In osteoporosis prevention, movement matters more than calcium — and constitution changes the target. Wood types start with weaker bone but compensate with muscle; Metal types have the reverse problem.
Headache in the Pulmotonia Constitution: Why the Usual Remedies Work Against This Type
In the Pulmotonia constitution, painkillers, alcohol, deep massage and heavy sweating all work against a headache rather than for it. Why this sympathetic-tense type has to find the cause instead.
Headache in the Colonotonia Constitution: When a Reactive Large Intestine Tightens the Body
In the Colonotonia constitution, headache rarely starts in the head. A reactive large intestine tightens the muscles and organs — and sweating or deep massage entrenches the problem rather than clearing it.
Headache in the Cholecystonia Constitution: A Cold Lower Belly and Stagnant Qi
New to ECM? Start with What Is Eight Constitution Medicine? for the basics of the eight body types. Headache in the Cholecystonia constitution (목음체질) can be thought of along two lines: headache arising from a cold, sensitive lower abdomen, and headache arising when qi cannot disperse and stagnates — the headache that travels with low […]
Headache in the Hepatonia Constitution: When the Liver Gathers Too Much
New to ECM? Start with What Is Eight Constitution Medicine? for the basics of the eight body types. When you call to mind the average picture of each constitution, Hepatonia (목양체질) seems a long way from chronic headache. This is the most easygoing of the types, and the least given to minding how others see […]
Headache in the Vesicotonia Constitution: When a Weak Stomach Cannot Feed the Head
New to ECM? Start with What Is Eight Constitution Medicine? for the basics of the eight body types. Many people of the Vesicotonia constitution (수음체질) carry entrenched digestive disorders, and a good deal of their other illness derives from that source; minor ailments are frequent too. Having many small complaints is wearing — but it […]
Headache in the Renotonia Constitution: The Soeumin Who Lets It Out
New to ECM? Start with What Is Eight Constitution Medicine? for the basics of the eight body types. Renotonia and Vesicotonia both belong to the Soeumin group, so people tend to understand the two as much the same thing. In fact the differences between them are reasonably clear. In Summary What the two share: abundant […]
Headache in the Gastrotonia Constitution: Strong Fire That Disperses Easily
New to ECM? Start with What Is Eight Constitution Medicine? for the basics of the eight body types. Gastrotonia (토음체질) is the rarest of the eight constitutions. Back when I was in clinical work I came across suspected cases from time to time, but never a confirmed Gastrotonia. Recently someone identified themselves to me as […]
Headache in the Pancreotonia Constitution: Fire from the Stomach, Held by the Liver
New to ECM? Start with What Is Eight Constitution Medicine? for the basics of the eight body types. At bottom, headache is an imbalance of energy — and its form is fire (火). Fire is the shape energy takes when it condenses and rises upward, and that is the root of headache. In Korean Traditional […]
Is Cutting Out Meat Enough? Cholesterol and Dameum in the Gold Types
New to ECM? Start with What Is Eight Constitution Medicine? for the basics of the eight body types. Earlier articles looked at what dameum actually is — the metabolic residue of the body. In Korean Traditional Medicine (KTM), the traditional healing system of Korea also known as Hanbang (한방), dameum (痛飲) is the pathological waste […]