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6        Acupuncture                                                                                    Mar 1, 2022  Vol. 36  Hani Times
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                            Constitutional Acupuncture

        Sasang Diagnosis with Western Personality Assessments



          The Western Personality Assessments Provide More Characteristics to Diagnose

                                                       the Sasang Constitutions.

                                                                                                                             By David Lee, L.Ac.

                                                              creator of Wonder Woman,  ESTJ, and ISTJ. Soyangins are  Conscientiousness. Soeumins
                                                              found the emotions of people  ESFP, ISFP, ENFP, INFP, ENTP,  have low Openness, low
                                                              as Dominance (Taeeumin),  and INTP. Soeumins are ENFJ,  Conscientiousness, and high
                                                              Influence (Soyangin),  INFJ, ENTJ, and INTJ. Cold  Agreeableness. Cold Taeumins
                                                              Steadiness (Soeumin), and  Taeumins (Soeumin) are ESFJ,  (Soeumin) have low Openness,
                                                              Conscientiousness (Soeumin,  ISFJ, ESTJ, and ISTJ.     high Conscientiousness,
                                                              cold Taeumin).              Big Five, 1950-present, is the  and high Agreeableness. All
                                                              David McClelland, 1917 –  most scientifically validated  constitutions have high and low
                                                              1988, was a Harvard professor,  temperament assessment  Extraversion.
                                                              whose research identified the  tool using five personality  Jema Lee would be proud to see
                                                              three basic motivation types.  dimensions. Taeeumins are  his medicine regularly practiced
                                                              Their primary motivations are  characterized by high Openness,  all over the world. With the
                                                              caused by Power (Taeeumin),  high Conscientiousness,  increased ability to diagnose the
                                                              Achievement (Soyangin), and  low Agreeableness, and low  Sasang constitutions, his 100-
        △ image©DavidLee
                                                              Affiliation (Soeumin and cold  Neuroticism. Soyangins  year prediction of it being in
        Dr. Jema Lee’s neo-Confucian   opportunity to assess the  Taeeumin).              have high Openness low  every household is now ready.
        interpretation of the four   constitutions in various races of  Merrill  and  Reid,  1950s,
        constitutions set off a revolution   people at my clinic in suburban  observed the external social   Four Constitutions (4체질)
        in the world of East Asian   Los Angeles.             styles rather than internal   Jema Lee  Taeeumin  Soyangin   Soeumin   Soeumin
                                                                                           Hippocrates  Yellow Bile  Blood  Phlegm   Black Bile
        medicine. His proof was the   Hippocrates premised that  thought processes. The four
                                                                                             Unani    Choleric   Sanguine  Phlegmatic  Melancholic
        efficacy and reliability of the   the imbalance of the four  social types are Driving   Galen-
        rearranged foods and herbal   humors, Yellow Bile, Black  (Taeumin), Expressive     Avicenna  hot and dry  hot and wet  cold and wet  cold and dry
                                                                                             David     Power   Achievement   Affiliation  Affiliation
        medicines for these body types.  Bile, Blood, and Phlegm caused  (Soyangin), Amiable (Soeumin),
                                                                                           McClelland  Need       Need      Need      Need
        Personality profiling by   disease.  Physician  Aelius  and Analytical (Soeumin, cold
                                                                                           Merrill and   Driver  Expressive  Amiable  Analytical
        western thinkers has made   Galenus (Galen) 129 – 216  Taeumin).
                                                                                             Reid
        the Sasang  constitutions   AD converted the humors  Myers-Briggs, 1897-1980,       William     D          I         S          C
        easier to diagnose. The long   into Four Temperaments as  created 16 personality types   Marston  Driving  Influencing  Steadiness  Conscientious
        research on personalities, since   climatic natures of hot-dry  based on the works by the   Big Five  Low   High Open  Low Open  Low Open
        Hippocrates circa 400 B.C. to   Choleric (Taeeumin), hot-damp  psychologist Carl Jung. Myers-  (OCEAN)  High Open  Conscientious  Conscientious Conscientious
                                                                                                       High                 High       High
        the present, is now unified with   Sanguine (Soyangin), cold-  Briggs Type Indicator MBTI    Conscientious         Agreeable  Agreeable
        the power of Sasang medicine.   damp Phlegmatic (Soeumin),  uses pair opposites to determine   Agreeable
        Because human beings are   and cold-dry Melancholic  Extrovert (E) or Introvert (I),   Myers-  ESTP       ENFP       ENFJ      ESFJ
        identical across the globe, the   (Soeumin, cold Taeumin).   Sensing (S) or Intuitive (I),   Briggs  ESTJ   ENTP     ENTJ      ESTJ
                                                                                                       ISTP       ESFP       INFJ      ISFJ
        characteristics of constitutions   William Marston, 1893-1947,  Feeling (F) or Thinking (T),
                                                                                                       ISTJ       INFP       INTJ      ISTJ
        can be conveniently identified.   a discoverer of a polygraph  and Judging (J) or Perceiving              INTP
        For 17 years, I had the    machine (lie detector) and a  (P). Taeeumins are ESTP, ISTP,                    ISFP


         The effectiveness and safety of cupping therapy for stroke survivors: A systematic

                  review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials ① Introduction



                                                        By Mikyung Kim(1Department of Internal Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Sangji University),
                                                       Chang-ho Han(Department of Internal Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Dongguk University)

                                                              The aging of the population and  Cupping therapy is a form of  stroke rehabilitation. However, at
                                                              the reduction in stroke deaths  intervention that provides negative  the time, only two uncontrolled
                                                               are expected to lead to further  pressure on the skin by suctioning  observational studies and three
                                                               increases in the prevalence of  the air inside a cup and has been  randomized controlled trials (RCTs)
                                                               stroke and socioeconomic burden  widely used in multiple cultures  comparing the effects of cupping
                                                               in the future3).           throughout the world5,6). In  therapy with different unproven
                                                              Therefore, now is the time to  particular, it has one of the most  techniques were identified in the
                                                               pay attention not only to current  commonly used interventions in  search, so only a narrative review
                                                               stroke strategies mainly focused  modern East Asian traditional  of the clinical evidence available at
                                                               on emergent and intensive care  medicine to date5). Indications of  the time for this topic was possible.
                                                               in the acute stage but also to  cupping therapy covered almost  Therefore, this study aimed to
                                                               continuous monitoring and medical  all systems of the human body  update the findings of the previous
        △Indications of cupping therapy covered almost all human  support for stroke survivors3).  and mind in traditional medicine1),  study6) by systematically reviewing
        body  and  mind  systems,  including  various  complications   Interest in complementary and  including various complications  currently available RCTs, performing
        experienced  by  stroke  survivors.  image(c)AdobeStock_Tyler
        Olson                                                  alternative medicine, represented  experienced by stroke survivors6).  a meta-analysis and providing
                                                              by traditional or folk medicine,  In 2010, Lee et al6). published  evidence-based information for
        Stroke is one of the leading causes  Although stroke mortality is on the   has been increasing as one of  the results of a systematic review  those considering the application of
        of death worldwide, accounting  decline1), many stroke survivors   the methods to satisfy the unmet  of the clinical literature on the  cupping therapy for stroke patients.
        for 10% of the world’s mortality1).  still suffer from residual disability2).  needs of stroke survivors4).  effect of cupping therapy for   (→ To be Continued.)
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