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than that for non Yin-asthenia; 2) the probability for
damp-heat was 1.585 times higher than that for non
damp-heat; 3) the probability for blood-stasis was 1.6
times higher than that for non blood-stasis; 4) the proba-
bility for qi-stagnation was 1.891 times higher than that
for non qi-stagnation [14]. Sub-health state can be pro-
posed by person with biased Constitution, which can
develop into sub-health status under stimulation of cer-
tain conditions. Therefore, more investigations on biased
system are necessary for further understanding the rela-
tionship between biased constitution and sub-health.
2) Constitution and sub -he alth in yin-yang harmony
The significance of constitution lies in exploring the
nature of the disease in treatment. The essence of “Sub-
health” Symptoms is one kind of pathological constitu-
tion. In order to harmonize “sub-health”, we must iden-
tify the constitution first, which is the so-called “treat-
ment by constitution identification ”. It uses the individu-
al constitution as research object, and grasp individual
differences and general whole factors of health and dis-
ease in terms of physical characteristics and different
constitution classifications, on the basis of which to de-
velop the prevention principles and select the appropriate
method of treatment and prevention.
Zheng Ziqiang studied the homemade “digestant for-
mula tea” by doing research on the 3 patients of phlegm-
dampness constitution in the July 2009 - October 2009,
finding that this product have a good effect on adjusting
symptoms in phlegm-dampness Constitution [15]. So we
can draw a conclusion that traditional Chinese medicine
can recuperate biased pathological constitution signifi-
cantly, so as to prevent sub-health and even the disease.
Chinese medicine constitution is also considered in the
same treatment for different diseases and the different
treatments for the same disease. It is also strongly sug-
gested that scholars can research the sub-health problems
from the view of constitution types.
5. Discussion
The standard of Chinese medicine constitution has al-
ready been introduced for some time, but in fact the
scholars have spared no efforts to improve the standards.
Although detecting gene is a good method for constitution
identification, the cost is too much for people to afford.
Subjective consciousness will exist inevitably when do-
ing questionnaire investigation of family history or life
history, which will affect the accurac y of the constitution
type’s judgment. Therefore each clinical expert should
do their best to develop simple but exact method to judge
the constitution. What’s more, the four biased constitu-
tion types have been proved to be pathological features,
but the key point is what causes the concern of the mass-
es and help them adjust biased constitution to yin-yang
harmony constitution, so as to prevent disease effective-
ly.
6. Acknowledgements
This paper is supported by Guangdong Province Tech-
nology Project in Social Development Field of Guang-
dong Provincial Department of Science and Technology,
China (201102).
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