Fingernail Lunula Meaning

Crescent white, also known as lunula or little moon, is found at the one fifth position of the
fingernail bottom and it looks like a curved white mark.

The normal fingernails should be ruddy, restrained, tough, arc-shaped, smooth and glossy with clear
lunula which tells whether the person is energetic and healthy. The more energetic a person is, the
whiter the lunula is; on the contrary, the lunula is poor and vague. In general, the lunula takes an area
of about one fifth of the fingernail and has the clear edge. The lunula usually tells the disease of a
person in the form of color change or disappearing crescent. After the person regains the health from
regulation, the little moon will gradually appear again. In general, the less lunula a person has, the
lower energy and poorer health and immunity he/she has, so it's more likely for he/she to feel tired. If
the lunula only appears on the thumbs, it indicates that the physical energy is insufficient and the
disease is about to come.

Other factors shall also be considered comprehensively in judging whether a person is suffering from
the certain disease, and there is no need to be panic about the change of lunula since the confirmation
of a disease requires many inspections.

Missing or Disappearing Moon

People with absent fingernail moon are not necessarily sick but they always have serious diseases
when they feel sick. Children do not have the little moon before their growth and parents do not have
to be panic since the lunula will appear after the growth of children. In addition, the lunula disappears
gradually if the adults have too much night life and it's difficult for the lunula to grow out again. So, it
is not recommended to stay up late for a long time. Where the lunula reduces, people can complement
with proteins and black food and do appropriate exercise.

Fingernail Lunula and Health

The lunula tells the health of human body.

Normal Conditions

1. Quantity: it would be better to have 8 to 10 lunulas on both hands;

2. Shape: it would be better to take an area of one fifth of the fingernail;
3. Color: it would be better in the color of ivory. The whiter, the better, which indicates the person is
stronger.

Abnormal Conditions

The development of the lunula is affected by nutrition, environment, and physical quality. When the
digestion and absorption function is poor, the lunula dims, reduces, even disappears.
The big lunula indicates the rapid blood circulation while the small lunula indicates the poor blood
circulation; the lunula disappears under the condition of severe anemia. The less lunula a person has,
the lower energy, colder constitution and weaker immunity he/she has, so his/her body, feet and hands
are always cold.

Color of the Lunula

● Ivory: normal, this kind of people are energetic, strong and healthy;
● Grey: low energy, which affects the operation of the spleen, stomach, digestion and absorption and
it is easy to cause anemia and feel tired;
● Pink: same color with the fingernail indicates the decline of viscera functions and the over
consumption of physical strength, which is easy to cause diabetes, hyperthyroidism and other
diseases;
● Purple: it is easy to cause the poor blood circulation of heart and cerebral vessels, the insufficient
blood and oxygen supply, dizziness, headache and cerebral arteriosclerosis;
● Black: usually indicates the severe heart disease, cancer or drug poisoning and heavy metal
poisoning out of the long-term medication.

Moons on the Five Fingers

● Thumb Lunula: it is related with lung and spleen. The pink color indicates the pancreatic dysfunction
and it is easy to catch a cold and feel tired repeatedly, even have diabetes.
● Lunula on Index Finger: it is related with intestines and stomach. The pink color indicates the poor
circulation of stomach and large intestine, so the appetite decreases naturally.
● Lunula on Middle Finger : it is related with pericardium channel and consciousness. The pink color
indicates the psychentonia and it is easy to cause dizziness, headache, unbalanced consciousness,
insomnia and dreaminess.
● Lunula on Ring Finger: it is related with internal secretion. The pink color indicates that the triple
energizer meridian in the ring finger is abnormal and it is easy to cause the constitutional decline and
yin-yang disharmony with an ineffable discomfort. Women of this kind always have the gynecological
diseases like irregular menstruation.
● Lunula on Little Finger : it is related with heart and kidney. Generally, the lunula is unlikely to
appear on this finger and when it appears, it implies the fever. The red color indicates the serious heart
disease