Men with this characteristic are born with a long life span

Many people can read palm lines and tell a person's physical condition from them, but compared to hands, there are more biological features on a person's face that can help us understand the health of the body, such as the length of a person's ears. In a scientific research project, researchers surveyed 50 elderly people over 80 years old and found that their ears all had two characteristics. There is indeed a certain relationship between big ears and longevity. Picking ears is an "activity" that we often do in our daily lives, not only for cleanliness, but also because it is particularly comfortable and enjoyable.

The first characteristic is the long auricle.

For most people, the upper part of the ear should be level with the eyebrow, and the lower part of the ear should be level with the base of the nose. The scientific way to calculate the length of the auricle is from the tip of the ear to the bottom of the earlobe. The average length of an adult's ear is 5 to 8 cm. However, for the 50 centenarians surveyed, the length of their auricles from the highest point of the ear helix to the lowest point of the earlobe were all greater than centimeters. Moreover, the longer the lifespan, the longer the ears. Among them, the auricles of two centenarians were 8.4 cm and 8.5 cm long respectively.

The second characteristic is large earlobes.

The earlobe is the lowest point from the tragus to the ear. The average length of an adult's earlobe is 1-2.5 cm, but the earlobe of a centenarian is at least 1.8 cm long, and is thick, soft and enlarged. Among the 50 centenarians surveyed, 8 had earlobe lengths between 1.8 and 2.5 cm, 39 had earlobe lengths between 2.6 and 3 cm, and 3 had earlobe lengths between 3.1 and 3.2 cm. All of them were over 90 years old.

The numbers above tell us that long earlobes and large earlobes are signs of longevity. We can go back and observe those long-lived elderly people and we will find that their earlobes do have these two characteristics. We call long auricle and big earlobe the "longevity ear sign". But it must be noted that long earlobes and large earlobes are only one of the characteristics of longevity. Long-lived people generally have long ears, but people with long ears do not necessarily live long, and people with short ears do not necessarily live short. Because whether one lives a long life or not must be comprehensively analyzed based on the complexion and shape of the ears as well as various vital signs in other parts of the body.

The length of the ears is just one useful clue. Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes "not judging by appearance alone". In addition to length, the ear itself has other characteristics, such as thickness. Thick is better than thin; soft is better than hard; stickiness is better than tightness; stickiness is better than tightness; and complexion. A bright and moist complexion is better than a dull and dry one. It is necessary to combine the various colors and shapes of the ear itself to make an accurate judgment. Moreover, everyone has five senses and seven orifices. There are not only longevity ear signs on the face, but also more than twenty other life characteristics. We also need to compare the ear characteristics with the complexion and shape of other organs and orifices to make the conclusion more reliable.

"Ear crease heart sign" is an important sign of coronary heart disease

The earlobes of normal people are generally flat, clean and smooth. If we look closely at the earlobes of some patients with coronary heart disease, we can often find a slanted line or wrinkle. It is a slanted line or wrinkle extending outward from the intertragal notch, which is the depression between the tragus and the antitragus, to the edge of the earlobe. Some are deep and long, while others are shallow and short. I named this wrinkle the "ear crease heart sign".

The appearance of the ear crease sign can indicate coronary heart disease and has certain diagnostic value, so it is also called "coronary heart disease groove", "cerebral arteriosclerosis ear crease sign", etc. People who have ear crease sign may have coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, hyperlipidemia and other diseases. Domestic and foreign survey data tell us that patients with coronary heart disease are very likely to develop the ear crease sign, while in normal people the probability is generally below 24%. It seems that the ear crease sign can accurately indicate the presence of diseases such as coronary heart disease. If we understand this characteristic, we can detect the disease in advance, go to a regular hospital for examination in time, and increase the chance of recovery.

Frequent ear cleaning can cause cancer

Ear cleaning is an "activity" that we often perform in our daily lives, not only for cleanliness, but also because it is particularly comfortable and enjoyable.

Some people often use ear spoons, hairpins, matchsticks, etc. to clean their ears when they have itchy ears. In fact, this has many harmful effects.

The skin of the external auditory canal is relatively delicate and closely connected to the perichondrium. It has less subcutaneous tissue and poor blood circulation. If you use improper force when cleaning your ears, it can easily cause damage to the external auditory canal or infection, leading to furuncle, inflammation, and ulceration of the external auditory canal, and even cause unbearable ear pain, affecting mouth opening and chewing.

Frequent ear cleaning can easily cause the stratum corneum of the skin in the external auditory canal to swell, block hair follicles, and facilitate bacterial growth.

Damage to the skin of the external auditory canal and long-term chronic congestion can easily stimulate the secretion of the cerumen glands, resulting in more and more "earwax".

Chronic stimulation from long-term ear picking may also induce external auditory canal papilloma. Since my country abolished the practice of barbers using razors to dig ears, the incidence of external auditory canal papilloma has dropped significantly.

There are cerumen glands in the skin on the outer cartilage surface of the human external auditory canal, which can secrete a yellowish and sticky substance called cerumen, commonly known as "earwax" or "ear cicada". It guards the gate of the external auditory canal like a "sentinel".

Some of this substance becomes thin flakes when dried by air, while others become like sticky grease. It is usually "hidden" in the external auditory canal, and has the function of protecting the skin of the external auditory canal and adhering foreign substances (such as dust, small flying insects, etc.).

Advice: Earwax is medically known as cerumen, which is formed by normal secretions of the ear canal skin combined with dandruff. Generally, a small amount of flaky earwax will be discharged by itself with the vibration and jaw movement during exercise. For large pieces of hardened earwax, you should ask an otolaryngologist to remove it with special tools. Never try to remove it yourself. If the itching is really unbearable, you can gently rub the outside of the ear with your hand, or wipe it gently with a cotton swab, but don't reach too deep.