Constitution and pattern are different scales of description, and mixing them up causes a lot of confusion. Constitution is the longer-term tendency a person carries - how they generally react, what they tolerate, what they drift towards. A pattern is a current state, which can change in days.
The relationship is usually described as one of predisposition: a given constitution makes certain patterns more likely, without determining them. Two people with the same constitution can be in different patterns, and the same pattern looks different in different constitutions - which changes how it is approached.
This is also why a questionnaire that sorts you into one of a fixed number of body types is not the same thing as a diagnosis. Naming a tendency is describing a background. It does not tell you what is happening now, and it is not a reason to start taking anything.
体质与证候是两个不同尺度的描述，混为一谈会造成很多混乱。体质是人长期带有的倾向——通常如何反应、能耐受什么、容易偏向哪边。证候则是当下的状态，可以在几天内变化。
两者的关系通常被描述为「易感」：某种体质使某些证候更容易出现，但并不决定它一定出现。体质相同的人可以处在不同证候中；而同一种证候在不同体质上表现也不同——这会改变处理方式。
这也是为什么「把你归入若干固定类型之一」的问卷，与诊断不是一回事。给倾向命名，是在描述背景；它既不说明你现在正在发生什么，也不能作为开始服用任何东西的理由。
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