The Sanguine Temperament is characterized by an abundance of the Air element and blood, or the Sanguine humor. It has no real equivalent in Ayurveda, but could be considered a blend of the wetness of Kapha with a little of the heat of Pitta, since the Sanguine temperament is warm and moist. Galen considered blood to be the very essence of life and health, and the most desirable of all the humors, being perfect