A Report on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Constitution Theory and Chinese Health Administration Center

Abstract A Report on Traditional Chinese (TCM) Constitution The ory and Chinese Health Administration Center Sang-Hyuk Kim, ＊ Jong Cheon Joo, † Dong Uk Hwang, Siwoo Lee Korea Institute of Oriental ＊ Dept. of Constitutional Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang Univ. † National Institute for Mathematical Sciences 1. Objectives The objectives of this paper are to report Traditional Chinese (TCM) Constitution Theory and the present state of Chinese Health Administration Center. 2. Methods We visited for China Technology Survey in 2009. Our purposes were to research for the study of constitutional medicine in and to search for the Development Plan of Constitutional Through the Research of Chinese Constitutional Medicine. This paper is the report of the China Technology Survey. 3. Results & Conclusions In China, the concept and diagnosis of TCM constitutions is nine(Balanced Constitution, Qi-deficient Constitution, Yang-deficient Constitution, Yin-deficient Constitution, Phlegm-dampness Constitution, Damp-heat Constitution, Stagnant blood Constitution, Stagnant qi Constitution, Inherited specific Constitution). And Chinese government established the Classification and Diagnosis Standards for the Constitutions of TCM in 2009. TCM Constitution Theory is being widely applied at Health Administration Center that treats 'predisease' patients. Theses Chinese clinical implications of constitutional medicine are a good example for Sasang Constituional Medicine Care Service.Key Words:Constitutional Medicine, Preventive medicine, Health Administration Center