FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE LENS
The approved practitioner protocol maps Walrus to insulin resistance, impaired glucose tolerance, and metabolic dysregulation. Public education should be understood as pattern recognition rather than a diagnosis.
01 · METABOLIC ARCHETYPE
WALRUS
Energy handling & metabolic regulation
A metabolic pattern involving how the body handles, stores, and accesses energy, considered alongside glucose, insulin, lipid, symptom, and clinical context.
01METABOLIC FLOW
LABS
HISTORY
SYMPTOMS
GLUCOSE • INSULIN • LIPIDS
THE PATTERN
LOOK BEYOND A SINGLE CLUE.
The Walrus pattern centers on metabolic storage and flexibility. In the approved DYD clinical framework, the practitioner looks at the relationship between energy handling, glucose and insulin regulation, lipid patterns, symptoms, history, and the wider clinical picture—not one marker in isolation.
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.
TWO CLINICAL LENSES · ONE BIGGER PICTURE
FUNCTIONAL INFORMATION MEETS PATTERN-BASED THINKING.
TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE LENS
The approved DYD TCM lens describes Walrus as Spleen Qi Deficiency with Dampness Accumulation that may evolve toward Phlegm. In this framework, the Spleen refers to the TCM functional system of transformation and transportation, not simply the anatomical spleen.
PATTERN
IN CONTEXT
IN CONTEXT
WHY CONTEXT CHANGES THE CONVERSATION
THE SAME ARCHETYPE CAN LOOK DIFFERENT FROM PERSON TO PERSON.
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.
PRACTITIONER GUIDANCE
ORGANIZE THE INFORMATION. KEEP THE JUDGMENT HUMAN.
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.