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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Volume 2012, Article ID 980807, 17 pages doi:10.1155/2012/980807 Review Article Sasang Constitutional Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Comparative Overview Junghee Yoo,1 Euiju Lee,1 Chungmi Kim,1 Junhee Lee,1 and Lao Lixing2 1 Department of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, 1 Hoegi-Dong, Dongdaemun-Gu, Seoul 130-702, Republic of Korea 2 Family Medicine, Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21207, USA Correspondence should be addressed to Euiju Lee, sasangin@ Received 31 January 2011; Accepted 4 May 2011 Academic Editor: Jenny M. Wilkinson Copyright © 2012 Junghee Yoo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Sasang constitutional medicine (SCM) is a holistic typological constitution medicine which balances psychological, social, and physical aspects of an individual to achieve wellness and increase longevity. SCM has the qualities of preventative medicine, as it emphasizes daily health management based on constitutionally differentiated regimens and self-cultivation of the mind and body. This review’s goal is to establish a fundamental understanding of SCM and to provide a foundation for further study. It compares the similarities and differences of philosophical origins, perspectives on the mind (heart), typological systems, pathology, and therapeutics between SCM and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). TCM is based on the Taoist view of the universe and human- ity. The health and longevity of an i