What Your Health Divulges

Good health will first and foremost bring color to the face, in the palm of the hand, beneath the nails and all parts of the body in general. In light-skinned people, pink is the best color to be seen. Red shows excess and at times high blood pressure or alcoholism. White shows a lack of red corpuscles, poor circulation, kidney problems and coldness in the extremities. Yellow may indicate bile and other toxic substances in the blood and skin such as uric poisoning. Blue in the lips, hands and nails is the signal of heart problems. The color of the skin also brings its own personality quirks in addition to health indications. For example pink, an outgoing personality, red, intensity in excess, white, coldness and selfishness, yellow, moodiness and irritability.

These variations of color are perhaps more easily seen in light-skinned people, in the darker races adaptations must be made. Even when the skin is dark a pallor or paleness which may be called white in light-skinned people is still obvious in poor health. Flush, vivid and clear skin tone is seen in health which may be called pink. The palms of the hands will be pale or vivid, the lines in the palms pale or a rich dark brown, and so on. Yellow and red are easily visible in the white of the eyes in any race and nationality. The palms of the black races are considerably lighter in color than the rest of the skin. A pink blush is easily disce
able in good health. We are not looking at the surface color as much as beneath the surface and its affect on health and personality.nnn We have all heard the expression many times that the eyes are the mirror of the soul. It may be because the eyes are so closely connected with the brain, and is so highly sensitive that they register so much. The eyes are particularly indicative of the health patterns. The iris of the eye is also an accurate indicator of the health of the body. Clear blue or light brown eyes with no spots, spokes, rims or clouds indicate the best possible health and disposition. As far as color goes, the iridologist would consider any color other than blue or brown to indicate a health defect.nnn Any spots, discolorations, spikes or clouds located in these areas would indicate toxic material, tissue degeneration, and other health hazards. Black or very dark spots are more serious. White shows the developing symptoms or the healing of problems that have already occurred. In many cases, you will find red, orange or yellow starlike patterns surrounding the pupil. This is the stomach and intestinal area, and reveals a highly acid, or toxic condition existing in these organs. The fact that all other organs and functions of the body radiate from the stomach area points out the importance of diet to the health of our bodies. nnn Many people have difficulty in walking properly because their feet hurt. If shoes are correctly fitted then one must look to another source for the discomfort. Some other organ or organs are sick and that makes our feet sore. Foot sole therapy or reflexology is the study of this condition. nnn All health conscious adults should be aware of this method of promoting health and relieving blockages in the body by massaging or applying pressure to the corresponding area of the hand or foot.

Nails:
A study of the nails is most important in regards to health and disease. They are remarkably accurate indications to go by. Nearly all doctors quietly observe the nails of the patient they are examining. They know the nails give hereditary indications of symptoms which may not be manifested by other parts of the body. The nails not only disclose secrets relating to health, but they also give information about the temperament and disposition. It must be borne in mind that care of the nails does not effect the type they belong to in the slightest degree, or that they are broken by work or polished with care, the type remains unchanged. Nails are divided into long, and short.

Long Nails:
Very long or as they are called, filbert shaped nails never indicate such physical strength as short or broad ones. Long nails are called filbert shape because they have the appearance of filbertnnuts.

The long nail tells of some tendency - generally inherited- for delicacy of the lungs. Very long and very pale in color may indicate a consumptive tendency. This is still more accentuated if they should be bluish in color and have marks like ribs rising up from one end to the other. The same type of nail that is slightly shorter indicates bronchial tendencies. Long nails that are extremely narrow show spinal weakness and general delicacy of the entire system.

Short Nails:
Short round shaped nails show danger of trouble with the throat and passage of the nose. Illnesses such as asthma, laryngitis, bronchitis, etc., are always associated with this particular type of short nail. Short nails, thin and very flat at their base with little or no moons, are indicative of weak action of the heart, poor circulation and heart disease.

Large moons in any type of nail promise good circulation of the blood and strong heart action. The normal pulse of such persons will be found to be more rapid than those who have little or no moons. When the nails appear to be very flat and sink into the flesh, especially when ribbed, they threaten nerve diseases of one form or another. If very flat and shell shaped, they indicate a danger of paralysis. This danger will be still more accentuated, if at the time such nails are white, brittle and inclined to lift up at the edges. White spots like flecks on the nails denote an overstrong nervous temperament and danger of nervous prostration, especially if there are no moons or very strong ones.

Lines or ribs across the nails from side to side show recent illness. As nails take approximately 9 months to grow from the base to the outer edge, a heavy rib in the structure of the nails about their center would indicate that between four and five months previously, a breakdown or illness had taken place, and so have arrested the growth of the nail. Very thin nails inclined to split or break easily denote ill health. n