Nowadays, both contemporary medicine and traditional medicine have gathered a lot of data on the diagnosis of diseases taking into account the condition of the nails.
Traditional Chinese Medicine has long established that there is a very close functional link between the nail and the liver. If the hepatic function decreases in action, the nails become soft, deformed and present a very great fragility.
Healthy nails are tough and strong, smooth, pink, and uniform in shape.
In normal condition, the toenails should be stronger than the fingernails.
What your nails say about your health
Now that you’ve discovered some facts about your nails, let’s find out what they can say about your health!
In contemporary medicine, the diagnosis of a disease is possible taking into account changes in the shape and relief of the nail.
Here’s how you can figure out what’s wrong with your body just by looking at your fingernails:
- Horizontal lines on the nails
Horizontal lines on the nails speak of an unbalanced diet or untreated disease in time. They can manifest themselves during a change in diet. Crumbly surfaces on the nails signify a build-up of salt. - Vertical lines on the nails
Vertical lines on the nails indicate a degradation of digestion (excessive use of fatty acids and salt), a process that absorbs minerals and albumin very hard.
In addition, you are deficient in vitamin B12 and iron. Bowel disease can also occur in this case. Digestive function, liver and kidney function may be reduced, there may be general fatigue.
- Bitten nails
Bitten nails are a sign of nervousness, mineral deficiency, or the presence of parasites in the gut. They are a symptom of neurosis, gastritis or sexual dysfunction in women. - Wide and curved nails
Large, curved, bulbous nails that protrude far beyond the surface of the fingers (cone-shaped nails) indicate weakness of the heart and lungs (tuberculosis). It is a cold syndrome, a lack of energy in the lungs. - Spoon-shaped nails
A concave nail (shaped like a spoon), where you can hold a drop of water, indicates iron deficiency. It is a syndrome of cold, lack of power of the lungs, but a symptom of an inherited form of alcoholism.
Indicate triangular nail disorders of the spine and spinal cord.
- Crooked nails
Twisted, smooth nails (like a parrot’s beak) speak of innate asthma, bronchitis, tuberculosis, chronic cough. - Crumbly nails
Brittle nails are a sign of low iron and vitamin A content in the body, poor functioning of the thyroid or kidneys, poor blood circulation. - Split nails
Split nails show a low level of digestive fire, also indicate that blood circulation, sexual and nervous systems are disturbed and decrease nervous reactions. - Peeled nails
It is a phenomenon caused by excessive consumption of fruits, juices, soft drinks, artificial products, drugs, minerals missing in the body, giving rise to nutritional imbalance.
In this case, there may appear indigestion, gas formation in the intestine, fatigue, irregular menstruation, sexual weakness, depression, nervousness, insomnia and other similar conditions.
The crescent of the base of the nails
This whitish crescent-shaped
area at the bottom of your fingernails is called the lunula. Here’s
what your lunula has to say about your health:
- Large crescent
The large size of the nail crescent is linked to tachycardia. - Absence of the croissant
The absence of the nail crescent is a sign of heart neurosis, heart failure and blood circulation disorders. - Bluish crescent
The bluish crescent speaks of liver function disorders, the red crescent is a sign of heart failure, if the crescent is separated from the other side of the nail by a horizontal line, it means the person has diabetes.
The cuticles around the nails show a deficiency of albumin, vitamin C and folic acid in the body (the deficit is an insufficient use of these substances or their poor assimilation).