TCM experts believe that the lunula on people's nails is a sign of whether the body is full of energy and healthy. Healthy people must have lunulae on their thumbs, and should have lunulae on their index and middle fingers, but may not have them on their ring fingers.
Is there any truth to assessing health from the lunula on nails?
Take a look at your fingernails and count the "lunulae" on them, and you can roughly know where your body has a problem. TCM experts say that assessing health from the lunula on nails has been practiced since ancient times and is reasonable.
How to see health through the lunula on nails
TCM believes that the nails are the surplus of the sinews and an external sign of the liver and gallbladder. Simply put, looking at the nails can measure the prosperity and decline of the internal organs, qi, and blood, and can tell whether a person is healthy or not. The lunula on the nails can be said to be a "barometer" of human health.
TCM experts say that TCM's diagnosis of a person's health from the lunula on their nails is scientific and has a certain logic. A healthy person should have seven or eight lunulae. People who have no lunulae on their fingers except for their thumbs are prone to kidney deficiency.
Lost lunulae on nails can grow back
According to the principle of TCM palm diagnosis, normal nails should be ruddy, resilient, arched, smooth, and shiny, with clear lunulae. The lunula is a "barometer" of whether the body is full of energy and healthy. The more energetic the body, the whiter the lunula; conversely, the worse and blurrier the lunula. Generally speaking, the area of the lunula is about one-fifth of the nail, with clear edges. When the body is diseased, it is usually reflected in the lunula, either by a change in color or a reduction in the number of lunulae. When the body recovers its health through conditioning, the lunula will slowly reappear.
To be healthy, you must keep your lunulae
What if no lunula is found on a child's fingernails? Li Tong said that children do not have lunulae before they start developing, so parents do not need to be overly alarmed. The lunula will grow naturally when the child develops. In addition, excessive nightlife and sexual activity in adults can cause the lunula to fade and disappear, making it difficult to grow back. Therefore, it is recommended not to stay up late or indulge in excessive sexual activity for long periods.
Warm reminder: If you find that the number of lunulae has decreased, you can supplement with protein and black foods, such as black rice and black fungus. Try to maintain vigorous physical condition and exercise appropriately. To determine if a person has a certain disease, other factors should be considered comprehensively, and it can only be confirmed through various examinations and arguments. There is no need to panic just because the lunula changes.