Nails are related to the health of the body

Whether from the perspective of palmistry or traditional Chinese medicine, nails can reflect your physical condition. Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes observation, auscultation, questioning and palpation. The "observation" here refers not only to facial diagnosis, but also to hand diagnosis. Traditional Chinese medicine can diagnose diseases by looking at the nails. The signals from the nails can also indicate certain physical diseases. Don’t be fooled by the small size of the nails, as they can indicate a lot of things. They can reflect all the details of your body. For example, if the nails have ridges, the nails turn white, or the half-moon on the nails disappears, these can all indicate certain physical conditions. Let me introduce them to you in detail below.

What kind of nails represent diseases

1. Vertical lines on the nail plate

The vertical lines on the nails themselves indicate neurasthenia. Several obvious vertical lines on the nails are a symbol of long-term neurasthenia and aging of the body. This type of person may be affected by their occupation and may have neglected their work and rest schedule or have irregular living habits. They may also have a disease that leads to a lack of spirit.

Common symptoms: neurasthenia, long-term insomnia, frequent dreams, easy awakening, and difficulty falling asleep. Wasting diseases, physical overdraft (such as physical and mental fatigue syndrome). Poor immune function, prone to colds.

2. Horizontal lines on the nail plate

Deep and thick horizontal lines indicate a serious illness that may be life-threatening if not paid attention to.

People with many and fine horizontal lines on their nails often suffer from long-term chronic digestive system diseases. If you don't pay attention to your diet, you will experience symptoms such as abdominal pain and diarrhea. However, most of these symptoms are accumulated over time. This is mainly because you don't pay attention to them in normal times, and by the time you realize it, it is usually too late. Therefore, it is recommended to have regular physical examinations. If you have always been in poor health, thin, not fond of eating, often feel tired, have memory disorders, and begin to decline in function in middle age.

3. Spots on the nails

Black spots are a sign of impaired blood circulation in the brain.

Generally, the appearance of right hand nails indicates a problem with the left brain.

White spots on nails are caused by indigestion

The appearance of one or several white spots on the nails indicates that the liver function is metabolically impaired or damaged, which is more common in adults, especially in chronic hepatitis B patients. Children often suffer from gastrointestinal stagnation, indigestion, worm accumulation or habitual constipation due to calcium deficiency. Long-term gastrointestinal disorders may also cause white spots.

4. Press your nails

Generally speaking, a fast recovery indicates normal condition, while a slow recovery indicates that there is something wrong with the body.

Use one hand to press the tip of the other fingernail for 3 seconds, release your hand when you see the nail turn white, and observe how quickly the blood circulation under the five fingernail beds recovers. If it immediately turns slightly red, it means you are healthy, with smooth blood circulation and active internal organs. If one finger has poor blood circulation, it is related to problems with the corresponding internal organs of that finger.

5. Half-moon marks – normal

It is normal for lunulae to appear on 8 to 10 fingers of both hands. Many people are born with these lunulae, but they gradually disappear as their functions decline or problems occur in the body. The area of ​​the half-moon mark occupies 1/5 of the nail; the color of the half-moon mark is milky white, the whiter the better, indicating stronger energy.

6. Half-moon marks - abnormal

1>Cold base type

If you are born without half-moon marks, you have a cold skin type.

The fewer the half-moon marks, the worse the energy. Such people have low organ function and slow blood circulation, especially women. If there are no fertility issues, it may affect your fertility because your physique is cold. You will find it difficult to gain weight, easily fatigued, lack of energy, poor absorption function, pale complexion, cold hands and feet, palpitations, drowsiness, easy to catch colds, repeated colds, declining energy, weakened physical fitness, and even phlegm and dampness stagnation, qi stagnation and blood stasis, phlegm and dampness nodules, and tumors.

2>Hot bottom type

If there is a half-moon mark even on the little finger, and the half-moon mark becomes larger, it is a sign of a hot base type.

This type of person has strong internal organs and good physical fitness. But in pathological conditions, the Yang Qi is too strong and the organ functions are hyperactive. If it is a woman, there will be both good and bad results, which means that she has a strong sexual desire but a bad temper, often gets acne or cannot eat spicy food. Symptoms may include red face, getting angry, irritability, constipation, anger, dry mouth, large appetite, not being afraid of cold, hyperactivity, and even high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and stroke.

3> Alternating cold and heat type (yin and yang imbalance type)

If the boundary of the half-moon mark is blurred and the color gradually approaches the color of the nail body, it belongs to the cold and heat alternation type or the yin and yang imbalance type.

The alternating cold and heat pattern indicates changes in the rise and fall of yin and yang in the human body. The changes in cold and heat may vary depending on different maintenance methods. The saying goes, "A person with sufficient essence is strong (the half-moon mark is sufficient), a person with weak essence is sick (the half-moon mark changes color), a person with little essence is old (the half-moon mark is small), and a person with exhausted essence is dead." People who do not have the half-moon marks need to replenish their bodies quickly even if they are temporarily healthy. Especially when only the half-moon mark is left on the thumb, your body is telling you that the "base oil" has been used up and you need to add "oil" quickly! If you are a man, it means that your kidneys are overdrawn at this time. If you are a woman, it means that you are sexually frigid. Be careful. Married life still needs fun.