4 Body Types

Tai Yang = poss obese upper..but overlies well-developed musculature.
Yang exuber => red face... easily develop replete heat.

Also phlegm damp thus heat complicated by phlegm & damp
Eat less meaty, fried, fatty, oily foods....acrid, peppery foods ....limit alcohol
More often men
Shao Yang = mesomorphic
This is outward sign that yin & yang rel. balanced and zang&fu Fx normal Depending on dis.
cause & mech. can become either yin or yang/ replete or vacuous INHERENTLY YANG so
usually trans heat when ill
Tai Yin = endomorphic
often grossly obese... tissue is flaccid & w/out tone.... lower body fatter than upper
Complexion = pale... more women than men
This = Yang Qi Xu fail to move & trans phlegm & damp
Sp Qi Xu => Qi & Blood Xu......................Phlegm/damp + Qi& Blood xu
Mixed Xu & Shi MORE exercise.... eat small meals., warm, cooked food... avoid
dairy, wheat etc
Shao Yin ectomorphic
tend to Yin XU & therefore develop XU RE
XUE XU => Liver Depression
NEED to rest...avoid desire to be always agitated
AVOID stimulants.... avoid acrid, hot, drying food and flavors
Eat more meat, etc
NOBODY IS PURE... these are guidelines for disease tendencies
Four Basic Body Types

Tai yang
Red faced, beefy, top-heavy
Shao yang
Healthy mesomorph
Tai yin
Pale, grossly obese endomorph, bottom-heavy
Shao yin
Thin, ectomorph
The 4 Yin-Yang Body Types

Chang ti = "habitual body" may change throughout our life
over time and with aging. Different body types predispose one to
certain disease mechanisms and, thus, different patterns of
disease.
Tai Yang ~ Large, beefy, red-faced, overdeveloped upper body,

underdeveloped lower body.
Shao Yang ~ Healthy mesomorphic, neither fat nor thin, normal
muscular tone
Tai Yin ~ Endomorphic, obese, pale-faced, lack of tone,
overdeveloped lower body
Shao Yin ~ Ectomorphic, thin, nervous, restless
Tai Yang is yang exuberant body type
Shao Yang is of a healthy young adult
Tai Yin is obese, often excessively so
Shao Yin does not have enough muscle and flesh
Spleen is the latter heaven root

A) women lose blood ea month
B) gestation, birthing and lactation consume huge amounts of blood
Women's spleens are taxed
(Thought and worry)
Spleen is the latter heaven root....kidney is the former heaven root easy to
understand that Sp XU of the mid 30s leads to Kid XU in the 40s
Sp Qi - Kid Yang Xu
Sp qi - Liv Blood - Kid yin Xu
Sp Qi - Kidney yin & yang Xu
MENOPAUSE - puts a stop to the monthly loss of blood and qi Spleen and
Kidneys can recuperate (if she deosn't get "STUCK")
Blood Xu, Sp xu=>Lung Xu, Kid yin &/or yang Xu ALL LEAD TO Liver Depression
As we age we ALL tend to become the above (men just later than women) leading to liver
depression which then leads to geriatric depression
GENDER
Women = Blood
Menstruation, gestation and lactation ALL consume blood
Women's spleen is prone to overtaxation more than men's
Men = anger (?)
A man's pulse tends to be more wiry than a woman's
AGING
30's Spleen declines
40's Kidney declines
Nei Sing = At 40 the yin is half gone
50's Menopause
Patterns to Watch Out For
Mid 30s
Liver-Spleen Disharmony ;
Poss. Transformative Heat
Poss. Blood Vacuity Poss.
Blood Stasis
Mid 40s
Liver Depression Qi Stagnation
Liver Blood-Kidney Yin Vacuity
Spleen Qi Vacuity
Late 40s to Early 50s
Liver Depression Qi Stagnation
Spleen-Kidney Yang Vacuity Liver
Blood-Kidney Yin & Yang Xu Some
Evil Heat
In women at seven, their Kidney qi is exuberant

and thus their teeth are emitted and grow.
At two times seven, the tian gui arrives, the Ren
Mai is free-flowing, the Tai Chong Mai is
exuberant, and menstruation descends
periodically. Thus they can have babies.
At three times seven, the Kidney qi is even and
level and, therefore, the true teeth are
engendered and lengthen to their extreme, and
the body is exuberant and strong
At five times seven, the Yang Ming vessels
decline and the face is beginning to be burnt,
while the hair is beginning to fall.
At six times seven, the three Yang vessels
decline above and the face is completely burnt,
while the hair is beginning to turn white
At seven times seven, the Ren Mai is vacuous,
the Tai Chong Mai is declining and scanty, the
tian gui is exhausted, and, therefore, the body is
spoiled and there are no more babies.

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Tai Yang = poss obese upper..but overlies well-developed musculature.

Yang exuber => red face... easily develop replete heat.

Four Basic Body Types

The 4 Yin-Yang Body Types

Tai Yang ~ Large, beefy, red-faced, overdeveloped upper body,

Spleen is the latter heaven root

Patterns to Watch Out For

In women at seven, their Kidney qi is exuberant

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