Your Constitution in 5 Elements

Metal

(Lung – Large Intestine)

Earth

(Spleen – Pancreas – Stomach)

Fire

(Heart – Small Intestine – Brain)

Water

(Kidneys – Bladder)

Morphology

×  Moderate, narrow or thin shape

×  Rather elongated, vaulted silhouette

×  Milky white complexion and matt tan

×  Small head, narrow shoulders, small feet

×  Nose sometimes very long

×  Narrow palms & hands, long fingers, smooth and supple

×  Solid body

×  Yellowish complexion

×  Large head, round face

×  Fleshy shoulders and back, thighs and belly fat, chubby, thick skin

×  Small hands and feet, thick lips and cheeks

×  Mouth and nostrils opene

×  Possible double chin

×  Red face, red cheeks

×  Small head

×  Thin chin

×  Back, shoulders, hips and belly are rounded

×  Small and long hands, slender and agile

×  Smooth, sharp and curved nails

×  Small feet, walks fast

×  Blackish complexion, large head, narrow shoulders, big belly, long back

×  Short hands; puffy palms and fingers; flat, weak and bent nails

×  Defined facial features, sometimes aquiline nose

×  Black circles around the eyes or puffy eyelids, bags under the eyes

×  Flimsy constitution, fragile, often ill

×  The hyper-adrenal: rigid spine, dignified, head high

×  The hypo-adrenal: head looking down, bent forward

Climate

×  Sensitive to cold in the chest, shoulders and head, must wear a hat.

×  Dreads heat and especially humidity that awakens rheumatism, asthma, sinusitis... Sensitive to cold if hypothyroidism.

×  Dreads summer and heat.

×  Dreads winter, always freezing and needs to curl up and hibernate.

Taste of food

×  Loves spicy tastes

×  Prefers sweet to savory

×  Consumes dairy products claiming to need calcium

×  Milk Chocolate

×  Loves sweets, in all recipes

×  Desserts and chocolates must finish a meal

×  Lives to eat rather than eats to live

×  Indifferent to sweet or salty, likes bitter tastes such as coffee and tea

×  Prefers salty or sweet: cheeses, salted and cooked meats, ... Adds extra salt to dishes

Senses

×  Smell

×    Touch

×   Taste

      ×  Hearing

Season

×  Fall

×  End of summer and change of seasons

×  Summer

×  Winter

Heure

×  Lung   (3am to 5am)

×  Large intestine  (5am to 7am)

×  Spleen-Pancreas (9am to 11am)

×  Stomach (7am to 9am)

×  Heart (11am to 1pm),

Small intestine (1pm to 3pm)

×  Pericardium (7pm to 9pm)

×  Triple Burner (9pm to 11pm)

×  Bladder (3pm to 5pm)

×  Kidney    (5pm to 7pm)

Color

×  White

×  Yellow

×  Red

×  Black

Type of occupation

×  Accountant

×  School teacher

×  Police

×  Juge

×  Lawyer

×  Pacifist

×  Negotiator

×  Therapist

×  Nurse

×  Comedian

×  Artist

×  Philosopher