A nourishment and assimilation pattern considered through digestion, absorption, nutrient status, symptoms, and related clinical findings.
Manatee focuses attention on what happens between taking nourishment in and making it available to the body. The approved framework brings digestion, assimilation, nutrient status, symptoms, and clinical findings into one review.
The archetype is a way to organize information for practitioner review. It is not a diagnosis and does not mean every person with this pattern will have the same symptoms or needs.
The approved practitioner protocol describes digestive weakness, impaired nutrient assimilation, and progressive subclinical deficiency patterns. It distinguishes this framework from organic gastrointestinal disease requiring appropriate medical evaluation.
The approved TCM lens is Spleen Qi Deficiency with Blood Deficiency. The Spleen’s transformation and transportation function is central: when it is weak, nourishment may not be transformed efficiently into Qi and Blood, and Dampness may appear within the pattern.
A primary archetype may also appear alongside supporting archetype influences. When supported by approved DYD logic, this combination may be described as a Metabolic Constellation. The purpose is not to add more labels—it is to help the practitioner see how multiple patterns may interact within the whole clinical picture.
Decode Your Dolphin helps connect symptoms, bloodwork, health history, questionnaire information, and clinical patterns into a clearer framework for review and communication. Technology may help organize information, but clinical interpretation and decisions remain with the practitioner.
Educational information only. Metabolic Archetypes are patterns, not diagnoses, and are not a substitute for individualized medical evaluation or treatment.