How to identify the body type in Chinese medicine?

In our daily life, we receive various health, beauty, sports and other information through various means, whether it is suitable for ourselves, we must first understand their own physique. The “Nei Jing” cloud: Therefore, the sage does not treat the sick to treat the sick, not to treat the chaos to treat the chaos, this is also called. The disease has become and after the medicine, chaos has become and after the treatment, like thirst and wear well, bucket and cast cone, is not also late! After nearly 30 years of research, scholars of TCM physique have classified physique according to the morphological structure, physiological function, psychological characteristics and reaction status of the human body, and formulated the TCM physique quality table and the “TCM physique classification and determination” standard. The TCM physical constitution includes 9 basic types, such as pinghe, qi-vacant, yang-vacant, yin-vacant, phlegm-damp, damp-heat, blood stasis, qi-yu, and special endowment. Different body types have their own characteristics in terms of physical characteristics, physiological characteristics, psychological characteristics, pathological reaction state, pathogenic tendencies, etc. (A) Peaceful quality (type A) General characteristics: Yin and Yang Qi and blood harmony, with a moderate posture, rosy complexion, full of energy as the main characteristics. Physical characteristics: proportionate and healthy body shape. Mental characteristics: easy-going and cheerful personality. Common manifestations: moist face and complexion, dense and lustrous hair, lustrous gaze, bright nose, good sense of smell, red lips, not easily fatigued, energetic, tolerant of heat and cold, good sleep, good appetite, normal bowel movements, light red tongue, thin white fur, slow and strong pulse. Tendency to develop disease: less sickness in general. The ability to adapt to the natural and social environment is strong. (B) Qi deficiency (type B) is mostly distributed in the western and eastern regions. It may be related to the high altitude and low air pressure in the west, as well as the long winter in the northeast and the relatively low temperature in spring and autumn. General characteristics: lack of vital energy, with fatigue, shortness of breath, spontaneous sweating and other manifestations of qi deficiency as the main characteristics. Physical characteristics: flabby and insubstantial muscles. Common manifestations: low voice, shortness of breath, lazy speech, easy fatigue, lack of energy, easy sweating, light red tongue, teeth marks on the edge of the tongue, weak pulse. Psychological characteristics: introverted and unadventurous. Tendency to develop diseases: susceptible to colds, visceral prolapse, etc.; slow recovery after illness. Adaptability to the external environment: intolerant to wind, cold, heat and dampness. (C) Yang deficiency (Type C) General characteristics: Yang deficiency, mainly characterized by cold fear, cold hands and feet. Physical characteristics: muscles are flabby and insubstantial. Common manifestations: fear of cold, lack of warmth in the hands and feet, preference for hot food, lack of vitality, light, fat and tender tongue, sunken pulse. Psychological characteristics: character is mostly quiet and introverted. Tendency to develop disease: susceptible to phlegm, swelling, diarrhea, etc.; susceptible to cold. Adaptability to the external environment: resistant to summer but not winter; susceptible to wind, cold, dampness. (D) Yin deficiency (Type D) General characteristics: Yin deficiency, mainly characterized by deficiency heat such as dry mouth, dry throat, heat in the hands and feet. Physical characteristics: thin body shape. Common manifestations: heat in the hands and feet, dry mouth and throat, slightly dry nose, preference for cold drinks, dry stools, red tongue with little fluid, thin pulse. Mental characteristics: impatient, outgoing and active. Pathogenic tendency: susceptible to deficiency labor, loss of essence, sleeplessness, etc.; susceptible to heat from sensation of evil. Adaptability to the external environment: resistant to winter but not to summer; intolerance to heat, heat, dryness. (E) phlegm-damp quality (Type E) Most often seen in unit leaders, middle-aged and elderly people who live comfortably, more men. Overall characteristics: phlegm-damp cohesion, with physical obesity, abdominal fat, mucous and greasy mouth and other phlegm-damp manifestations as the main characteristics. Physical characteristics: obese body shape, abdominal fat and flabby. Common manifestations: more facial skin oil, sweaty and sticky, chest tightness, more phlegm, sticky or sweet mouth, fondness for fatty, sweet and sticky food, greasy moss, slippery pulse. Psychological characteristics: mild and stable personality, good at patience. Tendency to develop diseases: prone to thirst, stroke, chest paralysis, etc. Adaptability to the external environment: poor adaptability to the rainy season and wet heavy environment. (F) Damp-heat quality (type F) is mostly found in the southern and eastern regions because of the high temperature and rain in these regions and the frequent consumption of calorie-rich diets. General characteristics: damp-heat is contained within, with the main characteristics of damp-heat manifestations such as oily face, bitter mouth, yellow and greasy moss. Physical features: medium or thin body shape. Common manifestations: oily face, acne, bitter and dry mouth, heavy and sleepy body, sticky or dry stools, short and yellow urine, damp scrotum in men and increased dribbling in women, red tongue, yellow and greasy moss, slippery pulse. Psychological characteristics: easily irritable and anxious. Tendency to develop diseases: susceptible to sores, jaundice and hot gonorrhea. Adaptability to external environment: difficult to adapt to hot and humid climate, heavy humidity or high temperature in late summer and early autumn. (7) Blood stasis (Type G) Southerners, brain workers, more common in women. General characteristics: poor blood flow, mainly characterized by blood stasis such as dull complexion and purple tongue. Physical characteristics: Both fat and thin. Common manifestations: dull complexion, hyperpigmentation, easily appearing petechiae, dull mouth and lips, dull tongue or petechiae, purple and dull or thickened veins under the tongue, astringent pulse. Psychological features: easily irritable, forgetful. Pathogenic tendency: prone to obstruction and pain, blood, etc. Adaptability to external environment: intolerance to cold. Adaptability to external environment: intolerant to cold. (H) qi depression (H type) Nowadays, there are more and more people with this constitution, which may be related to the fast-paced life, high pressure, easy emotional depression, and poor emotional and mental health. Overall characteristics: qi stagnation, with depression, worry and vulnerability and other qi depression performance as the main characteristics. Physical characteristics: thin body is the most common. Common manifestations: depression, emotional vulnerability, boredom, light red tongue, thin white fur, string pulse. Psychological characteristics: introverted and unstable personality, sensitive and anxious. Pathogenic tendency: susceptible to dirty agitation, plum kernel qi, lily disease, depressive evidence, and infertility. Adaptability to the external environment: poor adaptability to mental stimuli; not adaptable to rainy weather. (ix) endowment (type I) General characteristics: congenital disorders, with physical defects, allergic reactions, etc. as the main features. Physical characteristics: allergic individuals are generally not special; those with abnormal congenital endowment or have deformities or physiological defects. Common manifestations: asthma, wind masses, itchy throat, nasal congestion, sneezing, etc. are common in allergic individuals; those with hereditary diseases have vertical inheritance, congenital, familial characteristics; those with fetal transmission diseases have maternal influence on individual fetal growth and development and related disease characteristics. Psychological characteristics: varies with endowment. The tendency to develop diseases: allergic individuals are prone to asthma, urticaria, hay fever and drug allergy; hereditary diseases such as hemophilia and congenital dyscrasia; fetus-borne diseases such as five delays (delay in standing, walking, hair, teeth and speech), five softnesses (soft head, soft neck, soft hands and feet, soft muscles and soft mouth), craniosynostosis and fetal shock. Adaptability to the external environment: poor adaptability, such as allergic to the allergy-prone season poor adaptability, easy to cause chronic diseases. Which body type is most likely to gain weight? When it comes to beauty and weight loss, there are damp-heat type people, phlegm-damp type people, and blood stasis type people. These three types of people are prone to obesity, or some pigmentation on the skin, no luster and more obscure. These three groups of people have problems with weight loss and beauty. The main thing is that these three types of people should pay attention to weight loss and beauty according to their different body types to take the appropriate exercise or diet regimen. These three types of physique actually have two types of people fat, such as damp-heat type, and phlegm-damp type, easy to obese, because these two types of people are often, eat more greasy, exercise and less, at the same time there are some greasy things, and sweet things, into the body after too much, natural calories, but can not be consumed, this time it is easy to produce the Chinese medicine said phlegm, Chinese medicine said phlegm, including our usual cough from the respiratory tract. This includes the phlegm we normally cough up from the respiratory tract, and this phlegm also includes some of our body similar to the performance of increased blood lipids, called phlegm in Chinese medicine. The point to note: all kinds of deficiencies are particularly suitable for cream conditioning. Damp-heat type, phlegm-damp type is not suitable to take the cream, especially the tonic drugs should not be served. The exercise of the calm quality is important to be persistent; the exercise of the qi deficiency constitution should be soft and slow; the exercise of the yang deficiency constitution should avoid wind and cold; the exercise of the yin deficiency constitution should not be too much; the exercise of the blood stasis constitution should promote blood flow; the exercise of the phlegm damp constitution should be gradual; the damp-heat constitution is suitable for doing large intensity and large amount of exercise; the qi-depression constitution should participate in group exercise; the special endowment constitution should be properly strengthened exercise.