The nine body types and natural health care in Chinese medicine

Some people drink cold water also grow fat, while some people drink oil all day long are not fat; some people do not move sick, while some people seem to be invincible. These common phenomena in life, in fact, most of them are caused by different differences in body composition. What is constitution? How many types of constitutions are there? How is a person’s constitution formed? How can we take care of our constitution? The non-drug classical health care method is based on the dialectic of the characteristics, formation, causes, susceptibility to diseases, and principles of health care of the nine constitutions of Chinese medicine, and uses four techniques of vital diet, nutritional immune health care, classical meridian health care and classical physical and mental health care to carry out personalized conditioning and provide comprehensive environmental support, technical solutions and expert guidance to ultimately achieve physical and mental health. Brief description of the nine types of physical constitution in Chinese medicine: Peaceful physical constitution Characteristics: good sleep, cheerful personality, strong social and natural adaptability. Key people: more men than women. The older you are, the fewer people have a calm and harmonious constitution. Tendency to get sick: do not like to get sick. Modification: Eat more grains and cereals, vegetables and fruits, and eat less overly oily and spicy things. Suitable exercise: young people can choose some strong sports such as running, playing ball, the elderly are appropriate walking, playing tai chi. Qi deficiency characteristics: talk weak, often sweating, easy shortness of breath, often tired and weak, this is the Qi deficiency body. This person is generally introverted, emotionally unstable, timid, not adventurous. Key people: people with qi deficiency physique are mostly distributed in the western and eastern regions, people who do not work, students and people who are engaged in long-term physical labor are prone to qi deficiency. Tendency to illness: easy to catch a cold, weak resistance to illness and difficult to heal, but also prone to visceral prolapse such as gastric prolapse. The way to take care of: eat more food with beneficial effects on the spleen, such as soybeans, white lentils, chicken, loach, mushrooms . Dates, cinnamon, honey, etc. Eat less food with qi-depleting effects, such as betel nut, hollowed out vegetables, raw radish, etc. Suitable exercise: soft and gentle exercise, walking, taijiquan, etc., should not do a large load of exercise and sweating exercise, avoid the use of fierce force and long breath holding, usually massage the foot three points. Damp-heat body characteristics: face and nose always shiny, but also easy to have acne, sores, an open mouth can smell the odor, easy to stool sticky and unpleasant, yellow urine, personality more impatient and irritable. Priority groups: People who like to eat fried and barbecued foods or are addicted to alcohol and tobacco. Tendency to disease: sores, jaundice and other diseases. Moderate diet: Eat a light diet, more sweet-cold and sweet-peaceful foods, such as mung beans, hollow vegetables, amaranth, celery, cucumber, winter melon, lotus root, watermelon, etc. Less food that is spicy and warm and helps heat, and you should quit smoking and drinking. Suitable exercise: suitable for doing large intensity, large amount of exercise, such as long-distance running, swimming, climbing, various ball games, martial arts, etc. Yin deficiency characteristics: fear of heat, often feel hot in the heart of the hands and feet, flushed or reddish cheeks, dry skin, dry mouth and tongue, easy insomnia, often dry stools, outgoing and active, impatient temperament. Key people: People who are prone to this constitution in windy, dry and strong UV radiation areas. Tendency to disease: prone to cough, dry syndrome, hyperthyroidism, etc. Modification: Eat more sweet, cool and nourishing foods, such as lean pork, duck, mung beans, winter melon, sesame, lily of the valley, etc. Reduce the consumption of warm and dry foods such as mutton, dog meat, leek, chili, onion, garlic and sunflower seeds. Suitable exercise: suitable for doing small and medium intensity, intermittent physical exercise, can choose taijiquan, taiji sword, etc.. Listen to soothing, soft, lyrical music to prevent irritation. Qi-depressed physique Characteristics: sentimental, depressed and vulnerable. The body is relatively thin, often sullen, sighing for no reason, easy to panic, insomnia. Key people: this physique is mostly young people, and there are significantly more women than men. Possible disease: insomnia, depression, neurosis, etc. Moderate way: eat more wheat, artemisia, onion, garlic, kelp, seaweed, radish, hawthorn and other foods that have the effect of moving qi, relieving depression, eliminating food and waking up the mind. Suitable exercise: a larger amount of sports exercise, such as running, hiking, swimming, martial arts, etc. In addition, to participate in more collective sports, to lift the self-imposed closed state. Yang deficiency characteristics: cold hands and feet, afraid to eat cold things. Calm and introverted personality. Key people: Common in the northeast, probably related to the cold and dry weather in the northeast, with more women than men. Long-term preference for cold food can also lead to this constitution. Tendency to suffer from: edema, diarrhea, etc. Modification: Eat more sweet, warm and beneficial foods, such as beef, mutton and dog meat, onion, ginger, garlic, pepper, eel, chili, pepper, etc. Eat less cold and raw foods such as cucumber, lotus root, pear, watermelon, etc. Suitable exercise: soothing and gentle exercise, such as jogging, walking, playing taijiquan, doing radio exercises. Phlegm-damp body characteristics: abdominal flabby obesity, oily skin, sweating, puffy eyes, easy to sleepy. Mild and stable personality is good at patience. Key people: middle-aged and elderly people who like to eat sweet and fatty food, do not like to exercise and sleep, and live comfortably, more men. Disease tendency: prone to coronary heart disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes and other diseases. Modification: Eat a light diet, less fatty meat and sweet, sticky, greasy food, more onion, garlic, seaweed, kelp, winter melon, radish, kumquat, mustard and other foods. Suitable exercise: usually do more outdoor activities, often sunbathing or sunbathing, and insist on exercise for a long time. Blood stasis physical characteristics: gums bleed easily when brushing teeth, eyes often have red filaments, skin is often dry and rough, often painful, easily irritable, forgetful, and impatient in nature. Key people: Southerners, brain workers, more common in women. Tendency to disease: bleeding, stroke, coronary heart disease, etc. Moderate way: can eat more black beans, seaweed, seaweed, nori, radish, carrot, grapefruit, hawthorn, vinegar and other foods that have the effect of activating blood, dispersing knots, moving qi, draining liver and relieving depression, and eat less fatty pork. Suitable exercise: taijiquan, taiji sword, dance, walking, etc. Health care massage can make the meridians smooth, play a role in relieving pain, stabilizing emotions and enhancing human functions. Endowment constitution (allergic constitution) Characteristics: allergic to pollen or a certain food or plant. Tendency to disease: drug allergy, hay fever, asthma and other allergic diseases. Moderate diet: Eat a light diet, less buckwheat, fava beans, beef, goose, carp, shrimp, crab, eggplant, wine, chili, strong tea, coffee and other spicy products, fishy and fetid hair and food containing allergenic substances. Suitable exercise: actively participate in a variety of physical exercise, to avoid emotional tension.