Min S. Kim Acupuncture
Pain and Immunology Clinic
Min S. Kim Acupuncture
Pain and Immunology Clinic
Eight Constitutions - Gastrotonia
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“The descriptions below illustrate general tendencies of each constitution and are not absolute”
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Gastrotonia is characterized by its superior stomach (pancras) and inferior bladder (kidney). This constitution is also recognized for its relatively strong large intestine (lung) and relatively weak gall bladder (liver).
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Gastrotonias' strong and tense stomach often causes indigestion. Their digestive problems are often accompanied by chronic headaches and pain throughout the body. herbal medicine and antibiotics can cause severe side effects for this constitution. Spicy foods, chicken, apples, and herbal medicine not only cause digestive problems, but can also result in anxiety disorder and malfunction of autonomic nervous system.
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Common symptoms
- Digestive track problems, Infertility, Sinusitis, Allergies, Penicillin shock
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Pancreatonia Regimen
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Very Beneficial
Pork, Swell fish (Monk fish).
Beneficial
Milk (cold), Dairy Products, Cheese, Egg White, Salt Water Fish, Clams, Oyster, Shell Fish, Ocean Fish (with Scales), Corn, Pea, Red bean, Kidney bean, Bean Paste (fermented), Peanut, Almond, Cashew Nut, Tofu, Rice (white), Buckwheat, Millet: Setaria ilaica, Mung Bean, Rye, Canola oil, Olive oil, Grapeseed oil, Coconut oil, Green vegetables (Lettuce, Cabbage, etc.), Bracken (Fern), Cucumber, Stems of Radish, Aster scaber, Water Dropworth, Pumpkin, Zucchini, Avocado, Shoot of a fatsia, Mushroom, Melon, Campbell Early, Grapes, Yellow Korean Melon, Strawberries, Banana, Pineapple, Pomegranate, Blueberry, Mulberry, Persimmon, Raspberry, Cranberry, Coconut, Fig, Lychee, Aloe Vera, Vit. E (in food), Dextrose Injection, Dextrose Powder, Coffee-caffeinated (1 cup a day), Cold drinking water, Alkaline Beverage, Ice, Silver (wearing), Breathing Exercise (Exhaling).
Moderate
Beef, Butter, Egg Yolk, Fresh Water Fish, Ocean Fish (without scales), Beans, Soybean, Fermented soybean (Natto), Soy Milk, African/Indian Millet, Barley, Corn, Wheat Products, Oat, Job’s Tears, Corn oil, Soy oil, Root vegetables [Radish, Carrot, Lotus root, et.], Spinach, Perilla leaf, Allium tuberosum, Bell pepper, Eggplant, Celery, Nori, Kiwi, Papaya, Asian Pear, Peach, Plum, Cherry, Apricot, Quince, Squalene, Sugar (sucrose), Chinese Matrimony Vine, Reishi Mushroom, Cornus officinalis, Vit. C ( in food), Green Tea & Most Herbal Tea (less than 1 cup per week), Adlay Tea (less than 1 cup per week), Quince Tea (less than 1 cup per week), Warm drinking water, Chocolate, Cocoa, Beer, Wine, Kore Rice Sake, Sake, Jade (wearing), Gold (wearing), Swimming (Cold), Sauna (perspiration), Sun Tanning.
Harmful
Acorn, Crusted rice (Boiled), Sesame Oil, Perilla oil, Dioscorea opposite, Tomato, Potato, Yam, Beet, Garlic (cooked), Phellinus Linteus Aoshima, Japanese apricot, Schisandra chinensis, Arrow Root, Vit. B (in food), Vit. A, D ( in food), Chamomile Tea, Soda, Whiskey, Tequila, vodka, Soju, Breathing Exercise (Inhaling).
Seriously Harmful
Chicken & Poultry, Lamb & Goat, Brown Rice, Sweet Rice, Pistachios, Pecan, Pine nut, Ginger, Chinese bellflower, taro, Codonopsis lanceolate, Burdock, Hot pepper, Onion, Green Onion, Ginger, Cinnamon, Curry, mustard, Wasabi, Seaweeds, Apple, Citrus (Lemon, Lime, Orange, Tangerine, Grapefruit), Mango, Ginseng, Red ginseng, Honey, Dates, jujube, Root of Ranunculaceae, Antlers of the Deer, Citron Tea, Ginger Tea, Date/Jujube Tea, Ginseng Tea, Alcoholic beverage, Smoking Cigarette.
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