Savor's constitution typology, per-type descriptions, and dietary guidance rest on the published works below. Savor provides educational wellness information, not a medical diagnosis or advice.
The constitution model
Wang Qi's nine-constitution framework and the national standard back the typology and the per-type descriptions.
- Wang Qi, A Practical Manual of the Nine Body Constitutions 《九種體質使用手冊》
China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine · 2012 · ISBN 978-7-5132-0667-9
- China Association of Chinese Medicine, Classification and Determination of Constitution in TCM
ZYYXH/T 157-2009 · 2009
- Wang Qi, Constitutional Theory of Chinese Medicine 《中醫體質學》
People's Medical Publishing House · 2009 · ISBN 978-7-117-11353-3
Dietary therapy
These works back the per-type favor and avoid dietary guidance.
- Giovanni Maciocia, The Foundations of Chinese Medicine
2nd ed. · Elsevier Churchill Livingstone · 2005
- Paul Pitchford, Healing with Whole Foods: Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition
3rd ed. · North Atlantic Books · 2002
- Zhao X, Tan X, Shi H, Xia D. Nutrition and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM): a system's theoretical perspective
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 2021 · 75(2):267–273