A Study On The Differentiation And Recuperation Of Five Elements People And Yin-yang Five Types People In "Huangdi Neijing”

The constitutional medicine is devoted to the study of individual physiological and pathological features, and to the analysis of the pathological reaction and lesion and growth trend for inducing the prevention and treatment against diseases. As "Huangdi Neijing(Huangdi’s Cannon of Medicne) " contains the profound content of the constitutional medicine, there are written the formation and classification basis of the constitution in details, and becomes a foundation of the constitutional theory written by ancient physicians. Study Goal: Through the literature search of " Huangdi Neijing" relevant to Yin-Yang Five Types People & Five Elements People, analyzes the constitutional classification basis, distinguishes the constitutional features and initially established recuperation ways and the profound constitutional differentiation and recuperation content in Traditional Chinese Medicine, and provides a theoretical basis for the clinical constitutional differentiation and recuperation thereon. Study Method:Through the literature review and also theoretical study altogether, comprehensively analyzes and compares the literature of Yin-Yang Five Types People & Five Elements People, and further searches the theoretical origin, scientific connotation, basic content, way of thinking, differentiation standard, recuperation substance etc. Study Content: 1. the search of the constitutional formation elements in "Huangdi Neijing"; 2. the classification and analysis of the constitutional classification methods in "Huangdi Neijing"; 3. related to Five Elements People & Yin-Yang Five Types People in "Huangdi Neijing", the classification and analysis of the classification principle, Yin-Yang status, physiological features, psychological characteristics, pathological growth trend, impact of acupunctural treatment, etc.; 4. the initially established recuperation regimen of Yin-Yang Five Types People & Five Elements People; 5. The applicable value of the constitutions of Yin-Yang Five Types People & Five Elements People in "Huangdi Neijing". Conclusion: 1. The concept of the constitutional medicine in "Huangdi Neijing" is based on the philosophical principle of Yin-Yang & Five Elements and the Zangxing theory. The human body’s physical features and psychological characteristics and the temporal and spatial variation elements are combined to speculate the human body being attributed by the Yin-Yang and Five Elements property and the physiological function and the differences of the natural temperamental personality. 2. The formation of Five Elements People and Yin-Yang Five Types People in "Huangdi Neijing" is mainly based on the congenital factors, the regional factors, the meteorological & phenological factors, the age factors, the gender factors, the dietary factors, the life styles, the social factors, the treatment factors, etc., and has the different degrees of impact depending on the constitutional status. 3. The major observational elements of the differentiation in "Huangdi Neijing" are identified as the overall features, the morphological features, the psychological features, the behavioral features, the pathological growth trends, impact of acupuncture & drug, the environmental adaptability. 4. The recuperation ways of Five Elements People & Yin-Yang Five Types People are mainly the adaption of dietary recuperation, the spiritual recuperation, the exercise, the acupuncture & moxibustion and massage, the drug intervention, the music therapy etc., and generally the equalizing Yin-Yang balance and the maintaining Five Elements biochemical are fundamental. 5. As the differentiation of symptoms and quality emphasize the close relationship between constitution and syndrome & treatment, and there is a certain useful value for understanding human physiology, pathology, syndrome, diagnosis, treatment and regimen. However, Five Elements People and Yin-Yang Five Types People focus on the congenital factors relevant to the constitutional impacts and reflect the human oriented features, but ignore the regularity of the pathological nature, and also, in a certain extent, ignore the impact of many postnatal factors relevant to the constitutional impacts.