What Is 8 Constitution Medicine?

8 Constitution Medicine was discovered and developed by Dr Kwan Dowon, a renowned Korean Acupuncturist in 1965. It is a completely new paradigm of healing which has revolutionized the entire mantle of traditional Chinese medicine. It is truly a holistic medicine that teaches people how to live and what to eat, in order to heal and to prevent disease, and to create a healthy life.

We all sense that everyone is born different. Take food as an example. One person drinks a glass of milk and feels a boost of energy; another may head straight to the toilet with diarrhea. One person feels much better when they avoid eating meat; another feels so weak that they can't function well if he tries to be a vegetarian. Why? The answer is simple: We are born different.

More concretely the physiology of our bodies are made up differently. "Constitution" means the way that beings are designed to be built upon. For example, the Constitution of the United States is the plan that America was designed to be built upon, which is very different from Japan or Germany. Likewise, each and every one of us is born with  certain physiological differences, the constitution upon which one's life should be built upon in terms of how to live, what kinds of foods to eat, what kind of career to pursue, to name a few.

A New Paradigm of Healing

According to modern anatomy and physiology, all bodies are the same. Mary has lungs, a heart, and a stomach; so does Tom. The function of Mary's heart is to pump blood throughout her body. Tom's heart does exactly the same thing. Mary's lungs take in fresh oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide, just like everyone else's lungs. These are all visible phenomena. What the science is missing, however, is the relationship between the organs through the meridians.

 If Mary's lungs are functioning relatively stronger than her liver, then she will have a hard time digesting dairy products. However, Tom's lungs might function much weaker than his liver, which would make dairy products the most nutritious food for him. Tom and Mary's bodies have the same organs and same organ functions, but the way their organs work in relation to each other is very different.

The constitutions are the different patterns of organ relations and they are grouped into 8. Everyone is born with a certain constitution out of 8 possible patterns. It is one's own physiological DESTINY designed by God even before one is born. If one lives a life as the way he is created, he will remain healthy. If one does not, he will suffer. To know one's own constitution is the KEY to one's own well being.

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