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What's Your Constitutional Type?

Traditional herbalism recognizes four temperaments — hot & dry (choleric), hot & moist (sanguine), cold & dry (melancholic), cold & moist (phlegmatic) — each with distinct herbal preferences. This 10-question quiz locates yours on the hot/cold × dry/moist axes and personalizes future Finder results.

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How do you usually feel temperature-wise?

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Your skin tends to be…

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How is your thirst?

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Sweating pattern:

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Your digestion is typically:

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Under stress you tend to:

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Your hands and feet:

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Your hair is typically:

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Your bowel habits lean toward:

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Your typical energy is:

How constitutional typing works

Classical herbalism — Greek, Unani, Ayurvedic, Chinese — all recognize that each person has a dominant pattern of temperature (how much warmth the body generates and holds) and moisture (how much the tissues hold, secrete, or lose fluid). Herbs have opposing patterns. Matching the right herbal energetics to your constitutional pattern restores balance; picking the wrong ones can push things further off.

  • Hot + Dry (choleric/pitta): strong digestion, tendency to heat + acidity. Needs cooling + moistening (aloe, marshmallow, violet).
  • Hot + Moist (sanguine): robust, social, prone to congestion. Needs cooling + drying + bitter (dandelion, burdock, yarrow).
  • Cold + Dry (melancholic/vata): thin-tissued, nervous, easily depleted. Needs warming + moistening (ashwagandha, oat, licorice).
  • Cold + Moist (phlegmatic/kapha): steady but sluggish, dampness accumulates. Needs warming + drying (ginger, elecampane, horseradish).

This is a simplified, self-assessment version. A clinical herbalist can refine it with tongue, pulse, and history review. Results are best thought of as a starting map — your constitution shifts over seasons, stress, and life stages.