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Updated on 2025-04-08

Looking at health through nails. How much do you know about half-moon marks on your nails?

(1) What is a half moon mark
One fifth below the nail, a white arc mark appeared, which is the half moon mark, which some people call it the little sun.
The half-moon mark of the nail is the boundary of the Yin and Yang meridians, and is the representative of the human body's essence, so it is also called the health circle.
The development of half-moon marks is affected by nutrition, environment, and physical fitness. When digestion and absorption function is poor, half-moon marks will blur, decrease, or even disappear.
The condition of the half moon mark shows information about human health.

(2) The role of half moon mark
Traditional Chinese medicine says: claws are the flowers of tendons, and the remaining blood, the qi is not consumed and the liver is blood, the blood is not consumed and the kidney is essence, and the essence is not consumed and the bone is marrow.
This is the origin of the essence. The essence is also the source of vitality. Since the information displayed by the Half Moon Trace is the condition of essence, blood and qi, it shows its importance.
The role of vital energy:
1. Nourish the internal organs of the body.
2. Promote the normal operation of qi and blood in the internal organs.
3. Resist external evil (immune function).
4. Longevity and anti-aging substances.
5. Genetic material.
There is a saying in traditional Chinese medicine: people with enough essence, people with weak essence, people with sickness, people with less essence, people with old age, and people with all essence, people with death.
From this we can see that the essence of vital energy is important. In daily life, timely restoring energy and maintaining our body is beneficial to our health. When energy is insufficient, the important supplement is protein first.
Traditional Chinese medicine says: "If the essence and blood are insufficient, it will be replenished with taste."
That is to say, supplement protein. It is better to have neutral proteins, such as milk, eggs, beans, fish, black foods (for black kidney nourishment), seed foods, embryonic foods, etc. After persisting for a month, you can see
Half moon scars appeared, showing that their energy has been restored to a certain extent.

(III) Normal half moon mark
1. Quantity
For the number of half moon marks, it is better to have 8-10 hands.
2. Form
It is better to have half moon marks account for one fifth of the nails.
3. Color
Milk white is better for half moon marks, and the whiter the better, indicating stronger energy.

(IV) Abnormal half-moon marks
1. Less of half moon marks
The fewer half moon marks, the worse the energy, the colder the physical condition, that is, the weaker the immunity and the cold hands and feet.
2. Three types of abnormal half-moon marks
① Cold bottom type—As long as the fewer half moon marks are, the colder the more cold the half moon marks are.
Cold type indicates that the yang energy in the body is weak and the yin and cold are more vigorous.
This type of person has low internal organs, slow qi and blood circulation, easy to be tired, weak, mentally irritable, and absorb functions
Poor face, pale complexion, afraid of cold hands and feet, frightened, drowsy, prone to colds, and repeated colds. Gradually, energy declines, physical condition decreases, and even stagnation of phlegm and dampness, qi stagnation of blood stasis, phlegm and dampness, and nodules of phlegm and dampness are prone to tumors.
② Heat bottom type—Anyone with a half-moon mark on the little finger is a hot type.
For people with hot types, their half-moon marks are greater than one-fifth of their nails.
The enlargement of half-moon marks indicates that the body has strong yang energy, strong internal organs and good physical fitness. However, in the case of symptoms, the yang energy is relatively strong. People with hyperactivity of the internal organs may show redness, fever, irritability, constipation, and easy to get angry.
Anger, dry mouth, large appetite, not afraid of cold, active, even high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and prone to stroke.
③ Cold and heat intertwined type - Anyone who has a half moon mark whose boundaries are blurred and whose colors gradually approach the color of the body are considered cold and heat intertwined or yin and yang disorders.
Early stage: The edges of the half-moon marks begin to be unclear, like a radiant light.
Medium period: Half moon marks begin to shrink.
Later stage: Half moon marks gradually decrease and disappear.
3. Half moon mark area
① If the area of ​​a half-moon mark is less than one fifth of the nail, it means insufficient energy and poor gastrointestinal absorption capacity.
If the half-moon mark suddenly becomes dark, shrinks and disappears, it will often suffer from wasting diseases, tumors, bleeding, etc.
Before a child develops, there is no half-moon mark.
 
②When the half-moon mark is greater than one-fifth, it is mostly myocardial hypertrophy and is prone to cardiovascular, hypertension, stroke and other diseases.
4. The color of the half moon mark
① Milky white - means normal. This type of person has strong energy, good physical fitness, and good physical fitness.
②Gray - indicates weak sperm, which affects the operation of the digestive and absorption function of the spleen and stomach, and is prone to anemia, fatigue and fatigue.
③Pink - Can't distinguish the color from the body of the aphrodisiac, indicating that the function of the internal organs is reduced and the physical exhaustion is excessive, which can easily cause diabetes, aphrodisiac and other diseases.
④ Purple - easily causes poor blood circulation in the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular system, insufficient blood supply and oxygen supply, and easy to become dizzy, headache, and cerebral arteriosclerosis.
⑤Black - is more common in severe heart disease, tumor or long-term medication and heavy metal poisoning.

(5) The relationship between half moon mark and five fingers
1. Half moon mark on the thumb - connecting to the lungs and spleen
When pink, it means that the pancreas is malfunctioning, prone to colds, repeated colds, fatigue, and in severe cases, it is prone to diabetes.
2. Half moon marks of index fingers—connecting to the stomach and intestines
When pink, it indicates poor circulation in the stomach and large intestine and naturally decreases appetite.
3. Half moon mark of the middle finger - related to the pericardium meridian and mind
When pink, it means excessive mental tension, prone to dizziness, headache, unclear thinking, brain fluctuations, insomnia, and dreams.
4. Ring finger half moon mark - related to endocrine

5. Little finger half moon mark - connected to the heart and kidney
It is generally difficult for the little finger to grow half a moon mark, and when it appears, it is mostly fever symptoms. When it turns red, it is prone to serious heart disease.