cheerful and uplifting music
Travel more and open your body and mind to the mountains, rivers and nature
Keep the room bright and let in sunlight
Do more charity activities and feel good when helping others
Exercise and fitness, practice yoga: regularly engage in fitness activities, and you can also learn dancing, yoga, and the like. Some yoga poses can stretch the liver and gallbladder meridians, which helps promote the smooth flow of liver and gallbladder functions and qi circulation.

Mental adjustment:

Qi stagnation constitution is closely related to blood stasis constitution and is often the initial stage of blood stasis constitution, so it is relatively easier to adjust. An important health preservation method is mental health care.

Calm and composed: A poor mindset is the direct cause of qi stagnation and depression. Therefore, to fundamentally reverse the qi stagnation constitution, the first step is to remain calm and composed, maintaining a good mindset.
Learn to vent: People with qi stagnation constitution fear excessive accumulation of depression; they should learn to vent in order to feel relaxed and come out of depression.
Maintain a "blunt" mindset: it might help to take some things less seriously and not place too much importance on them. You can read some motivational books to stay calm and composed.
Overcome some bad desires: be content and happy, know when to stop, suppress your bad desires, participate in some public welfare activities, and care more about others.

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Blood stasis constitution

What does blood stasis constitution mean?

When the functions of the internal organs are impaired, it is easy for the blood circulation within the body to become obstructed or for internal bleeding to fail to dissipate, resulting in a constitution characterized by blood stasis and internal obstruction.
Often presents with a dull complexion, rough brownish skin, pigmentation, or purpura, and pale lips.

How does blood stasis constitution come about?

The formation of blood stasis and qi stagnation constitution is partly due to congenital inheritance, but more often it is caused by poor personality and emotions after birth, leading to liver qi stagnation. The specific reasons can be seen in the following analysis.

Long-term depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder
Long-term medication increases the burden on the liver
History of severe trauma
Long-term chronic diseases that cannot be cured
Cold working and living environment

What are the physical symptoms?

Dark purple lips
Pain (like a stabbing pain, fixed pain)
Dark complexion
Brown spots easily appear
Limbs bruise easily, and dark spots tend to remain after acne or mosquito bites.
Easy to forget things (forgetfulness)

What should I do if I want to improve it?

Mental adjustment:

Maintaining a healthy mindset is very important for those with blood stasis constitution. Most people with blood stasis have a depressed mood and lack inner brightness. If the mindset is always poor, then taking more medicine is in vain.

Parents should pay attention to the education of their children: during the development process, children like to imitate the most. At this time, parents should strengthen psychological guidance for their children, helping them develop cheerful, optimistic, and calm personalities, as well as careful and thoughtful ways of thinking.
Children should pay attention to comforting and guiding the elderly: the elderly may experience psychological troubles such as loneliness, depression, extremism, and suspicion. Children should spend more time with them, provide timely comfort and guidance, helping them maintain a cheerful and open-minded attitude.
One should cultivate some hobbies: if interests are broad, one's energy is less likely to become stagnant or get stuck in a rut. At the same time, combining this with exercises that relax liver energy and promote circulation yields even better results.
Make more friends with cheerful personalities: Education is the entire process of preparing the new generation to engage in social life, and it is also a key link for the inheritance and development of human social production experience.

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Special constitution

What does special constitution mean?

Allergic constitution
The body has a specific reaction to certain substances, causing you to be unable to resist continuous sneezing, asthma, skin swelling, hives, etc.
With the development of urbanization, allergies have become a trendy issue for city dwellers.

How does a special constitution come about?

Insufficient innate talent
Genetic factors
Long-term excessive exposure to chemicals or radiation
Long-term exposure to poor hygiene conditions
Long-term weakened immune system

What are the physical symptoms?

Prone to allergies (to drugs, food, metals, latex, odors, pollen, or during climate changes)
Skin prone to rashes
Unexplained sneezing, stuffy nose, runny nose

What should I do if I want to improve it?

Dietary principles:

Due to the excessive daily intake of protein-rich foods by modern people, this dietary structure is very unfavorable for individuals with special constitutions. Therefore, those with special constitutions should reasonably balance their dietary structure, ensuring that their diet is light and balanced, with an appropriate mix of coarse and fine foods, and a reasonable combination of meat and vegetables.
Individuals with special constitutions should eat more foods that boost qi and strengthen the body's surface. It is best to regularly consume brown rice, vegetables, and honey, as they not only provide high-quality red blood cells but also do not risk foreign proteins entering the bloodstream, thereby effectively preventing allergic symptoms.
Some individuals with special constitutions are allergic to food additives, such as colorants, antioxidants, preservatives, etc. Patients allergic to foods containing additives like candied fruits should eat less to avoid triggering asthma. People with easily allergic special constitutions should avoid or minimize consumption of processed foods to prevent unexpected allergic reactions.

Environmental Adjustment:

Seven common allergens in daily life:

Dust mites: Dust mite rhinitis and asthma. The excrement of dust mites breaks down into extremely fine dust particles that adhere to bed sheets, pillows, carpets, or curtains. Once inhaled into the nasal cavity and lungs, they can easily cause rhinitis and asthma. This type of allergen is often overlooked in daily life, so people with special constitutions should pay extra attention.
Ozone gas: When ventilation is poor, odorless and tasteless ozone gas emitted by electrical appliances such as computers, fax machines, and televisions can irritate the eyes and respiratory mucosa, causing allergies, eye swelling, and throat discomfort. An increasing number of people in modern offices develop hypersensitivity.
Food: Certain special components in food can easily cause symptoms such as skin redness and itching, swelling of the lips and tongue, nausea, and diarrhea.
Pets: If pets suffering from cough, asthma, or rhinitis have fur or dander that gets into the throat of an allergic person, it can cause mucosal allergies; when the pet's saliva dries, potential allergens are also released.
Formaldehyde: Formaldehyde has disinfectant, preservative, and astringent properties. It is widely used in wooden furniture, flooring, and detergents, and even small amounts are added to textiles and clothing. Formaldehyde can easily cause allergies, leading to symptoms such as skin itching, coughing, nasal congestion, and dizziness. Especially in newly renovated rooms, from paint and furniture to flooring and decorations, a large amount of formaldehyde is released, posing a threat to people's health.
Pollen, willow catkins, grass seeds: Pollen, willow catkins, grass seeds, and the like penetrate everywhere. Once they come into contact with the nasal cavity lining or the throat lining, they stimulate the mucous membranes causing allergies, which leads to symptoms such as sneezing, runny nose, watery eyes, and chest tightness. This is an important reason why the incidence of allergies is relatively high in spring.
Drugs: Certain special ingredients in drugs can easily cause allergies, leading to rashes, sometimes accompanied by low fever, nausea, vomiting, and even shock.

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