BODY-MIND TYPES

BODY-MIND TYPES

How to identify SHELDON'S BODY TYPES: Common presentations and characteristics.

Name.........................................…………. 

Date of Birth…………………………...         Place of Birth………………..

Sex/ Age......................................

ID No………....................……….                          Date..............................

	WATER ENDOMORPHIC	FIRE MESOMORPHIC	AIR ECTOMORPHIC
Presenting Symptoms	Overweight, Dull, Drowsy, allergy, Lethargic, diarrhea.	Burning, Fever, ulcers, Inflammatory Changes, anger, migraine, dysentery.	Pain, constipation, Insomnia, under-weight, arthritis.
Constitution	Short, obese	Medium, muscular	Lean, thin, angular, maybe tall.
Gait	Lax	Erect	Angular, stooping
Speech	In monosyllables	Logical, precise, Sentences	Irrelevant, talkative, Jumping, evasive
Appetite	Poor	Increased	Variable
Digestion	Sluggish: 6- 8 hrs	Good	Variable
Thirst	Thirstless	Thirsty	Variable
Bowels	Regular,	Regular/ Loose,	Irregular, constipated,
Stool	Bulky, semisolid, pale.	Formed, yellow-brown, Dysentery	Dry, dark
Urine	Polyurea, profuse	Dysurea, burning	Frequency, hesitancy, ineffectual
Sleep	Very Deep, drowsy, Sleepy during daytime	Deep but alert,	Light, easily aroused, Catnap, dreamy
Mind	Dull, conservative Greedy, Possessive.	Impatient, Angry, irritable Demanding, domineering	Worries, Dreaming, Restless
Memory	Good	Recent	Forgetful, short term Lack of concentration
Strength	Strong	Bold	Easy Tiredness and exhausted Fearful
Temperament	Phlegmatic, Introvert	Bilious Choleretic Extrovert	Anxious, Melancholic Ambivert, moody
Pulse	Full, slow, Heaving	Bounding	Low volume Thready, sinuous
Skin	Cold, moist	Hot, dry	Cold, dry
Hair	Luxurious, Silky	Frontal Baldness Androgenic	Dry, brittle Coarse
Intolerance to	Cold, humidity	Heat / Sun	Dry, cold
Fear	With reason	Bold / daring	Fear: no reason
Nature	Delays/ Postponing	Punctual, Overconfident	Day dreaming /Planner
Likes- when sick	Bitters, Astringents, Pungent, Spicy food and hot drinks: tea, coffee, stimulants.	Sweet, Bitters, Astringent, Cold Food and Drinks	Sweet, Sour, Salty, hot, moist Food and drinks.
Aggravates in	Rainy season, cold and damp places, First 4 hours, 6 – 10 o-clock after sunrise and sunset. Excess of Sweets, Sours and Salt.	Summer season, Hot and dry places, 10 to 2 O-Clock. Excess intake of Pungents, Acidic(Sours)  salted and hot spices.	Winter season, cloudy and cold days, cold and dry places, 2 to 6 O-Clock, excess intake of Astringents, Bitters and Pungents in Food & Drinks.
Feels better by	Warm, light and dry Food ,environment	Cold and rehydrating Food and environment	Warm and rehydrating Food and climate.
Dreams	Pleasant, water, clouds, sexy, white, pale/ faint.	Fights, adventure, fire, violent, bright, accidents, red-yellow-green,	Fearful, loss, jumping, running, climbing, ghosts, black,