●The human constitution is influenced by both congenital endowment and acquired factors, which often determine the body’s susceptibility to certain pathogenic factors. However, constitution is not fixed; external environment, living conditions, and other factors can alter a person’s constitution. Therefore, for those with unfavorable constitutions, individuals can correct imbalances through changes in environment, dietary adjustments, physical exercise, and other health preservation methods to achieve the goal of disease prevention and longevity. There are nine types of human constitution, and below we introduce Yin Deficiency Constitution.
Yin Deficiency Constitution
Clinical Manifestations
1. Individuals with Yin deficiency often have a lean physique and exhibit a series of dry symptoms: dry mouth with excessive thirst, dry nose, dry throat, dry stools, and dry skin.
2. Those with Yin deficiency may also experience heat in the palms and soles, fear of heat, preference for cold drinks, irritability, and are prone to pathogenic heat after illness, with a red tongue, little tongue coating, and a thin, rapid pulse.
Health Preservation Methods
1. Dietary Adjustments It is advisable to choose sweet, cool, and moistening foods: duck meat, lily bulbs, sesame, honey, sugarcane, sand ginseng, tremella, mulberry leaves, ophiopogon, American ginseng, dendrobium, yam, goji berries, black mulberries, ligustrum, yam, and cordyceps.
Xuan Shen (Scrophularia) and Mai Dong (Ophiopogon) tea: This tea can moisten the intestines and relieve constipation, suitable for those with dry stools.
Goji Berry and Mulberry Tea: Goji berries and mulberries can nourish the liver and kidney Yin, suitable for dryness of the eyes and scanty menstruation due to liver and kidney deficiency.
Er Dong Paste: Made from equal parts of Mai Dong (Ophiopogon) and Tian Dong (Asparagus), processed with honey, it can nourish Yin and moisten the lungs, suitable for dry throat and cough with little or no phlegm due to lung Yin deficiency.
2. Acupoint Health Care
Select points: Tai Xi (Kidney 3), San Yin Jiao (Spleen 6) Press with the fingertips for 5 minutes each time, to the point of soreness and distension, for a treatment course of 14 days.
San Yin Jiao: Located on the inner side of the lower leg, 3 inches above the highest point of the inner ankle, behind the medial border of the tibia. Effects: Strengthens the spleen and stomach, nourishes the liver and kidneys, invigorates blood and nourishes Yin.
Tai Xi: The original point of the Kidney meridian, located on the inner side of the foot, in the depression between the Achilles tendon and the heel bone. Effects: Benefits kidney Qi and replenishes kidney essence.
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This article is contributed by: TCM Department Yin Qiao
●Yin Qiao Attending Physician
TCM General Practitioner
Graduated from Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Master of TCM, studied under renowned TCM physician Ma Lieguang in Sichuan Province, and has followed pediatric experts Hu Tiancheng and Feng Yue to learn the diagnosis and treatment of common pediatric diseases and pediatric tui na techniques. Specializes in using TCM diagnostic and treatment techniques to differentiate and treat various internal diseases: respiratory diseases such as colds, coughs, asthma; digestive diseases such as stomach pain, bloating, gastritis, gastric ulcers, diarrhea; gynecological diseases such as menstrual irregularities, dysmenorrhea, and scanty menstruation; skin diseases such as urticaria and eczema; and using TCM combined with pediatric tui na to treat pediatric anorexia, constipation, and constitution adjustment.
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