According to the characteristics of human skin color, body shape, temperament, attitude and adaptability to natural changes, the twenty-five people of Lingshu in Huangdi Neijing applied the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements to sum up five different physique types: wood, fire, earth, gold and water. Physical characteristics of people with wooden constitution: pale skin, small head, long face, wide shoulders, straight back, weak body and flexible hands and feet. Talented, diligent, exhausted, worried and diligent. This kind of people's adaptation to the seasons is mostly resistant to spring and summer and autumn and winter. If they feel the invasion of cold air in autumn and winter, they are easy to get sick. Physical characteristics of people with fire constitution: red skin, wide back muscles, thin and sharp face, small head, symmetrical shoulders and backs, small hands and feet, steady steps, quick understanding of things, and shaking shoulders and back muscles when walking. His character is full of gas and his wealth is light. Lack of self-confidence, anxiety, unclear understanding of things, love of beauty, impatience, often can not enjoy a long life and suddenly die. This kind of people's adaptation to the seasons is mostly resistant to spring and summer and autumn and winter. When they feel the invasion of cold air in autumn and winter, they are easy to get sick. Physical characteristics of people with earthy constitution: yellow skin, round face, big head, rich shoulders, big abdomen, strong thighs to gaskin, small hands and feet, full muscles, well-proportioned figure, steady steps and light feet. They are stable and helpful, don't like being attached to power and love making friends. This kind of people's adaptation to the season is mostly resistant to autumn and winter, not to spring and summer. If they feel warm air in spring and summer, they are easy to get sick. Physical characteristics of people with golden physique: square face, white skin, small head, small shoulders, small abdomen, small hands and feet, thick and big heels, as if small bones were born outside the heels, and the bones were light. Naive and honest, impatient and strong, serious and decisive. This kind of people's adaptation to the season is mostly resistant to autumn and winter, not to spring and summer. When they feel warm air in spring and summer, they are easy to get sick. Physical characteristics of people with fire constitution: dark skin, big head, thin cheeks, narrow shoulders, large abdomen, active hands and feet, swaying in walking, long tarsal bones and back. Their nature is fearless. They are so good at deceiving others that they often kill people and die. This kind of people's adaptation to the season is mostly resistant to autumn and winter, not to spring and summer. When they feel the warm air in spring and summer, they are easy to get sick.
Just as Jin Mu's fire, water and earth correspond to the Olympic Fuwa, our bodies are different in nature. When we find out what kind of physique we belong to, we can choose a reasonable diet and lifestyle according to our physique type to maintain our fragile parts, so that our physique is stronger and less prone to illness.