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You can go about discovering your type in one of two ways. First, you may decide to read the whole book or chapters 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 which describe the five main types. You may then notice which of the types describes you the best. Alternatively, you may wish to fill in the questionnaire at the end of the book and find out which type gains the highest score. You can then read the associated chapter and see if it ‘fits’. Of course you may also wish to do both!

If you decide to take the first route suggested, this is a useful way to gain insights into your type. As you read chapters 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10, you may decide that the characteristics of one of the types describe you well. If this is the case it is strongly possible that this is your constitutional type. You may gain greater understanding of yourself by reading the chapter and also from carrying out the exercises associated with your type. Doing these exercises will help you quickly to pinpoint and work on a number of your key issues. Thus you can uncover and deal with many important areas for your growth and development. It will also enable you to consider the ways in which those around you are different or similar in the way they think, feel and go about their daily lives. This awareness of others can be an important benefit of knowing about the different types.

The second route to discovering your type is the questionnaire. You will find this in Chapter 12 on page 218. The questions are asked from many different perspectives in order for you to gain a clear idea of your Elemental type. Please remember though that no questionnaire is foolproof. If the results of the questionnaire indicate that you are a certain type and the associated chapter is a good description of you, then you have probably found your type. If, on the other hand, it does not describe you well, then you can assume that the questionnaire has not given you an accurate result. In this case you may wish to read the descriptions of the other types too. If you then feel more in tune with another type then please read both types again carefully and assess for yourself which one describes you the best.

Some of you may already know your type because you have visited an acupuncturist who has told you that one of the Elements is the key focus of your treatment. Your acupuncturist may even suggest that you read this book in order to gain greater insight into the Element or suggest that you do some of these exercises.