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.










