People often use the phrase "sick like a mountain" to describe the onset of a disease, but in reality, many diseases do not come without warning. Sudden death is a prime example. According to medical surveys, most patients experience unexplained fatigue before sudden death occurs.
However, many times people don't pay enough attention to it, which eventually leads to tragedy. It can be seen that even sudden death is traceable before the onset of the disease. This is especially true for other diseases. Because our hands tend to reveal some signs of illness and even signs of physical changes.
Nails grow slowly and are not full
Most of them are lacking in qi and blood
First, let's talk about nails. In the theory of Chinese medicine, the nail is considered to:"Blood"This means that when the body's qi and blood are abundant, it will pay attention to the growth of nails. In other words, the growth rate of nails can reflect to a certain extent whether the body's qi and blood are abundant. Just like a big tree, if it absorbs enough nutrients, its branches and foliage will flourish, and the same is true for the growth of nails.
In addition to the growth rate of the nails, the fullness of the nails is also an important indicator of the condition of qi and blood. When the qi and blood are full, the nails show a round and full luster, like a crystal clear gem; When the qi and blood are insufficient, the nails will appear shriveled and sunken, losing their original luster. It's like a plant in nature, it absorbs enough nutrients to thrive and bloom into beautiful flowers.
The finger abdomen is shriveled and inelastic
The body lacks bound water
The abdomen, a part that is often overlooked, is actually a reflection of the health of the body. For a healthy person, his fingertips should be full, round, and elastic, as delicate as a baby's skin. And when we notice that the fingertips are gradually drying up and not returning to their original shape quickly after being pressed, it may mean that the body has less water, sending a warning signal. Some people may think that since it is a shortage of water, can't drinking so much water solve it?
However, it's not that simple. The shriveling of the fingertips is not just a loss of water on the surface. Water exists in two forms in the human body: free water and bound water. Free water is easy to understand, and bound water is the key element that supports the physical state of the organs, such as morphology, hardness and elasticity. Unfortunately, as we age, the amount of bound water in the body decreases. Therefore, shriveled finger abdomen is not only a lack of water on the surface, but also a physiological change within the body.
In addition to the decrease in bound water due to natural aging, if you experience the signs of aging in advance, the bound water in your body will decrease even at a young age. At this time, not only the fingers lose their elasticity, but other parts of the body also start to have problems.
What is common in life is the heel pain that middle-aged and elderly people often suffer. After ruling out other causes of pain, such as bone spurs, etc., TCM believes that it is due to kidney yin deficiency. Only through kidney and yin tonic drugs such as Liuwei Dihuang Pill and Ejiao can the body's ability to retain bound water, thereby relieving heel pain caused by lack of water.
The palms of the hands are large and the small thenar is red
Liver function is usually impaired
Next is the palm. The color of the normal palm presents a uniform, white and red texture, like a flower blooming in early spring, bright and full. However, once there is an abnormal redness in the large and small thenar areas of the palm**, this is a warning sign of liver health.
In medicine, this phenomenon is called palmar liver and is one of the significant signs of chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis. However, it is important to note that palmar liver is not an absolute equation with liver disease, and a small number of healthy people, especially long-term drinkers, may develop palmar liver disease even if they have not yet been diagnosed with liver disease.
Therefore, when we look at the color of the palm, we should pay attention not only to the changes in the rosiness, but also to the health secrets that may be hidden behind it.
In addition to the change in the color of the palm, the abnormal feeling of the large and small thenar position can also reveal potential health problems. Hand numbness, especially in the little thumb and middle finger, is usually a sign that a cervical spine lesion is pressing on a nerve, which is an early warning of cervical spondylosis.
In other words, once the symptoms of numbness in the hands appear, we should be alert immediately and avoid looking down at the computer or mobile phone for a long time. At this point, getting up and walking, wearing a collar to improve cervical posture, and stretching the neck are all effective ways to relieve symptoms. These simple adjustments can provide brief relief to long-pinched nerves.
Clubbing is not a precursor to lung cancer
Beware of delayed illness
In the subtleties of life, sometimes we will find that the fingers appear an abnormally thick, iron-like shape, which we call "clubbing" in medicine.
This phenomenon is not accidental, and there are many possible reasons behind it. For example, heart disease or respiratory disease can lead to clubbing. Especially for those who smoke for a long time, their cardiopulmonary function is often severely damaged, and the body is in a state of hypoxia for a long time, which greatly increases the likelihood of clubbing.
In addition, there is a theory that "clubbing" is a precursor to lung cancer.
However, this view is not accurate. Because when lung cancer has affected respiratory function, it is usually at an advanced stage. Therefore, we cannot simply take clubbing as an early warning sign of lung cancer and thus ignore the earlier chances.