Friday, 4 January 2013

Knowing your health by the palm lines

Judge diseases by palm lines
Perhaps you know "fortune-telling by the palm lines", but maybe you do not know the palm lines also tell us the state of our health. "Knowing your health by the palm lines" is the hot topic of health care currently. The trend derives from the best-selling of a series of health-care books that related to "palm lines", such as Secret of Palm Lines: Hand Can Speak, Know the Family Health by the Palm Lines, Practical Images of Disease-Diagnose by Palm Lines. These books are listed on the top of the chart of best- selling books; meanwhile, the related TV serials also remain a high rating and are popular among readers as well as audiences.


"Dilettante watches the scene of bustle, adept guard the entrance." Although a large number of people take delight in talking about "knowing your health by the palm lines", many reserve their misgivings fearing to be cheated like "telling your fortune by the palm lines" because of the insufficient evidence. "Knowing your health by the palm lines" is really reliable? The change of "palm lines" can really reflect the condition of diseases and organs? What advantages and disadvantages do the "palm-lines-diagnose" have? Let us unscramble the password in our palms.
"Knowing your health by the palm lines" belongs to the scope of "hand-diagnose"
In fact, "knowing your health by the palm lines" is not without evidence, but based on the Chinese iatrology. According to the introduction by the herbalist experts, the traditional Chinese medical theory considers that the human body is an organic whole and every part correlates to the organs, channels, blood; and that it will surely have certain symptoms to be reflected outside for the physical activities and pathological changes of inside organs, blood, and channels. In human palms, the blood circulation is very rich and twig nerves concentrate here; meanwhile, six channels go through it, which correlate to the inside organs such as brain and heart. Each organ can find its corresponding place in palms. Palm lines, therefore, are deemed as the window to watch the state of health and can reflect the pathologic and physical condition of inside organs.
Experts say, "hand-diagnose" in the traditional Chinese medicine mainly knows the occurrence and development of diseases by watching the lines, color and luster of palms; "Knowing your health by the palm lines" focuses on the research on the natural lines and acquired changes to judge the state of health. It can be seen that the "knowing your health by the palm lines" belongs to the very scope of the "hand-diagnose". However, there are difference in the diagnose methods. "Hand-diagnose" adopts the traditional way of "left for man, right for women", or watch a woman by her right hand and watch a man by his left hand; while the "palm lines diagnose" deems that the left hand stands for descendiblity and the right hand for latter development. Whether you are a man or woman, both of your hands need to be watched.
What organ diseases can be seen by "palm lines"?
Medical theory of palm lines is: human palm lines are not in a mess, but an orderly combination of 14 lines and 8 kinds of abnormal texture, meanwhile, it corresponds to the body organs. Among the palm lines, some derive from the descendiblity with unchanging texture; some vary with the changes of acquired physical body and pathology, even mood. Human can learn the status of his/ her health by studying the rule of palm line changes.
The "Palm lines diagnose" is applied in a large scope. It can not only watch human physical strength, mentality, dormancy quality and the state of psychosis, but also reflect the condition of respiratory system, liver and kidney functions as well as the health of heart and brain; meanwhile, it warns us the occurrences of the nerve, mind and chronic diseases, heart and blood vessel systematic diseases and chronic respiration system diseases. Even a tiny disease symptom appears in a human body, abnormal signals will exist on the palm lines, especially for the pathological changes of internal organs.
The "Palm lines diagnose" have practical values
No doubt that the "palm lines diagnose" is a simple and convenient self-diagnose method, and can function as "health prediction". Experts are positive toward this, holding the view that individuals can check and find diseases for himself or herself, adjust the terrible living habits and systematically taking good care of his or her health. It has a more positive function as warning and adjustment for those who are under the "sub-healthy" state.
More importantly, palm lines can reflect the diseases in advance. Due to the certain latent period for many chronic diseases, the optimum chance for treatment will be delayed if they cannot be found in time. The "palm lines diagnose" can help patients to see the hidden trouble before the apparent symptoms of diseases appear. Even if it can not confirm the nature, at least it can ring the alarm bell, which will offer patients the precious time for treatment in a macro way and a favorable turn for health.
How a Diagnosis is Made

Hand and finger diagnosticians believe that many internal disorders and diseases reveal themselves externally. Practitioners can draw conclusions about a patient's health based on skin pigmentation, nail and finger deformities and the color and size of nodules on the joints.

Chinese medicine also has it's theories about the condition of the hands in relation to the health of the body.

•Color of the palm is slightly yellow: liver’s ability is low

•Slightly green palms or green blood vessels: intestine and stomach are not healthy

•A straight line on the thumb: problems with the nerves on the face

•Straight lines on the joint between the back of the thumb and the palm: problems in the spine of the neck

•A straight edge from the little finger to the wrist: less muscle in the hand (little finger represents the kidney, bladder, uterus and ovaries, the straight edge indicates that there is a defect in these organs)

As well as looking at the physical characteristics of the hands for clues to your health, reflexologists use various points on the hands to diagnose and treat certain ailments.

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