Guest guest Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Hi George/Andrea Giovanni Maciocia's Diagnosis in has pages of info on nails - its a great book. He says " that the visible presence of lunulae on the thumb and fingers indicate good health. In men the lunula of the thumb should be roughly 3mm wide, decreasing proportionately on the index, middle, ring fingers and usually not showing at all on the little finger. In women the lunulae are generally smaller. The less the lunulae are visible the poorer the health of the individual. Conversely excessively large lunulae indicate a tendency to excess of Yang and deficiency of Yin. If the lunulae dwindle and disappear from sight, this indicates cold or Yang deficiency. the lunula of the thumb corresponds to the Lungs, index finger to Heart, middle finger to Spleen ring finger to Liver and little finger to Kidneys. Cracked nails can be due to Qi & blood deficiency with dryness of blood; yin deficiency or liver-blood stasis. regards Susie Parkinson Hi Andrea, I'm also very curious about nail diagnosis. I have a hard time believing that fingernail diagnosis wasn't used in some lineage of CM. It is used in Ayurvedic. I believe that fingernails tell a lot about an individual and I've started to make notes and some of my own observations. I've noticed that people I'd consider having a lot of Jing to have larger " half-moons " or lunula. Of course there are the longitudinal striations considered Qi stagnation. As for cracks and bleeding I don't know from a CM viewpoint. I have an article from " American Family Physician " , March 15 2004 entitled " Nail Abnormalities: Clues to Systemic Diseases " . It is a WM point of view. Website is: www.afp.org/afp. (I don't believe I can attach the article, else I would). Please do share if you come across anything not discussed on these lists. Regards, George Mandler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Thanks, Susie! Does he say anything about the lunulae being covered up by excessive cuticle growth? Or cracked cuticles? The nails themselves appear healthy, but short since the cuticles are growing over them. Andrea Beth --- Susie Parkinson <susie wrote: > Hi George/Andrea > > Giovanni Maciocia's Diagnosis in > has pages of info on > nails - its a great book. > > He says " that the visible presence of lunulae on the > thumb and fingers > indicate good health. In men the lunula of the > thumb should be roughly 3mm > wide, decreasing proportionately on the index, > middle, ring fingers and > usually not showing at all on the little finger. In > women the lunulae are > generally smaller. The less the lunulae are visible > the poorer the health > of the individual. Conversely excessively large > lunulae indicate a tendency > to excess of Yang and deficiency of Yin. If the > lunulae dwindle and > disappear from sight, this indicates cold or Yang > deficiency. > the lunula of the thumb corresponds to the Lungs, > index finger to Heart, > middle finger to Spleen ring finger to Liver and > little finger to Kidneys. > > Cracked nails can be due to Qi & blood deficiency > with dryness of blood; yin > deficiency or liver-blood stasis. > regards > Susie Parkinson > > > Hi Andrea, > I'm also very curious about nail diagnosis. I > have a hard time > believing that fingernail diagnosis wasn't used in > some lineage of > CM. It is used in Ayurvedic. I believe that > fingernails tell a lot > about an individual and I've started to make notes > and some of my own > observations. > I've noticed that people I'd consider having a lot > of Jing to have > larger " half-moons " or lunula. Of course there > are the longitudinal > striations considered Qi stagnation. > > As for cracks and bleeding I don't know from a CM > viewpoint. I have > an article from " American Family Physician " , > March 15 2004 entitled > " Nail Abnormalities: Clues to Systemic Diseases " . > It is a WM point > of view. Website is: www.afp.org/afp. > > (I don't believe I can attach the article, else I > would). Please do > share if you come across anything not discussed on > these lists. > > Regards, > George Mandler > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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