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Body Psychology TCM Types

Yang (deficiency)
Yang (deficiency)

Don't rest

Drivenoveractivenever restintenseself-focussedEmotionally disconnectedAggressive and assertive
Note the area. Eg Uterus... “Do you have any issues with femininity?mothernurturing self
Qi deficiency
Qi deficiency

Don't rest

Milder than YangDrivenoveractivenever restintenseself-focussedEmotionally disconnectedAggressive and assertive
Is there some area in your life you are feeling stuck
Yin (deficiency)
Yin (deficiency)

Exist for others

I am everyone elseI am my children or partnerTotally yieldingSupportivetest new one
Why is your life about others?How much do you focus on others rather than yourself?Dryness - what are you nails like?What is your hair like? Is your hair falling out?What are your lips like?How light are your periods?
Blood deficiency
Blood deficiency

Exist for others

Milder than YinI am everyone elseI am my children or partnerTotally yieldingSupportivetest new one
Why is your life about others?How much do you focus on others rather than yourself?Dryness - what are you nails like?What is your hair like? Is your hair falling out?What are your lips like?How light are your periods?Are you stuck in regards to something to do with expressing your femininity?How do you feel about weakness/vulnerability/ being nurtured and dependent?
Damp
Damp

Needs

Excessive thinking and analysisEmotionally disconnectedOversensitive to othersSluggish
As a kid what would you have like to feel more of from your parents?Helps to get to the needs that they are trying to meet with the behaviour they are doing now.
Stagnation
Stagnation

Stuck

Stuckangry and frustratedhanging on to past hurts or habitsUnable to let gotest new one
Qi Stagnation: Is there some area in your life you are feeling stuckStuck in relation to...Stagnation symptoms (Feeling Stuck) in relation to (area psychology)Heat - do you get hot at night?Do you sweat at night?Are you restless?What is your sleep like?
Excess Pain
Excess Pain

Stuck in area

Deficient Pain
Deficient Pain

Ignored emotions

Excess Heat
Excess Heat

Excess Yang, Very Stuck, emotional stress

Deficient Heat
Deficient Heat

from prolonged Yin deficiency

Excess Cold
Excess Cold

rare in modern times,

Deficient Cold
Deficient Cold

from yang deficiency, excess physical work

Heat
Heat
Cold
Cold

striving

What would happen if you didn’t strive?Q: How would you feel if you couldn’t strive?
Full (excess)
Full (excess)

stagnation

Empty (deficiency)
Empty (deficiency)

completely depleted, excessive work stress

Exterior
Exterior
Interior
Interior

The Organs (nourished by Nutritive (Ying) Qi.

Stomach-Fire
Stomach-Fire

emotional stress, no rest

Liver-Fire
Liver-Fire

emotional stress, anger, resentment, repressed anger or frustration

A Red tongue with redder sides and a dry yellow coating would be enough to diagnose Liver-Fire
Heart-Fire
Heart-Fire