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Have you ever seriously thought about what kind of constitution you have?

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The document outlines nine common body constitutions based on individual physiological and pathological characteristics: 1. **Balanced Constitution**: Good health, normal energy, and sleep. Recommendation: Maintain healthy habits and balanced diet. 2. **Qi Deficiency**: Symptoms include fatigue and susceptibility to colds. Recommendation: Consume Qi-boosting foods like ginseng and avoid overexertion. 3. **Yang Deficiency**: Symptoms include cold intolerance and fatigue. Recommendation: Eat warming foods like lamb and engage in warming exercises. 4. **Yin Deficiency**: Symptoms include dryness and heat sensations. Recommendation: Eat cooling and moistening foods like lily and avoid late nights. 5. **Phlegm-Damp Constitution**: Symptoms include obesity and sluggishness. Recommendation: Eat light foods and exercise to manage weight. 6. **Damp-Heat Constitution**: Symptoms include oily skin and fatigue. Recommendation: Eat cooling foods and avoid spicy, greasy foods. 7. **Blood Stasis Constitution**: Symptoms include dark complexion and rough skin. Recommendation: Consume blood-activating foods and engage in aerobic exercise. 8. **Qi Stagnation Constitution**: Symptoms include low mood and insomnia. Recommendation: Maintain a positive mood and eat foods that relieve stress. 9. **Special Constitution**: Allergic tendencies. Recommendation: Avoid allergens and maintain a light diet. Overall, the document emphasizes the importance of dietary choices and lifestyle adjustments tailored to each constitution for better health.

Have you seriously thought about what kind of constitution you have?#

Based on each person's physiological characteristics, pathological tendencies, morphological structures, and functional performances, they can be divided into the following common constitutions.

1. Balanced Constitution#

  • Characteristics: Good physical function, harmonious yin, yang, qi, and blood, manifested as moderate body shape, rosy complexion, abundant energy, good sleep, and normal bowel and bladder functions.
  • Health Advice: Maintain good living habits, exercise appropriately, and have a balanced diet.

2. Qi Deficiency Constitution#

  • Characteristics: Insufficient qi, manifested as fatigue, easy exhaustion, shortness of breath, reluctance to speak, prone to colds, spontaneous sweating, pale or sallow complexion.
  • Health Advice: Choose foods that have qi-replenishing effects, such as astragalus, ginseng, and yam; avoid excessive fatigue.

3. Yang Deficiency Constitution#

  • Characteristics: Insufficient yang energy, manifested as sensitivity to cold, cold hands and feet, pale complexion, lack of energy, loose stools, and clear, prolonged urination.
  • Health Advice: Eat more warming foods, such as lamb, ginger, and longan; avoid cold and cool foods, and engage in warming exercises, such as moxibustion.

4. Yin Deficiency Constitution#

  • Characteristics: Insufficient yin fluids, manifested as heat in the palms and soles, dry mouth and throat, five hearts feeling hot, night sweats, dry stools, and a red tongue with little coating.
  • Health Advice: Eat light foods, and consume more yin-nourishing and moistening foods, such as lily, white fungus, and goji berries; avoid staying up late and excessive fatigue.

5. Phlegm-Damp Constitution#

  • Characteristics: Excessive phlegm and dampness in the body, manifested as obesity, fullness in the abdomen, oily skin on the face, heavy limbs, easy drowsiness, and a white, greasy tongue coating.
  • Health Advice: Eat light foods, avoid rich and greasy foods, and consume more foods that strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness, such as job's tears and winter melon; exercise appropriately to control weight.

6. Damp-Heat Constitution#

  • Characteristics: Internal damp-heat, manifested as oily skin on the face, bitter taste and bad breath, heavy body and drowsiness, sticky and unsatisfactory stools, short and red urination, and a yellow, greasy tongue coating.
  • Health Advice: Eat light foods, consume more heat-clearing and damp-eliminating foods, such as mung beans and bitter melon; avoid spicy and greasy foods, and exercise appropriately.

7. Blood Stasis Constitution#

  • Characteristics: Poor blood circulation, manifested as a dull complexion, rough skin, easy bruising, and a purple or dark tongue with spots.
  • Health Advice: Eat more foods that invigorate blood circulation and dispel stasis, such as hawthorn and peach kernels; engage in aerobic exercise to promote blood circulation.

8. Qi Stagnation Constitution#

  • Characteristics: Qi stagnation, manifested as low mood, emotional sensitivity, easy insomnia, pain in the sides, and a thin white tongue coating.
  • Health Advice: Maintain a cheerful mood, engage in outdoor activities, and eat more foods that soothe the liver and relieve stagnation, such as rose and Buddha's hand.

9. Special Constitution#

  • Characteristics: Having special endowments, manifested as an allergic constitution, easily allergic to certain substances.
  • Health Advice: Avoid contact with allergens, eat light foods, and strengthen the constitution.

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