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Sasang Medicine
Major distinctions of the body are formed during incubation
period of life, rendering person’s predisposed weakness and
strength. This prenatal imbalance determines a person’s
constitution, physiology, pathology, emotional orientation and
nature. As a result, each type shares the similar aspects of
bodily structure, function, and metabolism, as well as
psychological and behavioral characteristics.
The mechanisms of each type’s physiology and pathology differ,
therefore, so should the treatment of each type. This is in sharp
contrast to forms of medicine that choose treatments because
they are supposed to help a named condition.
Sasang medicine uses Chinese herbs to treat various conditions
of four different body types. By knowing the person, practitioners
are able to help the person’s predisposed weaknesses to
improve body’s self-healing power, rather than directly attacking
the manifested disease, which often disturbs unaffected parts of
body as well. In many cases, the effects of constitutional
treatment are realized more quickly and last for longer period of
time.
In Sasang medicine, 4 major body types are distinguished. They
are So-Eum-In, So-Yang-In. Tae-Eum-In, and Tae-Yang-In. Most
of people can be categorized in these 4 body types. There are
variations in manifestation in many possible ways since no two
humans are alike. However, these variations all stem from the
root of these four.
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