Shim Eun Bo, Lee Si Woo, Kim Jong Yeol, Leem Chae Hun, Earm Yung E
Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea.
Department of Medical Research, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
Integr Med Res. 2012 Dec;1(1):41-45. doi: 10.1016/j.imr.2012.10.002. Epub 2012 Oct 16.
Sasang constitutional medicine (SCM) is a traditional form of medicine that is widely used in Korea to clinically diagnose and treat disease. The main characteristic of SCM is its classification of people according to physical constitution. The theory asserts that four different types of physical constitution exist: Taeyang, Soyang, Taeeum, and Soeum. One noticeable clinical observation in SCM is that Taeeum-type people are prone to obesity. Although extensive clinical investigations have shown this tendency in SCM, no scientific hypothesis has been proposed to delineate its mechanism. According to SCM theory, Taeeum-type people have a hypoactive lung system and a hyperactive liver system. In this paper, we propose a new hypothesis explaining this finding from a physiological viewpoint. A functional weakness in the lung system indicates intrinsic hypoactivity in the consumption of metabolic energy, therefore we deduced that the tendency can easily induce body weight gain via an increase in anabolism.
四象体质医学（SCM）是韩国广泛用于临床疾病诊断和治疗的一种传统医学形式。四象体质医学的主要特点是根据体质对人进行分类。该理论认为存在四种不同类型的体质：太阳人、少阳人、太阴人、少阴人。四象体质医学中一个值得注意的临床观察结果是，太阴人类型的人容易肥胖。尽管大量临床研究已在四象体质医学中显示出这种倾向，但尚未提出科学假说来阐明其机制。根据四象体质医学理论，太阴人类型的人肺系统功能低下而肝系统功能亢进。在本文中，我们从生理学角度提出了一个新的假说来解释这一发现。肺系统的功能弱点表明代谢能量消耗内在不足，因此我们推断这种倾向可通过合成代谢增加而轻易导致体重增加。
