Do You Understand Your Own Body

Most people just eat indiscriminately .Actually ,both food and Chinese medicine have their own individual nature .The nature of food and Chinese medicine should complement each other to boost our body five organs and also their inter-relationships with each other .Different people have different types of body nature ie cold ,heaty,weak and in nature .As such not all food are suitable for everybody .To be able to eat healthily ,with vitality and beauty require careful consideration in the selection of food .Listed below are the commonly seen types of body nature to enable you to easily identify your own body nature to eat healthily and beautifully .

1. Body cold in nature ( suitable food is hot in nature)
- cold in nature ,fear windiness,usually limbs will feel cold
- complexion and lips are pale in colour
- like to consume hot soup and drinks
- tongue pale in colour with white coating ; mouth feels bland without any odour
- seldom drink water yet do not feel thirsty
- watery stools and urine light in colour

2. Body heaty in nature (suitable food is cold in nature)
- fear heat ,body is usually hot
- reddish complexion and ear
- like to consume cold drink
- tongue is red with yellow coating; mouth feels bitter with mouth odour
- drink frequently yet still feel thirsty
- hard stools and urine is dark yellow in colour

3. Body neutral in nature (suitable food is cold in nature)
- muscular body with strength
- energetic
- loud speech with vitality
- thick tongue have thick coating
- spleen asthenia and is easily troubled

4. Body weak in nature (suitable food is nourishing in nature)
- body is weak due to long illness
- lack energy with weak pulse
- dispirited ,speak listlessly
- tongue is soft and does not have much coating or none at all

Among the four types of body nature ,the poorest nature is the body weak in nature which can be further divided into weakness in blood ,weakness in yang ,weakness in yin ;each with their own individual symptoms.

* Qi-asthenia
Dizziness ,shortness in breath ,fatigue ,sweatiness ,no appetite .abdominal flatulence after eating ,fear cold ,easily contract flu and weak pulse

*Blood-asthenia
Pale and yellowish complexion ,lips and nail pale in colour ,dizziness ,insomnia ,poor memory ,lingerie fear ,numbness of the limbs weak pulse ,light menstruation

*Yang-asthenia
Cold stomach ,cold limbs ,like to consume hot food ,inability to talk loud ,lethargic and like to sleep ,long urination ,thick and pale tongue and weak pulse

*Yin-asthenia
Slender body ,thirstiness ,limbs and heart heat ,rosy cheeks ,dizziness ,insomnia ,heatiness and sweatiness ,constipation ,red tongue without much coating ,weak pulse