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Special Column | Open Access

Application of TCM constitution in lifetime health maintenance

Qi Wanga( ), Minghua Baia, Yin Yanga, Xue Lianga, Pengcheng Suna, Junwen Hana, Taiping Fanb, Chunsu Yuanc
Center for Studies in Constitution Research and Reproductive Sciences of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China
Angiogenesis & Natural Products Laboratory Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1PD, United Kingdom
Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research, University of Chicago, Chicago IL 60637, United States

Peer review under responsibility of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine.

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Abstract

Healthy full life cycle has become an important national strategy, which indicates that attention needs to be given to human health throughout the life course. The full life cycle includes the whole process of conception and birth, development, growth, aging, and death, which has been recorded in Yellow Emperor's Canon of Medicine. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) constitution theory, the TCM constitution focuses on the life process in a continuous evolution based on individual development at different phases or stages from infancy to senility. The development of TCM constitution is beneficial in accumulating the theoretical and practical experience for promoting the application of TCM constitution health service into the full life cycle, and providing theory, technique and method for TCM health service in the full life cycle, as well. Through this review, we've found that TCM constitution has being widely used for clinical practice, but still needs further improvement.

Keywords

Full life cycleTCM constitutionHealth service

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Journal of Traditional Chinese Medical Sciences
Volume 5 Issue 1,
January 2018
Pages 6-15
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcms.2018.02.006
Cite this article:
Wang Q, Bai M, Yang Y, et al. Application of TCM constitution in lifetime health maintenance. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medical Sciences, 2018, 5(1): 6-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcms.2018.02.006

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Received: 15 November 2017
Revised: 17 January 2018
Accepted: 17 February 2018
Published: 05 April 2018
© 2018 Beijing University of Chinese Medicine.

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