Body Constitution Identification Rhyme：Blood stasis manifests as dark complexion, dark lips and tongue, forgetfulness, and pain with stasis spots.
Constitution Definition：A constitution characterized by poor blood circulation, primarily indicated by a dull complexion and a purplish tongue, reflecting blood stasis.
Causes of Constitution：Congenital endowment, acquired damage, emotional stagnation, and chronic illness affecting the meridians.
Physical Characteristics：Can be either overweight or underweight.
Psychological Characteristics：Prone to irritability and forgetfulness.
Adaptability：Not tolerant to cold pathogens.
Tongue and Pulse Characteristics：Tongue color is dark, with local stasis spots; sublingual veins are purplish or thickened. Pulse is choppy.
Common Manifestations (Primary Items)：Typically presents with a dull complexion, dark skin or pigmentation, easy bruising, prone to pain, and dark or purplish lips. (Secondary Items)：Dark circles under the eyes, nasal congestion, hair loss, dry skin or brittle nails; women often experience dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, or dark purple menstrual blood with clots, or metrorrhagia.
Tendency to Illness：Prone to bleeding, masses, stroke, chest obstruction, and pain syndromes.
Constitution Analysis：Poor blood circulation leads to insufficient nourishment of the body, resulting in hair loss, dry skin, or brittle nails; obstruction leads to pain, with women often experiencing dysmenorrhea; blood stasis causes the blood to turn purple or black, leading to a dull complexion, dark skin, dark or purplish lips, dark circles under the eyes, and nasal congestion; stasis in the vessels leads to skin pigmentation and easy bruising, amenorrhea in women, a dark tongue or stasis spots, purplish or thickened sublingual veins, and a choppy or intermittent pulse. Accumulated blood that does not disperse can lead to dark purple menstrual blood with clots; blood that flows outside the vessels can lead to metrorrhagia; internal blood stasis can lead to masses, chest obstruction, and pain syndromes; cold nature causes blood vessels to constrict, making one intolerant to cold pathogens.
Regulating Medicinal Paste：Qi Li Gao (promotes blood circulation and removes stasis, smooths and opens the meridians)
Common Phenomena of Blood Stasis：Adults are prone to hypertension, diabetes, migraines, stroke, coronary heart disease, gout, menstrual disorders, tumors, etc.
Extended Applications of Qi Li：1. Pain relief, stopping sweating, dry heaving, stubborn hiccups; 2. Joint pain and numbness in the elderly; 3. Chest tightness and pain after bypass surgery; 4. Dysmenorrhea, blocked fallopian tubes (infertility); 5. Dry, itchy skin; 6. Insomnia with vivid dreams, palpitations, emotional disorders; 7. Post-stroke sequelae; 8. All patients with pain can use Qi Li Gao.
Constitution Identification and Regulation Consultation
Sources mainly from: “The Study of TCM Constitution”, “TCM Constitution Health Preservation”, “Identification and Regulation of Sub-health TCM Constitution”, “Manual for the Use of Nine Constitutions”, “Decoding the Nine Constitutions of Chinese People”, “Manual for Identifying TCM Nine Constitutions”, etc.