Hand analysis investigates the relationship between the universe, the small universe and the “whole message of life”. Hand analysis is one of the methods of visual diagnosis in Chinese medicine. To diagnose with palm lines and fortunetelling are entirely different. The former determines the status within the body by analyzing the changes of the palm lines. Fortunetelling is using the changes of palm lines to predict the future. These are two different areas.
Chinese hand analysis originated two thousand years ago. In “The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine,” it elaborates on the viewpoint of how by observing the physical body surface including the hand, one can determine the status of the internal organs and further diagnose specific illnesses for the person.
In the 1970s, American scholars revealed the principle behind using palm print, heredity, and disease to diagnose an illness called dermatoglyphics.
The main theory behind hand analysis is bioholography. For every organism, the message of each specific area will reflect the life message of the whole organism. Therefore, the nails, palm lines, the whole palm form a one-to-one relationship with the life message of the internal organs in the whole body.
The palm is the most reflective of the red flags of the internal organs within the body. The palm is the intersection between the three yang meridians and the three yin meridians of the hand. Altogether, there are six channels through which vital energy circulate and have a very close relationship with the internal organs. Therefore, the physiological and pathological changes within the body can be transmitted through the meridians and the acupuncture points to the different parts of the hand.
From the perspective of modern medicine, there is an inseparable relationship among the nerves, blood vessels, each internal organ and the center of the cerebrum. What is presently known is that the human body as it projects within the cerebral cortex resembles the shape of an inversion of the embryo. The proportion of the hand in this projection is very large. It occupies about 4/5of the entire projection.
There is a saying that the ten fingers are connected to the heart. This heart should include each center of the cerebrum and the internal organs. The specificity and the regularity with the various pain sensation of the acupuncture points and the change (or the response) to the form of the palm, form the scientific basis behind visual diagnosis.
When our body consciousness is sensitive, our body starts to have certain reactions when influenced by the information and what is about to happen in the future. The hand is like an antenna receiving and reacting towards various kinds of information. It’s difficult to detect when things are minute and have less influence; but when there is energy with significant influence towards the energy of the human body, we will be able to detect this from our hand. Just like when the leaves of a plant are dry, people will think that the root is lacking water and will supply water. The hand is like the leaves. Since the blood loops are rich with dense microcycles and centralized peripheral nerves, the hand is very sensitive with over 1,500,000 nerve endings and blood vessels.
The ending minute blood vessels of the different areas of the fingers and palms, the color deterioration, distortion and inflation of the surface may well reflect the corresponding area and the supply condition of energy and blood in the internal organs. The blood flow condition of the end tip of the nails will especially reflect the problems of blood supply in the heart.
Since people are so busy and stressful with work in our society nowadays, many people cannot even detect if there are illnesses. Only when the situation gets worse enough, people will then try to seek medical help, but often it is too late. Thus, it is very important to diagnose illnesses early. Observing the changes in the hand symptoms is one of the most simple and effective way for early diagnosis. Observing the hand is one of the most simple and practical ways to understand a person. Not only can you understand the health conditions of a person, but his/her personality as well. The most significant characteristic and meaning of hand analysis is that it is simple, intuitive, economical and practical; it can diagnose illnesses early and it is easy to promote.
