Chinese medicine according to people’s physical and psychological characteristics and the common performance of nine institutional standards, respectively, for the calm constitution, Yang deficiency, Yin deficiency, Qi deficiency, phlegm-dampness, damp-heat constitution, blood stasis, special endowment, qi depressive constitution.
People with a peaceful constitution have a well-proportioned and robust body, an easy-going and cheerful personality, a moist face and skin color, an attractive gaze, red lips, a lot of energy and are not easily fatigued. People with Yang deficiency constitution are usually afraid of cold, hands and feet are not warm, easy to sweat, like hot food and drink, poor mental health, and sleep more. People with Yin deficiency commonly suffer from sore throat, insomnia, constipation and irritability.
People with qi deficiency are thin or fat, tired and weak, pale, timid (low voice), and often sweat (involuntary sweating during the day, aggravated by a little sweat). People with the phlegm-dampness constitution are often accompanied by spleen and stomach dysfunctions, such as loose stools (thin, unformed feces), diarrhea, and abdominal pain. People with the Damp-Heat Physique often have sticky stools and dark-colored urine.
People with blood stasis constitution are mostly thin, and commonly have dry skin and itchy skin. The endowed constitution is allergic constitution, hereditary disease constitution, fetus transmission constitution and so on. People with qi-depressed constitution are often anxious and depressed, bitter and irritable.