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" Chinese Medical Palmistry: Your health in your hand, " has a section, about

50 pages of 180 devouted to nails. Go to Blue Poppy Press.

 

 

 

 

 

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>Thu, 30 Jan 2003 14:22:38 -0800

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>I had several supervisors from China that used to check finger / toe

>nails. I have not been able to find any books on this subject. If

>anyone knows of any reference to information on nail diagnosis, please

>let me know.

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>Thanks,

>Geoff

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Hi Geoff

I have a book called Diagnostics Based Upon Observation of Palmar Lines which, while it is mostly concerned with, obviously, palmar lines, but it also has a number of diagnostic points about nails. There is some general information, and then disease specific material. It also includes special physical signs on the face and ears.I assume that it is a translation, its published in English by Shandong Friendship Publishing House, and the author is Wang Chenxia.

Blue Poppy has a book on palmar diagnosis with a chapter of general nail info. It's called Chinese Medical Palmistry, it too has much specific information on particular conditions and their manifestations in the nail. I've never really had the stomach to compare much specific information in these two texts, but they seem superficially to be somewhat similar.

 

Par Scott

 

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Geoffrey Hudson

Thursday, January 30, 2003 2:22 PM

Nails

 

I had several supervisors from China that used to check finger / toe nails. I have not been able to find any books on this subject. If anyone knows of any reference to information on nail diagnosis, please let me know.

 

Thanks,

Geoff

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Besides the two titles (Palmar Diagnosis and the Blue Poppy on medical palmistry), listed elsewhere on several other replies to your query, there is interesting nail diagnosis information in Yves Requena's multilingual MORPHOTYPOLOGICAL HAND DIAGNOSIS IN ACUPUNCTURE, Editions Solal, Marseilles, 1986. Another book which has several pages on nail analysis and hundreds of pages of fascinating ancient Chinese lore on hand analysis is Shifu Terence Duke's CHINESE HAND ANALYSIS, Weiser 1987 (I think this is recently reprinted but perhaps under another title and under Duke's nom de chine...which I forget.) Lastly, and admittedly a little off the subject since there is only a little specific nail information in the new and expanded edition of Tae Woo Yoo's KOREAN HAND THERAPY, but I take this vaguely related opportunity to highly recommend it to the Academy as a very interesting, elegant and powerful acupuncture system, well worth the trouble to master for diagnosis or treatment (or just make use of the diagnostic systems, useful whether you use the comprehensive Koryo Sooji Chim treatment systems or not). Neal White.

 

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Geoffrey Hudson

Thursday, January 30, 2003 5:22 PM

Nails

 

I had several supervisors from China that used to check finger / toe nails. I have not been able to find any books on this subject. If anyone knows of any reference to information on nail diagnosis, please let me know.

 

Thanks,

Geoff

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  • 3 years later...

I also have had great success with biotin and I have had good success with

adding omega 3 and 6 oils. I have found consistently that if I don't have

enough fat in my diet, my nails are dry and split/peel.

 

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Dear Diane, Can you tell me which brand of Biotin you are using.I will appreciate for your help. Thanks Raj Teddyberen wrote: Since I started taking Biotin my nails are very strong. It took a long time to work for me. Months. Diane M

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Lori,

I found this on another natural website, I thought it might help you to figure

out why your

nails split. Mine used to peel off in layers, I take silica & knots Geletin in

my morning tea

every morning. They have been great since then. Gelitin has no flavor when mixed

in hot

tea you can buy it by the pound at some health stores or at Smart & Final.

Sandy

 

 

As early as 400 B.C.E., Hippocrates taught that the nails reflect the condition

of the inner

body. It is true that abnormalities of the nails can often provide early clues

to common

medical problems or severe systemic diseases. Take a few moments and examine

your

unpolished fingernails under a good light. You will gather a new appreciation

for how your

lifestyle affects your nails and overall health.

 

Nails grow at different rates due to age, nutrition, and health factors. Under

the best of

conditions, a nail grows about .004 inches a day or 1/8 of an inch each month.

It takes

about six months for a new nail to grow from cuticle to tip.

 

Use this diagnostic chart to look at and understand the condition of your nails:

 

COMPLETE LOSS OF NAIL

Trauma

 

NAIL PLATE LOOSE

Injury; nail psoriasis; fungal or bacterial infections; medicines; chemotherapy;

thyroid

disease; Raynaud's phenomenon; lupus

 

WASTING AWAY OF NAILS; NAIL LOSES LUSTER AND BECOMES SMALLER

Injury or disease

 

THICKENED NAIL PLATE

Poor circulation; fungal infection; heredity; mild, persistent trauma to the

nail

 

PITTED NAILS SOMETIMES WITH YELLOW-TO-BROWN " OIL " SPOTS

Eczema or psoriasis; hair loss condition

 

VERY SOFT NAILS

Contact with strong alkali; malnutrition; endocrine problems; chronic arthritis

 

SPOON-SHAPED NAILS

Iron deficiency; thyroid disease

 

CLUBLIKE NAILS GROWING AROUND SWOLLEN FINGER ENDS

Chronic respiratory or heart problems; cirrhosis of the liver

 

HORIZONTAL RIDGES

Injury; infection; nutrition

 

LONGITUDINAL RIDGES

Aging, poor absorption of vitamins and minerals; thyroid disease; kidney failure

 

BRITTLE, SPLIT NAILS

Nail dryness; nails in contact with irritating substances (detergents,

chemicals, polish

remover); silica deficiency

 

INFECTED NAILS: RED, TENDER, SWOLLEN, PUS

Bacterial or yeast infection

 

OVERLARGE MOONS

Overactive thyroid; genetics; self-induced trauma (habit tick)

 

NO MOONS

Underactive thyroid; genetics

 

DISCOLORED FINGERNAILS

Colorless: May indicate anemia

 

Red or deep pink: Can indicate a tendency to poor peripheral circulation

 

Blue: Blood may not be receiving adequate oxygen due to respiratory disorders,

cardiovascular problems, or lupus erythermatosus.

 

Yellow: Could indicate fungus, diabetes, psoriasis, use of tetracycline, or

heredity.

 

White, crumbly, soft: May be a result of a fungus infection

 

Half white/half pink: May indicate fungal infection or, more seriously, kidney

disease

 

Small white patches: Usually a sign of injury to the nail matrix

 

Purple or black: Usually due to trauma, or may also be a sign of vitamin B12

deficiency. A

brown or black streak that begins at the base of the nail and extends to its tip

could be a

diagnostic clue to a potentially dangerous melanoma.

 

-- In herbal remedies , " Lori " <lljl92 wrote:

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> Ok I usually don't post to this group but I am beside myself. I have

> been taking Vit B6 and Vit B12 for my nails every day for the last six

> months. I had, over time, some initial results but now they are back

> to their same old self. They grow to finger tips the split.

> Help!!!! Please, Lori L

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