Thumbnail on my Right hand

[yinyang]

hi...

I know that fingernail appearance has a health significance.

My RIGHT thumbnail is very weak..has ridges which go length-wise (up/down)...it always cracks/peels before it is able to grow long.

Any idea what this means..?

Thanks in advance!

[shelley]

If your body can't form healthy strong fingernails, then that indicates that you're not getting enough gelatin for proper protein digestion and absorption, to the point where there's not enough left over for your nails. You can eat jello desserts occasionally, but the best thing is to make slow-cooked bone-in meat meals. You can also take gelatin capsules, either empty or filled with whatever spice or baking soda you want to supplement.

It's difficult to totally get rid of the striations as they just happen as part of the process, but when they "don't look right" or nails break easily you have to question whether you're eating everything you need and absorbing it too. How's your diet and power of digestion? Look for other symptoms to better determine what's going on exactly, it's different for everyone.

[Guest]

..I just noticed that all of my ailments seem to stike on the Right side of my Body.

Also, you had mentioned an Aureyavedic (?) book (on this site) which may have listed a connection of ailments to certain exterior body parts -
(if that makes sense)

[shelley]

Ayurvedic medine is for tongue diagnosis, what's going on with digestion, plus lips and nails. They also recommend pulse diagnosis but I haven't found that to be helpful. Dr. Vasant Lad's book has all that.

For why certain things are right-side or left-side dominant, that's all in vits and minerals, the nervous system. The best online source for that info is acu-cell.com.