The Phlegmatic Temperament

Body type and personality:
• A soft, round body of over-average weight.
• Things of comfort and beauty appeal.
• Like routine, ritual and constancy.
• Reliable and loyal.
• Nurturing and caring.
• Good at organising and maintaining.
• Like to feed desires, can be over-indulgent.
• Want others to lead and direct.
• Can be lazy, stubborn or slow.
• Resist change – prefer comfort zone.

Typical Phlegmatic Illness:
• Hypothyroidism
• Oedema
• Angina
• Nephritis
• Renal failure
• Incontinence
• Heart failure
• Prolapse
• Diarrhoea
• Dysentry
• Cholera
• Jaundice
• Viral Hepatitis

Tendency towards congestion, stagnation, rheumatic & mucous diseases.