The crescent on finger and health

The half-moon on the finger refers to a white arc on the nail. I often hear some old people say that the half-moon on the finger represents the health of the human body. The more half-moons there are, the healthier you are, and the fewer half-moons there are, the worse your health is. Is it really as those old people say? In this era of advanced science, we should base our judgments on science rather than just listening to the opinions of the older generation to determine our own health problems. So, is there really any connection between the half-moons on fingers and health?

The white crescent, also known as the half-moon mark, is a white arc-shaped mark that appears at the one-fifth point below the nail. This is the half-moon mark, and some people call it the little sun.

There is no necessary relationship between white crescent and health. First of all, let’s talk about the origin of the crescent moon. The crescent moon is caused by the human body’s metabolism. The nails grow quickly, and a white crescent moon will form on the part of the finger where there are no blood vessels. So children don’t have a lunula, and many elderly people also don’t have a lunula, but that doesn’t mean they are unhealthy!

According to Chinese medicine: Nails are the beauty of tendons and the residue of blood. If qi is not consumed, it returns to the liver to become blood. If blood is not consumed, it returns to the kidney to become essence. If essence is not consumed, it returns to the bones to become marrow.

According to traditional Chinese medicine, nails are the remnants of tendons and are external signs of the liver and gallbladder. Simply put, looking at the fingernails can measure the strength and weakness of the qi and blood in the internal organs, and can tell whether a person is healthy or not. The half-moon on the fingernails can be said to be a "barometer" of human health.

Traditional Chinese medicine experts say that it is scientific and reasonable for traditional Chinese medicine to diagnose a person's health based on the half-moon on the nails. A healthy person should have seven or eight half-moons on his fingers. People who have no half-moons on their fingers except the thumb are prone to kidney deficiency.

This is where the essence comes from. The essence is also where the vitality is. The half-moon mark is very important because it displays the condition of essence, blood and qi. The functions of Yuan Qi: 1. Nourishes the internal organs of the whole body. 2. Promote the normal operation of Qi and blood in the internal organs. 3. Resist external evil (immune function). 4. Longevity and anti-aging substances. 5. Genetic material. There is a saying in Traditional Chinese Medicine: A person with sufficient essence is strong, a person with weak essence is sick, a person with little essence is old, and a person with exhausted essence is dead.

This shows the importance of essence and vitality. In daily life, timely restoration of energy and maintenance of the body are beneficial to our health. When energy is low, the first important supplement is protein.