Wang Qi's Nine-Constitution Typology: Overview and Recommendations

Balanced

You have a balanced constitution with good energy, emotional stability, and resilience. Your body adapts well to seasonal changes and external stress.

What You Need to Balance:

Maintain harmony — avoid overwork or excessive indulgence.

Lifestyle & Diet Suggestions:

Keep regular routines, exercise moderately, and maintain a calm mind.

Recommended Soups:

Ginseng Chicken Soup, Lotus Root & Pork Rib Soup — gentle tonics to maintain vitality.

Recommended Soups

Qi-Deficient

You may feel tired easily, experience shortness of breath, or sweat without exertion.

What You Need to Balance:

Strengthen your Qi through rest and nourishment.

Lifestyle & Diet Suggestions:

Avoid staying up late, reduce stress, and eat warm, cooked foods.

Recommended Soups:

Astragalus Chicken Soup, Ginseng & Red Date Soup — to boost energy and immunity.

Recommended Soups

Yang-Deficient

You often feel cold, especially in hands and feet, and prefer warmth.

What You Need to Balance:

Warm and activate your Yang energy.

Lifestyle & Diet Suggestions:

Keep warm, avoid cold drinks, and exercise to improve circulation.

Recommended Soups:

Lamb & Ginger Soup, Ginseng Chicken Soup — to warm and invigorate the body.

Recommended Soups

Yin-Deficient

You may feel warm in the palms or soles, dry throat, or restless at night.

What You Need to Balance:

Nourish Yin and clear internal heat.

Lifestyle & Diet Suggestions:

Stay hydrated, avoid spicy and fried food, rest well.

Recommended Soups:

Pear & Lily Bulb Soup, Tremella & Lotus Seed Soup — cooling and moistening.

Recommended Soups

Phlegm-Dampness

You may feel heaviness, sluggishness, or have oily skin and phlegm.

What You Need to Balance:

Strengthen the spleen and resolve dampness.

Lifestyle & Diet Suggestions:

Eat light and less greasy food, exercise to promote Qi flow.

Recommended Soups:

Job’s Tears & Lean Pork Soup, Winter Melon Soup — to remove dampness.

Recommended Soups

Damp-Heat

You may experience oily skin, mouth bitterness, acne, or a sticky feeling in the mouth.

What You Need to Balance:

Clear heat and drain dampness.

Lifestyle & Diet Suggestions:

Avoid alcohol, fried food, and late nights; eat light.

Recommended Soups:

Mung Bean Soup, Chrysanthemum & Goji Soup — to detox and cool heat.

Recommended Soups

Blood-Stasis

You may have dull complexion, dark lips, or pain in fixed areas.

What You Need to Balance:

Activate blood circulation and remove stasis.

Lifestyle & Diet Suggestions:

Stay active, manage stress, and eat foods promoting circulation.

Recommended Soups:

Angelica & Red Date Soup, Danggui Ginger Mutton Soup — to nourish blood and move Qi.

Recommended Soups

Qi-Stagnation

You may feel emotionally low, sigh often, or experience chest tightness.

What You Need to Balance:

Soothe the liver and regulate Qi.

Lifestyle & Diet Suggestions:

Relax, spend time outdoors, and practice breathing exercises.

Recommended Soups:

Chrysanthemum & Hawthorn Soup, Tangerine Peel & Lotus Leaf Soup — to ease Qi flow.

Recommended Soups

Special Diathesis

You may have allergies, sensitive skin, or are easily affected by certain foods or weather.

What You Need to Balance:

Strengthen your immunity and avoid triggers.

Lifestyle & Diet Suggestions:

Keep clean environment, avoid allergens, and eat simple, natural food.

Recommended Soups:

American Ginseng & Lily Soup, Cordyceps Flower Chicken Soup — to support defense Qi.

Recommended Soups

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