title: A brief history of human constitutionology.
abstract: Human constitutionology studies human itself, which was proposed by Dr. Kuang. The study on human constitution in Chinese medicine has ever increased since the late 1970s. This review on the development of human constitutionology in Chinese Traditional Medicine (TCM) and western medicine is expected to give people with a different background to understand the establishment of this new subject, and its significance in promoting modernization of TCM and multi-disciplinary collaboration in human study and as an individualized model guiding the re-orientation of modern medicine.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China.
authors.forename: Kuang
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Diaoyuan
authors.forename: Song
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yongxia
mesh_terms: D001824:Body Constitution; D002681:China; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000266:history*