Physique, i.e. body quality, refers to the inherent characteristics of the human body that are relatively stable in function and form, which are adapted to the natural and social environment by inheritance (parents) and the influence of various factors. It reflects the specificity of the form of movement of yin and yang in the body, this specificity is determined by the internal organs and is based on qi and blood. Health care should also be based on natural physical phenomena, their own physical differences to carry out reasonable spiritual, living and dietary regimen. Ancestral medicine believes that, according to the clinical symptoms, pulse, tongue and moss, there are the following eight types of constitution: Yin deficiency, Yang deficiency, Qi deficiency, blood deficiency, Yang Sheng essence, blood stasis, phlegm and dampness, qi depression, and its specific health care methods are as follows: (a) Yin deficiency constitution refers to the human body Yin essence, blood, fluid and other nutrients are insufficient, mostly due to congenital endowment deficiency, or improper maintenance, or long-term disease The body is characterized by the following The physical characteristics are: thin body, flushed face, dry mouth and throat, irritation in the heart, hot hands and feet, little sleep, dry stool, yellow urine, intolerance to pounding summer, preferring cold drinks, thin pulse, red tongue with little coating. Principle of health maintenance: preserve Yin and submerge Yang. Commonly used herbal medicines: raw and ripe earth, sage, lily, asparagus, wolfberry, etc. Diet: it is advisable to eat more sesame, glutinous rice, honey, dairy products, sugar cane, tofu and other foods that have certain nourishing effect on yin (2) Yang deficiency refers to the body’s yang deficiency, the external function of the body is low, its main manifestations are: the body is white and fat, or the face is pale and white, usually afraid of cold, like warmth, limbs are tired, urine is clear and long, stools are sometimes thin, lips, mouth and often sweat. The main manifestations are: the body is white and fat, or the face is pale and white, the limbs are tired, the urine is clear and long, the stool is sometimes thin, the lips are light and the mouth is warm, often sweating, the pulse is heavy and weak, the tongue is light and fat. Principle of health maintenance: tonifying and strengthening Yang. Commonly used Chinese herbs: Radix et Rhizoma Polygonati, Cinnamon, Cistanches, Antler, Cuscuta etc. Diet: Commonly used foods are mutton, dog meat, chicken, sparrow meat, finely chopped vegetables, walnut, shrimp, Cordyceps, etc. (3) Blood deficiency, i.e. blood is not enough. Blood is a valuable substance to nourish the human body, “to serve the body, nothing is more important than this”, meaning that for the human body, there is no more important substance than blood. The physique is characterized by: pale or yellowish face, pale lips, dizziness, palpitations, insomnia, numbness of the hands and feet, light tongue, thin and weak pulse. Nutritional principles: tonify and nourish the blood. Commonly used Chinese herbs: Agaricus, Angelica, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Jujube, etc. Dietary regimen: It is advisable to eat foods that can nourish and nourish the blood, such as mulberry, lychee, pine nuts, black fungus, spinach, carrot, pork, mutton, beef liver, sheep liver, turtle, sea cucumber, fish and other foods. (D) qi deficiency body, that is, “gas is not enough”! As the saying goes: “people live a breath of air”; also said: “a hundred diseases born of gas”, it can be seen that the qi deficiency physique, must pay attention to their own conditioning. Physical characteristics are: thin or fat, tired and weak, white face, low tone, often sweating, especially when moving, palpitations and forgetfulness, easy to external sensations, light and bitter white tongue, weak pulse. Principle of health maintenance: tonify and benefit qi. Commonly used herbs: Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Radix Astragali, etc. Diet: It is advisable to eat more food that can nourish Qi, such as japonica rice, glutinous rice, millet, yellow rice, barley, yam. (E) Yang Sheng Physique refers to excessive Yang Qi in the body. That is, the so-called “surplus of qi is fire” in Chinese medicine, can appear in the human body a fire of hot symptoms. Its physical characteristics are: strong and solid body, red face when annoyed, high voice, fear of heat, thirst and cold drinks, hot urine also, smelly stool. The principle of health care: dipping the surplus fire. Commonly used herbs: gypsum, mother of pearl, scutellaria, scutellaria, rhinoceros horn, etc. Dietary regimen: it is advisable to eat more foods that can clear the fire, such as bananas, watermelon, persimmons, bitter melon, tomatoes, lotus root, etc.; spicy and dry foods should be avoided, such as chili peppers, ginger, green onions, etc.; for beef, dog meat, chicken, venison and other warm Yang foods should be eaten sparingly. Alcohol is pungent and hot, so people with strong yang should refrain from drinking. (6) Blood stasis body The blood in the body does not flow smoothly, and even stagnation, stasis of the body. Its physical characteristics are: obscure face, pale mouth and lips, dark eyes, wrong skin, easy bleeding, purple tongue or stasis points, thin and astringent pulse or knotted generation. The principle of health care: activating blood circulation and eliminating blood stasis Commonly used herbs: peach kernel, safflower, salvia, panax ginseng, leech, etc. Diet regulation: activating blood circulation and eliminating blood stasis, plainly eat more peach kernel, rape, mushroom, black soybean and other foods with the effect of activating blood circulation and eliminating blood stasis, wine can be drunk in small amounts, vinegar can be eaten more often, hawthorn porridge, peanut porridge is also quite suitable. (7) phlegm-damp body refers to the body of excessive retention of water and dampness, the accumulation of disease physique, usually due to eating fat, sweet and thick taste, or spleen loss of health. Its physical characteristics are: obesity, fat and sweet, tired and lazy, sleepy, heavy body like a wrap, sticky mouth, or loose stool, writhing and slippery pulse, fat tongue, slippery coating. The principle of health care: is to resolve phlegm and dampness. Commonly used Chinese herbs: Semen, bile, almonds, atractylodes, etc. Dietary regimen: it is advisable to eat more food with spleen and dampness, phlegm and dampness, such as white radish, water chestnut, sea jelly, onion, loquat, white fruit, jujube, lentils, coix seeds, red beans, broad beans, cabbage, etc.. It is advisable to eat less fat, sweet and thick taste, alcohol should not drink more, and do not be too full (H) qi depression body qi does not flow around and stagnation of the body. This kind of person is introverted, often in a depressed state of mind. The physical characteristics are: thin or fat, pale or yellowish, impatient and irritable, easily agitated, or depressed, chest tightness, sometimes want to sigh, light red tongue, thin moss, string pulse. Health care principles: move the qi to reach the depression. ? Commonly used Chinese herbs: Chen Pi, Chuanxiong, Xiang Hu, Chai Hu, Citrus aurantium, etc. Dietary regimen: plainly drink a small amount of alcohol to move the blood and improve mood; eat more qi moving foods, such as Buddha’s hand, orange, citrus peel, buckwheat, leek, fennel, garlic, ham, sorghum peel, knife beans, citron, etc.