Grandmaster Tse’s Qìgōng Dāo 氣功道 427

If our palms are red, soft, shiny and warm, then we are quite healthy. If our palms are pale, stiff, rough, cold and dry then the condition of our health is not so good. Of course, if our work requires us to handle rough and heavy objects, or we use our hands a lot for fighting, grabbing and carry heavy things then the surface of our palms will become rough and my even become callused. However, this is only on the surface of the palms, inside we can still see the condition which will be the same. So, if we can see the colour is good the palm is shinny and warm, then it is still healthy.

It is the same with the back of the hand. It should still have a good colour, so we can see the red colour which shows the blood circulation, and the skin is smooth, the nails shiny, the finger and wrist are all flexible, these all indicate the condition of our health.

The palm and the five fingers all relate to our internal organs. The thumb relates to the spleen and stomach, the index finger relates to the liver and gall bladder, the middle finger relates to the heart and the small intestine, the ring finger relates to the lung and the large intestine and the little finger relates to the kidneys and the urinary bladder.