In the Chinese tradition, every body is born with — and gradually shapes — a particular pattern. A constellation of warmth and coolness, dryness and damp, vigor and depletion. Knowing yours is the first step in any traditional Chinese medicine encounter.

This twenty-question test is adapted from the official standard published by the China Association of Chinese Medicine (中華中醫藥學會《中醫體質分類與判定》). It will identify which of the nine classical constitutions most describes you today.

It is not a diagnosis. It is a mirror.