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This is Roundtable with me, Steve Heatherly and Yixuan.
Do you have a friend who complains about feeling cold all the time,
while another gets overheat really easily?
Why does the same lifestyle work for some but not another?
In traditional Chinese medicine, the answer often starts with body constitution.
a framework that explains these fundamental differences long before illness appears.
Now with a new national standard in place,
this old idea is finding new relevance in modern health conversations.
So what's with the new standard?
Mm-hmm.
So first of all, on December 31st,
China has officially released its first national standard for the classification and identification of traditional Chinese medicine,
TCM, so body constitutions.
under this umbrella, which will take effect on the 1st of April.
The standard was organized and drafted by the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and approved by the State Administration for Market Regulation.
Why it is important is