In clinical clinics, parents often ask, “Doctor, what kind of constitution does my baby have, Yang deficiency or Yin deficiency?” “My baby is often sick, is this related to his constitution?” It is true that every child is born with a different constitution, and the constitution of the child determines what kind of diseases the child is prone to get. What is the constitution in Chinese medicine? The so-called constitution refers to the relatively stable individual characteristics formed by congenital inheritance and acquired. Physique is characterized by certain differences in response and adaptation to external stimuli in the physiological state, as well as susceptibility to certain pathogenic factors in the pathogenic process and tendency in the development of pathology. In layman’s terms, under normal conditions, the same external stimuli, such as climate humidity, are felt differently by different physiques, and the body reacts differently. For example, eating ice cream in the same temperature conditions, some babies are safe and sound, some babies will have abdominal pain, vomiting, thin stools, etc.. Different children also suffer from different diseases, for example, children with a deficient qi constitution are susceptible to colds, coughs and pneumonia; children with a deficient yin constitution are more likely to have dry stools and sweating at night; and children with a hot and humid constitution are often susceptible to eczema and indigestion. Physique has a relative stability. In a certain period of time, the physique is stable, but under certain conditions, it has a variable, such as congenital deficiencies of the baby, as long as the proper feeding, can make the physique; However, the birth of a good physique of the baby, can also be due to improper diet and feeding and make the physique weaker. The physique originates from congenital, cultivated in later life, affects the occurrence and development of diseases, and has a very important connection with the treatment of diseases. The characteristics of the baby physique Compared with the adult physique, the baby physique in the following aspects and different from adults. 1, susceptibility Compared with adults, babies are more susceptible to various diseases, and each age group has its own different multi-prevalence of disease. For example, the newborn period (after birth to 28 days) susceptible to jaundice, respiratory infections and wind; infancy (28 days to 1 week) susceptible to diarrhea, susceptible to convulsions; early childhood (1 week to 3 years) susceptible to acute infectious diseases; and preschool period (3 weeks to 7 years) susceptible to immune diseases such as kidney disease. 2, susceptibility to change The body is a constantly evolving life process. Because the baby is not yet completely perfect in all aspects, easily affected by external factors or diet and mood, so its physical changes are not only more likely to occur than adults, and the changes will be greater. 3, plasticity Under the influence of acquired feeding, mental factors, physical exercise, disease, etc., the baby’s physique can change significantly. For example, due to excessive feeding of starch, and protein intake is not enough, young children show a fatty cheeks, and the so-called “mud-plastic face”, such children are susceptible to wind and cold, prone to diarrhea, but through the adjustment of dietary structure, reasonable diet, physical changes can occur, to the good. Another example is the baby with map tongue, by eating more vegetables and fruits and drinking more water, the map tongue can disappear and the physique can be improved. In short, higher susceptibility, greater susceptibility to change and greater plasticity, these three together make up the peculiarities of the baby’s physique. The formation of baby’s physique The formation of baby’s physique can be mainly said from two aspects: congenital factors and acquired factors. Congenital factors The congenital factors of physique depend entirely on the parents. Since the fetus comes from the parents and develops continuously in the mother’s body, it receives the genetic characteristics of both parents and has the advantages and defects of both parents. It follows that the physique of the newborn is determined by congenital factors and is closely related to the type of physique of the parents. The baby is in the process of continuous growth and development, there are many factors that will have a great impact on the formation of its physique, such as geography and climate, life conditioning, disease and many other factors, the physique is also affected by mental and emotional, medical misdiagnosis and misdiagnosis and other factors. Geography and climate There is a difference between the north and the south, and the climate is different between cold and dry and warm and humid. People in different regions, by the quality of soil and water, trace elements and other long-term impact, easy to form different types of physique, but also caused the baby’s physique different types of characteristics. Family environment, social environment affect the baby’s psychological quality and their own regulation, resulting in differences in their physique. Today’s society, due to parental love, the baby becomes the family’s little emperor, often say one or two, irritable and domineering personality, over time will promote liver fire; some families, parents quarrel, discipline too strict, the child is often frightened, long timid and cowardly, the heart and guts weak. Therefore, the baby’s emotional factors, family environment, social environment is also an important factor affecting the baby’s physique. Food and clothing factors The baby does not know hunger and satiety, there is no restraint in eating, coupled with the lack of knowledge of the parents of the baby’s diet, spoil spoil spoiled, do not identify the baby’s physique, regardless of age, the diet structure is not reasonable, the abuse of nutritional supplements. Some babies have snacks, especially like to eat spicy or fried food or love to eat cold drinks, which is easy to damage the spleen and stomach, the formation of biased physique. In addition, the baby’s clothing is too thick, or too thin, long-term dressing habits will affect the physique. Disease factors Many diseases over time will change the baby’s physique, the baby’s common diseases such as anorexia, recurrent respiratory infections, obesity, diarrhea and many other diseases, such as improper treatment or not timely treatment, often see the baby’s physique is getting worse, poor physique and easy to get sick, thus forming a vicious circle. Medical factors The baby’s resistance to disease is weak, easy to get sick, parents often take it upon themselves to give the child incorrect medicine; there is also improper diagnosis and treatment of doctors, not according to the child’s physique dialectical treatment of drugs; long-term abuse of antibiotics, can affect the baby’s physique. Understanding the various factors that form the different types of baby’s physique, we can propose different conditioning programs for various types of babies, and take different measures for different physiques, such as a reasonable diet, pay attention to daily life, and take the appropriate drugs to change their unhealthy physique. In this way, “prevention is better than cure”, which can prevent and reduce the occurrence of diseases, and also promote the improvement of the physique. We will continue to introduce this to parents.