1, what is constitution?
Constitution is endowed by nature, influenced by many factors, and has the characteristics of individual difference, similarity of the same species and stage variability; It is closely related to the susceptibility of the body to certain pathogenic factors, the tendency of disease types and the tendency of pathological process.
2. Related factors of constitution formation.
Congenital factors include race and family inheritance.
Acquired factors include mental factors, such as "anger hurts the liver", "happiness hurts", "thinking hurts the spleen", "sadness for the lungs" and "fear of hurting the kidney" mentioned in Su Wen's theory of Yin and Yang, that is, abnormal emotional changes affect the functional activities of zang-fu organs, thus affecting people's physique; Environmental factors, as the saying goes, "one side of the soil and water will nourish one side", the south is hot and humid, the north is cold and dry, the southerners are thin and small, the pores are thick, and the northerners are strong and dense; Dietary nutrition, lack of long-term dietary intake, or overeating, damage to the spleen and stomach, can form qi deficiency constitution; Long-term preference for cold products is easy to cause yang deficiency constitution; Long-term preference for warm products is easy to cause yin deficiency constitution; Long-term preference for sweetness can help dampness and phlegm; Long-term preference for fatness and alcoholism is easy to form damp heat constitution; Work and rest factors, often staying up late, room fatigue hurts the kidney.
3. What are the types of constitution? How to maintain health?
Peaceful constitution refers to the body state of harmonious qi and blood, harmonious five zang-organs and unobstructed meridians, which is characterized by well-proportioned body shape and less illness. Such people should conform to nature, follow the rules of life and rest, eat scientifically and reasonably, and exercise properly.
The constitution of qi deficiency refers to the constitution state characterized by shortness of breath, laziness in speaking, mental fatigue, easy sweating and low viscera function. This kind of people should benefit qi, strengthen the spleen and nourish their vitality. Spleen and stomach are the foundation of the day after tomorrow and the source of qi and blood biochemistry. Proper physical exercise, scientific and reasonable diet, commonly used foods with the functions of benefiting qi and strengthening spleen are longan meat, japonica rice, glutinous rice, millet, lotus seed meat, honey, yam, eggs, coix seed, poria cocos, jujube and so on. It is not advisable to eat more cold, bitter cold, spicy and hot food, such as pepper, garlic, wild chrysanthemum, tobacco and alcohol.
Yang-deficiency constitution refers to the body's yang deficiency, and the body can't get warm, which is always afraid of cold, cold hands and feet, like hot food, pale lips, easy to sweat, loose stools and long urine. People with yang deficiency are afraid of cold and vulnerable to wind and cold, so they should take care of yang, "nourish yang in spring and summer, nourish yin in autumn and winter", cultivate their yang with the help of yang in nature, or insist on sunbathing, or massage their own acupoints such as Qihai, Zusanli and Yongquan, so as to tonify kidney and help yang, and chiropractic is also a good way to improve yang deficiency. The diet should be mutton, chicken, chestnut and longan. Leek, onion, ginger, pepper, etc.
The constitution of blood deficiency refers to the physical state of human body with symptoms such as pallor, dizziness, numbness of limbs, less menstrual flow, delayed menstruation and even amenorrhea due to deficiency of qi and blood or decreased nourishing function of blood. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the time spent in front of the computer or reading books should not exceed 1 hour. Do more eye exercises to avoid sweating and hurting body fluids, because "body fluids and blood are homologous". Diet should be pig liver, pig blood, black-bone chicken, black fungus, mulberry, jujube, cherry, litchi, donkey-hide gelatin and so on. Spicy food is not suitable for eating.
Yin-deficiency constitution refers to the physical state of the human body with symptoms such as fever of hands and feet, dry mouth and throat, like to drink cold drinks, dry stool or red face, dry eyes, dizziness and tinnitus due to yin essence or body fluid loss. In Huangdi Neijing, "Yin deficiency generates internal heat". People with yin deficiency constitution often have kidney yin deficiency, because liver and kidney are homologous. The diet should be moist, nourishing yin, promoting fluid production and moistening dryness, such as tremella, lily, Sydney, honey, lotus root, black sesame, walnut, pork, duck, bird's nest, sea cucumber and turtle.
Phlegm-dampness constitution refers to the physical condition that the human body is overweight, easily fatigued, the facial skin is greasy and sticky, the chest is stuffy and there is a lot of phlegm, and people like greasy and taste-heavy products because of phlegm-dampness connotation. Chinese medicine believes that "fat people are wet" and "fat people have too much phlegm". Nursing should focus on invigorating spleen and qi, eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm, and the diet should be light, such as coix seed, buckwheat, oats, red beans, wax gourd, kelp, crucian carp, loach, yam and white radish.
Damp heat constitution refers to the physical condition that the human body is prone to acne, anxiety, slackness, boils, red eyes, male dampness, white women wearing too much, bitter mouth and dry mouth. The internal environment of such people is like this "sauna day", and the internal and external environment is unclean and quiet. Nursing should focus on clearing liver and strengthening spleen, eliminating dampness and clearing heat, and diet should focus on mung beans, bitter gourd, crucian carp, kelp, wax gourd, lotus seeds, poria cocos, cucumbers and lentils.
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Qi stagnation constitution refers to the depressed, fragile, sensitive, suspicious and unpleasant physical state of the human body due to bad mood. Most patients with depression belong to this category, which is more common in women, and can be manifested as swelling and pain around the breast, sighing, poor sleep, forgetfulness and so on. In Huangdi Neijing, Su Wen proposed, "Drain the blood. Let them achieve harmony and tranquility ",participate in beneficial social activities, seek the fun of life, strengthen interpersonal communication and make friends. Diet should be barley, wheat, rose, fennel, garlic, onion, citrus, bergamot and other foods that can promote qi and relieve depression.
Blood stasis constitution refers to the physical condition that the skin is dark or pigmented and prone to ecchymosis and pain due to poor blood circulation or menstrual blood in the body. Women often have irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea. People with this constitution should eat more foods that promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, such as lotus root, hawthorn, laver, peach kernel, brown sugar and yellow wine.
Special constitution refers to a state of constitution which is changed adaptively due to hereditary or acquired changes in physical function and external environment. Now it is called allergic constitution, such as rhinitis, asthma, urticaria and so on. People with this constitution should avoid allergens, such as pollen, pungent odor, shrimp, crab, Toona sinensis and leek, and eat more miscellaneous grains, vegetables, fruits and antiallergic foods, such as honey, jujube and Flammulina velutipes.