It is true that the theory of Chinese medicine divides the human body into nine physical bodies

The Beijing news on nov 13, 2018

After the lie of "acid-base constitution" theory is debunked, some people have doubts about the theory of Yin deficiency, Yang deficiency and so on. Don't worry, in traditional Chinese medicine theory, the human body is divided into 9 kinds of constitution, this thing is true, and already passed 20 years mature development.

Believe it or not, listen to the experts.

The "physique" in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine is different from the so-called "acid-reducing physique". For example, some people's hands and feet are cold, some people's hands and feet are cold, and its state is there. Beijing first combine traditional Chinese and western medicine of doctor of vice director of hospital cure not ill center Gu Jinghui introduces, at present the academic more recognized is Beijing university of Chinese medicine professor wang's "nine points method: divides into the normal people's physique and temperament, qi deficiency, Yang deficiency, Yin quality, phlegm wet, wet and heat transfer, mass qi depression, blood stasis, great quality, and the nine. These nine bodies may also have some composite bodies.

According to the standards of classification and judgment of TCM constitutions, these 9 constitutions have the following characteristics:

Gentle temperament

Overall features: harmonious balance of Yin, Yang, qi and blood, with moderate posture, ruddy complexion and energetic, etc.

Physical features: well-built and robust.

Common manifestations: complexion, skin color, hair dense and shiny, eyes divine, nose color clear, sense of smell, mouth color red, not tired, energetic, tolerance to cold and heat, good sleep, stomach na jia, erbidian normal, tongue color pale red, moss thin white, pulse gentle and forceful.

Psychological characteristics: easy-going and cheerful.

Morbidity tendency: normal disease is less.

Adaptability to external environment: adaptability to natural environment and social environment.

Deficiency of mass

Overall characteristics: lack of energy, fatigue, shortness of breath, self-perspiration and other qi deficiency.

Physical features: loose and unreal muscles.

Common expressions: plain speech low and weak, shortness of breath and lazy speech, easy fatigue, low spirits, easy sweating, pale red tongue, teeth mark on the side of tongue, weak pulse.

Morbidity tendency: easy to catch cold, viscous prolapse and other diseases; Recovery after illness is slow.

Ability to adapt to external environment: resistant to wind, cold, heat and damp.

Yang quality

Overall features: lack of Yang qi, fear of cold, cold extremities, such as the main features of the cold.

Physical features: loose and unreal muscles.

Common manifestations: fear cold, hands and feet not warm, like hot food, depressed, thin tongue, slow pulse.

Morbidity tendency: easy to get phlegm drink, swelling, diarrhea and other diseases; The sense of evil is easily changed from cold.

Ability to adapt to the external environment: resistant to summer and winter; Susceptible to wind, cold, damp.

Yin deficiency is qualitative

Overall characteristics: less Yin and fluid deficiency, mainly characterized by the symptoms of asthenia such as mouth dryness and pharyngeal dryness and hand-foot-heart heat.

Physical features: thin body.

Common manifestations: hot hands and feet, dry mouth and pharynx, slightly dry nose, cold drinks, dry stool, red tongue, thin pulse.

Morbidity tendency: easy suffering from fatigue, impotence, insomnia and other diseases; Sense is liable to change from heat.

Adaptability to external environment: winter and summer; Does not resist heat, heat and dryness.

Phlegmy wet mass

Overall characteristics: phlegm-dampness agglomeration, the main features of phlegm-dampness are body fat, full belly, sticky mouth, and so on.

Physical features: fat body, abdominal fat full soft.

Common manifestations: facial skin is oily, sweat and sticky, chest tightness, phlegm much, mouth sticky or sweet, like to eat fatty sweet sticky, moss greasy, slippery pulse.

Morbidity tendency: easy suffering from thirst, stroke, chest arthralgia and other diseases.

Adaptability to external environment: poor adaptability to plum rain season and wet weight environment.

Hot and humid mass

Overall features: moisture and heat inside, with the surface greasy oily light, mouth bitter, yellow greasy, such as the main features.

Physical features: medium or thin.

Common manifestations: oily gloss on the face, prone to acne, dry mouth, heavy and sleepy body, sticky or dry stool, short yellow urine, dank scrotum in men, more women, red tongue, yellow moss, slippery pulse.

Morbidity tendency: easy to suffer from boils, jaundice, hot drench and other diseases.

Adaptability to the external environment: it is difficult to adapt to the humid and hot climate in late summer and early autumn, the humid weight or the high temperature environment.

Blood stasis is qualitative

Overall characteristics: poor blood flow, mainly characterized by dark complexion and purple tongue.

Physical features: both fat and thin.

Common manifestations: dull skin color, pigmentation, bruising easily, dark lips and lips, dark tongue or petechiae, purple veins under the tongue or thickened, and astringent veins.

Pathogenic tendency: predisposition to maculation, pain, blood, etc.

Ability to adapt to the external environment: not resistant to cold and evil.

Qi depression mass

Overall features: qi stagnation, depression expression, worry and vulnerability as the main features.

Physical features: thin body more.

Common expression: expression depression, emotion fragile, depressed not happy, tongue light red, moss thin white, pulse string.

Psychological characteristics: introverted, unstable and sensitive.

Morbidity tendency: easy to be affected by the impetuous, meinuclear qi, lily disease and depressive symptoms.

Adaptability to external environment: poor adaptability to mental stimulation; Not adapted to rainy weather.

, the great mass

Overall characteristics: congenital disorder, mainly characterized by physical defects, allergic reactions, etc.

Physical features: people with allergic constitution generally have no special characteristics; People with congenital endowment abnormality or physical defects.

Common manifestations: common asthma, wind mass, itchy pharynx, nasal congestion, sneezing, etc. People suffering from genetic diseases have vertical genetic, congenital and familial characteristics; Fetal transmission disease has the characteristics of maternal influence on fetal growth and development and related diseases.

Psychological characteristics: vary according to their intrinsic characteristics.

Morbidity tendency: allergic people are susceptible to asthma, urticaria, hay fever and drug allergy. Genetic diseases such as hemophilia, mongolism, etc. Fetal transmission diseases such as five late (stand late, walk late, hair late, tooth late and speech late), five soft (head soft, soft term, soft hands and feet, soft muscles, soft mouth), craniotomy, fetal fright.

Ability to adapt to the external environment: poor adaptability, such as allergic constitution to easy to cause allergy season adaptation ability poor, easy to cause chronic diseases.