Metal+Greater+Yin+Temperament

Associated Organs
Lung

Tendencies
This person is narrow in the shoulders and chest; has long thin features with a hard glance who never forgives and inspires no confidence or trust. this type may have difficult or shallow breathing and can garner energy only by resting. He or she dislike humidity or cold.

Weak, fragile, pale, easily tired, and having a poor appetite in childhood, this type suffers from respiratory disturbances or constipation, and skin disorders like eczema and psoriasis. In adulthood, the person is always tired and worn out, feels that energy will never be regained, needs lots of rest and vacation, goes to sleep early and rises early.

The Metal Greater Yin type conserves energy in gestures, moves slowly, and talks slowly with an effort, as if forcing the voice farther than it wants to go This person is meticulous, has a good sense of judgment, and is on time, but is also apathetic and introverted, and tends to ruminate over the past. He or she is often judgmental and can be bitter, reacts to conflicts with inertia, can be stubborn, and is solitary an closed off. If not totally absorbed, this person will go off on flights of the imagination and will feels that time is frozen. Feeling that time moves very slowly, he or she will become easily bored and anxious.

Such a person is hostile to change, organizes life in advance, doesn't like to improvise, is a slave to abit, and likes order and discipline. Though always honest

Dysfunctions
Disorders of the respiratory tract, sore throat, frequent colds, asthma, pleurisy, emphysema, bradycardia, Raynauld's syndrome, disorders of vessels, gastric disorders, intestinal complaints, pancreatitis, nephrotic syndromes, cystitis, prostatitis, all menstrual disorders, hypothyroidism, diabetes, obesity, degenerative arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, headaches, convulsions, acne, eczema, psoriasis, collagen diseases, Hodgkin's disease, sinusitis, farsightedness, obsessional neurosis, depressive states, schizophrenia

Key Points
SP-4 LU-7 LU-1 SP-20