With this small change in your hand, you may have been ill.

The hand is one of the most commonly used organs, and it is also a mirror reflecting the physical condition. Many health secrets can be read from the shape and color of the hand, which can be described as the "hand" in the internal organs.

However, many people's understanding of hand diagnosis still stays in the concept of "the longer the lifeline, the longer the life span", or hope to "understand numerology" through hand prints.

Modern research has confirmed that the length of lifeline has nothing to do with life span, and palmprint does not meet the standards of traditional Chinese medicine or western medicine for diagnosing diseases.

So, where is the relationship between the palm and health? How can we read the signs of physical diseases and achieve the goal of self-care through corresponding hand therapy?

Palm discoloration, disease-ridden

The palm of a healthy person should be white with red, and this red should be light red or pink with a moist and shiny surface.

But if the palm has been dull and dry, it means that the human body lacks nutrition and blood supply is insufficient.

What's more, white, red, cyan and yellow are particularly prominent in some parts of the palm, or there are some abnormal performances, which may mean that your health is problematic.

0 1 | Palm color is white.

The circular area of the palm corresponds to the digestive system of the human body.

If the whole palm is white, it is mostly gastrointestinal dysfunction, and the cold in the body is too heavy.

Try to keep your daily diet mild and light, and avoid cold food and fruit. Because of this kind of food, it is easy to reduce the speed of gastrointestinal peristalsis and increase the possibility of constipation.

When there are 2-3 obvious white spots on the palm, this indicates that there may be superficial gastritis. Often accompanied by epigastric discomfort after meals, fullness and oppression, and sometimes nausea, vomiting, stomach pain and other symptoms.

02 | Too red palm

Generally speaking, palm red belongs to heat syndrome, which may include blood heat, blood stasis or stasis heat, accumulated heat and so on. Such people will not only have a bad temper, but also have symptoms of getting angry.

If there are multiple little red dot in the palm, it may be a digestive function problem caused by stomach heat. Most of the causes of stomach fever are alcoholism, spicy food, excessive fat intake, sweet taste and so on.

If the red color is too heavy, it means that there is a lot of heat accumulated in the body. Part of the reason is that there are too many nutrients to be supplemented, and the food calories in the body cannot be eliminated.

The thenar area of the palm is the reflex area of cardiopulmonary function. If red spots or bloodshot spots are found in this position, it means that the heart is too strong, which is usually accompanied by symptoms such as upset and flustered.

But if there are patches of blood, patches and red spots on the palm, be careful. Your hand may have become a "liver palm", and your liver has a serious lesion.

Palm of liver is one of the important signs of chronic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis, which is mainly manifested by pink spots on thenar, thenar, palm and root of fingers.

A little pressure will subside, and blood will appear again after a while. This symptom lasts for a long time, and the color will deepen and turn purple-brown.

03 | Yellow Palm

Yellow means the disease is in the liver and gallbladder. People with hepatobiliary diseases have yellow palms.

The most common diseases are acute hepatitis, acute liver injury and acute infectious hepatitis, all of which will lead to yellow palms.

For example, acute cholecystitis, acute cholangitis, acute obstructive cholecystitis and other diseases will be accompanied by yellow eyes and even yellow skin all over the body. Especially patients with jaundice.

In addition, people with weak spleen and stomach function will also have yellow and dark palm skin. If the thenar is relatively flat, it is deficiency of both heart and spleen. The main manifestations are loose stool, abdominal distension, anorexia, forgetfulness, insomnia, dreaminess and palpitation.

Special attention: eat yellow food often or in large quantities, such as carrots, oranges, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, etc. , it will cause the accumulation of carotene in the body, causing the palm to turn yellow. After stopping eating these foods, the yellowing of the palms will be improved.

04 | Palm is purple-black.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, cyan represents the color of cold coagulation and qi stagnation and blood stasis in meridians.

Therefore, Chinese medicine believes that cyan can control cold, pain, blood stasis, shock, qi stagnation, blood stasis or pain in the corresponding parts of the hand, even cyan.

Therefore, people with purple and dark palms often have symptoms of chills or pain. For example, men can have acute abdominal pain and diarrhea, and women have irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhea.

It is particularly important to note that when the palm is blue, symptoms such as dyspnea, hypoxia, poisoning and blood stasis may occur. And we must quickly promote blood circulation to remove blood stasis and improve palm color.

"Feeling" determines health.

Everything has a sense of touch, and so do both hands. Some people have cold hands, while others have hot palms all year round. In fact, these feelings reflect the health of the body.

0 1 | Cold hands and feet: weakness of spleen and lung.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that people with spleen deficiency have weak cold resistance. Such people often feel cold hands and feet, especially when it is cold, sometimes accompanied by fatigue, weakness of waist and knees, gastrointestinal discomfort and other symptoms.

Usually, you can eat more foods that are warm and have the effect of warming spleen and yang, such as mutton, pork belly, red dates, longan and ginger. In addition, we should strengthen exercise and keep warm.

02 | hand fever: food accumulation due to blood deficiency

There is a kind of person who is easily upset and irritable, even insomnia, dreaminess, dizziness and dry eyes ... This situation may be caused by blood deficiency or food stagnation, and the deficiency of yin and blood makes yang flourish.

Eat less warm and dry food and condiments, such as durian, pepper and cinnamon. ; In addition, hand fever caused by food accumulation can supplement negative foods such as white radish, hawthorn and malt that help strengthen the spleen.

03 | Dry hands: poor qi and blood.

Many people's hands are particularly dry in autumn and winter, often peeling and chapping. This may be due to poor qi and blood, leading to skin malnutrition, and the functions of sweat glands and sebaceous glands are also affected.

If you want to improve this situation, you might as well eat more fresh fruits and vegetables and avoid cold food. Pay attention to nourishing qi and blood, such as eating longan, red dates, angelica, lily, Polygonatum, etc.

In addition, drink plenty of water in your life, avoid contact with irritating items such as soap, and apply hand cream in time after washing your hands.

04 | Sticking hands: Yin deficiency and excessive fire.

Some people love sweaty palms, and their hands are always sticky, sometimes accompanied by symptoms such as fever, dry throat and dry mouth. This is a typical manifestation of yin deficiency and excessive fire.

Conditioning should be based on "nourishing yin", especially nourishing kidney yin and heart yin. Eat less hot food such as mutton, onion, onion, ginger and garlic in your daily diet, and supplement some red beans, sweet potatoes, medlar, black beans and black fungus.

At the same time, we should pay attention to ensure adequate sleep and avoid overwork.

Three Clapping Actions for Dredging Meridian

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that people's hands are concentrated on acupoints that are in contact with various tissues and organs in the body, and often stimulate the hands, which can alleviate the diseases in the corresponding parts.

0 1 | clap your hands on the back of your hand

Operation method: clap the palm of your hand on the back of your hand, left clap right, right clap left. Especially suitable for people with low immune function and easy to catch a cold.

Don't mistake the palm for the back of your hand. The reaction of the back of the hand is also beneficial to the palm.

The acupoint where the palm is located corresponds to the digestive system. People with abdominal distension, abdominal pain, diarrhea and hiccups and acid regurgitation can clap their hands.

The acupoints of the back of the hand correspond to the whole spine, including the neck, chest, waist and sacrum. Patients with poor spine such as cervical spondylosis and lumbar spondylosis may wish to pat the back of their hands more.

02 | clap your hands

Operation method: Hands are at an outward angle of 45, palms facing each other. Continue to beat until the palm hurts slightly. Don't slap hard.

The area where the palmar root is located represents the urogenital system, including kidney, ureter, ovary, uterus and prostate. If there are problems with the above organs, it is recommended to pat the palm roots frequently, and healthy people can also play a preventive role.

03 | Fighting with Death

Operation method: thumb and forefinger open, chin crossed and hit each other.

The tiger's mouth in the left hand corresponds to the spleen, the tiger's mouth in the right hand corresponds to the liver, and the tiger's mouth in both hands hits each other, which is related to the two viscera, and has certain curative effect on those with liver depression and spleen deficiency and disharmony between liver and spleen.

Such people generally have hypochondriac pain (severe when they are angry or depressed), abdominal distension, poor appetite and poor defecation. It is recommended to do it often.

There are many acupoints on the hand. Tapping can promote blood circulation, dredge meridians and enhance the functions of the five internal organs. Don't beat too hard, but also pay attention to your posture, so as to be comfortable and comfortable, so as not to cause unnecessary harm.

In addition, we can also stimulate human meridians through "hand bath" to treat and alleviate human diseases.

Operation method: Take a pot of hot water, the temperature is about 40℃, and the amount of water is appropriate to completely immerse your hands. Open your hands and soak in water for 5- 10 minutes. If the intermediate water temperature is not hot enough, you can reheat the water.

When taking a "hand bath", you can take a deep breath and rub all parts of your palm. After soaking, dry it with a clean towel and keep warm, usually once in the morning and evening.

Efficacy: "hand bath" can be done all year round, which can play a unique role in expelling cold and accelerating the blood circulation of peripheral blood vessels, thus facilitating the operation of body qi. For women with yang deficiency and cold, and the elderly with cold hands and feet, the health care effect is more obvious.

People often say that "the hand is the second face of human beings", and Chinese medicine also often uses hand diagnosis to distinguish diseases. Our hands are distributed with 86 acupoints, pulling 12 meridians, connecting internal organs and various organs. Therefore, it is very important to raise your hand well for your whole health.