What is the reason for the lack of healthy nails

The vast majority of nail health problems are due to natural physiological differences and are not necessarily related to the "deficiency of qi and blood" and "poor organ function" posted on the Internet. There is really no need to scare yourself. The scientific name of the healthy circle we often talk about is nail half-moon. It is essentially the new keratin cells at the root of the nail that have not yet been completely keratinized. How much you can see depends first on the position of the nail matrix (that is, the "root" of the long nail). If the nail matrix grows farther back, these tender white new cells will have completely hardened and become transparent before they are exposed on the surface of the nail. Naturally, the healthy circle will not be visible, just like the tips of spring bamboo shoots are buried deeper than the soil. If you can't see it on the ground, it doesn't mean that it is not growing well underneath. Not long ago, a young man who had just entered college came to my clinic. Only two of his ten fingers could see a little crescent moon. He posted a short video and said that he was severely malnourished. He was so scared that he drank a soup to replenish qi and blood for half a month. The results showed that the blood test and liver and kidney functions were all normal. He was just born with a low bone matrix. He drank so much sweet soup and gained three pounds.

Of course, this does not mean that changes in health circles have no reference value at all. If you could see five or six health circles with one hand before, but in the past month or two, they have suddenly shrunk and become invisible. At the same time, you still feel tired and have significantly more hair loss than before, then it is most likely due to your recent living habits. Habits are too chaotic - either staying up late into the middle of the night every day, or dieting to lose weight and only eating boiled vegetables every day, the body's metabolic rate decreases, the keratin growth rate slows down, and the health circle is naturally hidden. At this time, if you adjust your work and rest and eat well, most of them will slowly be exposed in a month or two. At present, there are indeed differences between the views of Chinese and Western medicine on this issue. Western medicine generally believes that as long as there are no other abnormalities such as brittle nails, dents, or discoloration, there is no need for intervention if the health circle is low. Some Chinese medicine doctors will comprehensively judge the number of health circles combined with other symptoms. For example, if the hands and feet are cold all year round, and diarrhea occurs after eating something cold, they will consider whether it is related to insufficient qi and blood, spleen yang deficiency, and will never directly diagnose and prescribe a prescription just because the health circle is low. I usually meet many people who count the health circles on their fingers when washing their face in the morning. If one is missing, they will worry for a long time. It is really unnecessary. The nails themselves are appendages of the skin. The number of health circles alone cannot bear such a heavy burden as a "health barometer". If you are really worried about your health, staying up for two days less is better than anything else.