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        Nov 1, 2020  Vol. 20  Hani Times                                                                            Acupuncture

                            Constitutional Acupuncture

               Taeeumin Temperament in Sasang Medicine




                                        Diagnosing the four constitutions became easier.



                                                              Korean. “So” is Lesser,     Spleen smaller and Kidney  show  less  concern  for
                                                              “Yang” is Yang, and “In” is   larger.  Today, we find  routine, work in the future
                                                              Person. This Lesser Yang    that the constitutions  time frame, tend to act
                                                              person is the same as that   discovered in Korea were  impulsively, and tends to
                                                              of  the  ancient  bigram    not unique to Asians.  avoid isolation.
                                                              where Yang is in the upper   India, Europe, and United  According to DiSC, “I” is a
                                                              and Yin in is the lower     States also had identified  Soyangin. They thrive on
                                                              position.                   the same types. Beginning  the attention and approval
        △ image©davidlee,  adopted from www.chehyung.com                                  with Hippocrates in 400  of other people, and they're
                                                              A Soyangin has large        B.C. down to the 20th  more motivated by praise
                                                              Spleen and small Kidney     century,  many  scholars  and  appreciation  than
                                   Soyangin  constitution.  organs. For treatment,        had identified the four  most other types. Despite
         By David Lee L.Ac.
                                   The word Soyangin means  Dr.  Jema  Lee  prescribed    constitutions in their  their outgoing attitude,
                                   Lesser Yang person in  herbs and foods to make         variant characteristics.   they're often unwilling to
        Doctor Jema Lee, a                                                                                           risk causing offense, and
        Korean physician and                                                              My observation of Soyangins  they'll often avoid possible
        founder of Sasang herbal                                                          are big dreamers, often  confrontations. They are
        medicine in 1893, is                                                              idealistic. They see the big  socially confident and
        respected for identifying                                                         picture with possibilities of  tend not to be particularly
        the constitutions and                                                             a positive outcome. Their  assertive or forceful.
        improving upon herbal             Jema Lee                 SOYANGIN               excitement is observable by
        formulas to better treat         Hippocrates                  Blood               a rapid speech, exaggerated  According to Myers-Briggs
        diseases. Sasang means           Unani Tibb                  Sanguine             g e st u r e s,   r a p id   e ye  Type Indicator of 16 types,
        four constitutions in          Galen-Avicenna               hot and wet           m o v e m e n t s ,   i n t e n s e  there are 6 types that are
        Korean. The challenge             Ayurveda                     Pitta              emotion, ability to change  Soyangin. They are ENFP,
                                           Dosha                     Pitta-Vata           subjects  quickly, skilled  INFP. ENTP, INTP, ESFP
        has been establishing
        the correct constitutional       Social Styles               Expressive           interpersonal interaction,  and ISFP. The commonality
        diagnosis. Through the              DiSC                     Influencing          fast-paced gait, and desire  is a Perceiving function,
        work of scholars of the         Myers-Briggs                ENFP, INFP,           to share personal stories.  which is open to different
                                                                    ESFP, ISFP            Be c au se  t he y  ar e  no t  p os s ib il i ti e s  a nd   do
        world, we now have many
        ways to identify the             Need Theory                Achievement           willing to stay with the  not mind spontaneous
                                                                                          status quo, their mind is in  changes, whereas the
                                                                                          a frequent position to make  opposite Judging function
                                                                                          adjustments. They openly  is more comfortable
                                                                                          communicate their feelings  with  repetition of  the
                                                                                          and thought processes,  same. You can look up
                                                                                          which seem unguarded and  their descriptions on
                                                                                          revealing.                 www.16personalities.
                                                                                          In Unani Tibb, a Sanguine is  com.
                                                                                          Soyangin. Unani describes  In Need Motivation Theory,
                                                                                          a Sanguine as having  a Need  for  Achievement
                                                                                          an optimistic positive  is a Soyangin. They prefer
                                                                                          mental outlook. They are  prefer work in which
                                                                                          persuasive extroverts and  the results are based on
                                                                                          have good social skills.  their effort rather than on
                                                                                          They have romantic nature  anything else  and  prefer
                                                                                          and are confident, poised,  to receive feedback on
                                                                                          graceful and enthusiastic.  their work. Achievement
                                                                                          They like to travel, to play  based individuals tend
                                                                                          games and distractions.    to  avoid  both  high-risk
                                                                                                                     and low-risk situations.
                                                                                          In  Ayurveda,  a  Pitta  type  Low-risk situations are
                                                                                          is Soyangin. They are  seen as too easy to be
                                                                                          generally  creative  and  valid and the high-risk
                                                                                          often impulsive. They  situations are s e e n   a s
                                                                                          are go-getters driven by  based more on the luck
                                                                                          intensity and passion. They  of the situation rather
                                                                                          are small to medium in  than the achievements
                                                                                          stature  and  usually  quite  that individual made. This
                                                                                          agile.                     personality type is motivated
                                                                                                                     by accomplishment in
                                                                                          According to Social Styles,  the workplace and an
                                                                                          an Expressive is Soyangin.  employment hierarchy
                                                                                          They are faster-paced,  w i t h   pr o mo t i on a l
                                                                                          make  effort  to  involve,  positions.
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