Palmistry 2. Kader Kochi.

 Medical practice is the skillful application of rational and scientific disciplines for the benefit of living beings, especially for the suffering of homo sapiens. Medical practitioners can implement human hands as a tool for diagnosis and the healing. Treatment is an art of healing diseases especially by means of medicines. Careful observation, logical interpretation and adequate experience are necessary for true medical practice. Ultimate goal of medicine is to bring happiness. Routine medical examinations include general survey, inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation. All varieties of rational data are considerable for routine examination. Direct physical examinations are helpful to promote good patient - physician relationships,and it is better than other sophisticated investigations. Instrumental check up is a lengthy, boring and costly procedure often to many individuals. Palmistry is helpful to all practitioners and to those who have problems with communication. This investigation is beneficial in case of dumb, deaf, children and patients who are not able to explain their problems. The hand signs are obvious to the patient as well as all others. It provides early warning about forthcoming diseases. Hand reading was used successfully in early culture to reveal natural instincts, character and physical nature of individuals.

Physical diagnosis

FINGER                                                     DISEASE
Little finger curved		Mongolism, stomach trouble.
Little finger small		Median nerve disease.
Biting		Depression.
Tip blue		Arterial spasm , primary pulmonary hypertension.
Spatular with square tip		Acromegaly.
Chronic inflammation		Tuberculosis, syphilis.
Pea sized tender nodule on tip of finger		Endocarditis.
Space wide between ring and little finger		Downs syndrome.
Tremor		Senility, parkinsonism, alcoholism, disseminated sclerosis, uremia, mercury poisoning.
Wasting		Cervical rib, lesion at cervical.
Thumb broad		PDA.
*** HAND                                                      DISEASE
Dermatitis at dorsum	Pellagra, Polyneuritis.
Numbness	Beriberi.
Xanthoma on tendon at dorsum	Coronary diseases.
Wasting	Cervical rib .
* NAIL                                                       DISEASE
Accumulation of debris beneath the nail	Psoriasis (Transverse grooving of nail), Previous ill health.
Bleeding on nail bed	Lupus erythematosus, Bacterial endocarditis.
Clubbing	Congenital heart disease Rt to Lt shunt, COPD, Inflammatory bowel disease.
Grooving  longitudinal	Dehydration.
Growth absence   on index finger	Tendency to liver disorder.
Growth  slow	Lymphoedma.
Koilonychia	Malnutrition, Hemochromatosis.
Narrow	Narrow minded.
Nail -  atrophy partially at distal edge	Hyperthyroidism, trauma.
Nail blue-gray	Silver poisoning.
Nail bed - blue coloration on base	Hepatolenticular degeneration.
nail bed - brown at distal part	Renal failure.
Nail bed - red coloration on base	Heart failure.
Nail white	Liver disease usually cirrhosis.
Nail Yellow	Hypoalbuminemia, tetracycline therapy.
Horizontal line	Cirrhosis of liver.
Pitting	Psoriasis.
Patechia on nail bed, White centered Splinter hemorrhages	Endocarditis.
Short	Hypothyroidism.
Spoon shaped	Congenital heart diseases.
Square shaped	Tendency to heart diseases.
V shaped	Throat trouble.
White spot	Previous injury.
*** MUSCLE                                                 DISEASE
Hand stiff	Lead poisoning.
Hypertrophy	Muscular dystrophy.
Wasting	Catabolism.
*** PALM                                                      DISEASE
Dermatitis	Peripheral neuritis.
Erythema	Rheumatism, cirrhosis, Raynaud's disease, Scleroderma, Hepatitis, Leprosy.
Heberden’s nodes on distal phalanges	Osteo arthritis.
Pompholyx	Stress, cardiac disorder.
Pustular psoriasis	Calcium deficiency.
Thickening, tylosis	Carcinoma of esophagus.
Over extension of distal phalanges	Ulnar paralysis.
Spindle shaped swelling inter phalangeal joint	Rheumatoid arthritis.
*** SKIN                                                        DISEASE
Black discoloration on dorsum of finger	Addison’s diseases.
Discolored and wrinkle at dorsum of hand	Shoulder hand syndrome.
Skin thick on dorsum	Scleroderma.
Skin smooth	Gout.
Thickened skin over the inter phalangeal joints	Dermatomyositis.
*** WRIST                                                     DISEASE
Claw hand and numbness	Leprosy.
Flexed wrist and extended inter phalanges joint	Tetany.
Radial artery right	Pulse changes more obvious in female.
Wrist drop	Lead poisoning, chorea.

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Wrist - Radial artery

 Pulse  

VOLUME                DISEASE
High	Hyperthyroid, hypokalaemia, left ventricular hypertrophy, hypertension, aortic incompetence, post ectopic beat, aortic & mitral incompetence, cor pulmonale.
Low	Aortic stenosis, pulmonary stenosis, mitral stenosis, shock, peripheral failure.
Pulse pressure   DISEASE
Wide	Arteriosclerosis.
Short	Mitral stenosis, Pericarditis.
TENSION           DISEASE
High	Hypertension, hyperthyroidism, constrictive pericarditis, polycythaemia, Inspiration.
Low	Myocardial weakness, hypotension, peripheral failure, anemia, expiration.
RATE                DISEASE
Increase in	Children, fever, emotion, carditis, hyperthyroidism,  anemia, liver disorder, pericarditis, cardiac failure,  low vitamin B1, chronic pulmonary obstructive diseases, Supra ventricular tachycardia, mitral stenosis, ASD, WPWS, menses, tea, drugs like belladonna, ephedrine, neuro circulatory asthenia.
Decrease in	Athletes, old age, hypothermia, hypothyroidism, sino atrial node disease, uraemia, jaundice, increased intra cranial tension, convalescence, beta blockers, vagotonic, pericardial effusion, on inspiration, A.V block, atrial fibrillation, first week of typhoid, dengue fever, after digitalis.
CHARACTER          DISEASE
Thready pulse		Peripheral failure, left ventricular failure, myocarditis, paroxysmal tachycardia.
Pulsus  alternans		Myocardiopathy, pericarditis.
Pulsus bisferiens		Aortic stenosis combined with aortic regurgitation.
Pulsus paradoxus		Constrictive pericarditis, Obstructive pulmonary diseases.
Pulsus  bigeminus		Heart block.
Collapsing pulse		Aortic regurgitation, PDA, thyrotoxicosis, arterio venous aneurysm, neuro circulatory asthenia.
RHYTHM               DISEASE
Partially irregular	Extra systole, sinus arrhythmias,  atrial flutter,  heart block,  effusion, constrictive pericarditis.
Complete irregular	Atrial fibrillation.
Pulse deficit	Atrial fibrillation, extra systole, shock.

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 PALMISTRY 

Lines & mounts

1	Life line.
2	Head line.
3	Fate line.
4	Heart line.
5	Apollo line.
6	Health line.
7	Intuition line.
8	Griddle of Venus.
9	Lines of Opposition.
10	Lines of Affection.
11	Lines of Influence.
12	Lines of Worry.  or Obstacle.
Q	Quadrangle.

                                                      Fig - Lines of palm

 

                                         

                                                     Fig- Mounts of palm

MOUNTS

MOUNTS	GOOD QUALITIES (Normal development without horizontal line and signs)	BAD QUALITIES (absence, under development or over development)
Jupiter	Ambition, leadership, morality	Atheism, infancy, vulgarity.
Saturn	Independence, politeness, study	Envy, melancholia, mutiny, secrecy.
Mars	Courage, independence, respect	Crime, despair, fear, murder.
Venus	Love, optimism, popularity	Greediness, sexuality.
Moon	Faithfulness, imagination, sacrifice	Changeability, despair, selfishness.
Mercury	Business fluency, frankness	Cheat, cunning, theft.
Sun	Romance, sociability, wealth	Acting, gambling, rashness.

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FINGERS

FINGER	PHALANGES	GOOD QUALITIES (normal development)	BAD  QUALITIES (absence or over development)
Jupiter	1	Morality	Immorality.
	2	Responsibility	Irresponsibility.
	3	Honor	Dishonesty.
Saturn	1	Patience	Superstition.
	2	Research	Pretension.
	3	Solitude	Miserly.
Apollo	1	Romance	Laziness.
	2	Love to fame	Immorality.
	3	Sense of economy	Stupidity.
Mercury	1	Frankness	Cunning.
	2	Business	Scandal.
	3	Love of home	Hatred  family.
Thumb	1	Will power	Rough, Sensuality
	2	Reasoning	Cunning.

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PALMISTRY   

DISEASE                                        DIAGNOSIS

Adenoid	Thumb sucking.
Asthma	Heart line close to Headline, black spot inside the quadrangle.
Bladder trouble	Lines over the mount of Moon.
Blood pressure low	line on mount of Saturn.
Brain fever	Line of Hepatica ending on Headline.
Bronchitis	Cross over upper Mars.
Cancer	Headline turned extreme up  or down, gap in Life line.
Catarrh	Line on mount of Moon.
Celibacy	line of Marriage turned up.
Cerebral congestion	Line on mount of Mars.
Child hood weakness	Chained line at beginning of Life line.
Chorea	Hand loss of grip.
Deafness	Dot on Headline.
Dementia	Broken Head line.
Depression	Palm yellow, long Saturn finger.
Diabetes	Cross on mount of Moon.
Diseases incurable	A cross at downward line from Life line.
Dropsy	Star on Moon.
Dyspepsia	Line of Mercury starting from Life line.
Epilepsy	Short nail and break in Headline.
Fainting fits	Line of Head turning up, line of Heart turning down.
Fever	Dark spot on Headline, dry skin.
Fever typhoid	Dot on Lifeline, in Headline, in Heart line and in Hepatic line.
Food craving for	Presence of Mercury line.
Grave disease	Dot on Lifeline.
Greed	Line of Heart crosses the palm.
Handicap	Indefinite and broken line.
Hay fever	Line of Hepatica poor, narrow quadrangle.
Headache	Short Headline and Bars on Headline.
Headache bilious	Cutting through line of Hepatica.
Health bad	Cross-on Saturn, lines over Health line.
Health strong	Palm wide.
Heart troubles	Grill on mount of Moon and Saturn, short, triangular and blue nail, Bar on Heart line.
Hypochondriasis	Good Moon, dropping the Headline.
Idiot	Narrow gap between thumb and index finger.
Infantile disorder	Chained Lifeline.
Infertility	Star on line of Hepatica.
Insanity tendency	Reduction of palm circumference.
Intelligence limited	Short nail, Thumb short.
Liver disease	Skin damp, lack of nail growth, yellow Life line.
Mongolism	Curved little finger.
Nurse	Two vertical lines at bottom of fourth Finger.
Paralysis	Nail short and triangular.
Physician	Venus and Moon good, vertical line on Little finger, good Headline, first knot in all fingers.
Piles	Mount of Saturn good, lined Saturn.
Pleurisy	Line from Lifeline to mount of Saturn.
Pregnancy	bad Line from Venus to Saturn.
Rabies	Star on mount of Moon.
Renal disorder	Travel line forked.
Sex disorder	Star on mount of Venus or girdle of Venus.
Stomach trouble	Headline thin.
Syphilis	Mercury and Mars good, lines and star on mount of Mercury.
Vertigo	Headline turned up.

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 Traditional interpretations 

CONDITION                   INDICATIONS               

Ability for detail	Large hand with long finger.
Accident	Cross on mount of Saturn, cross on Head line,  cross on mount of Apollo.
Accomplishment	Clear and thick line.
Aim for ambitions	Fingers lean to Jupiter.
Aim for money	Fingers lean to Mercury.
Argumentative	Chained line at base of thumb.
Brilliance	Apollo long.
Character negative	Lack of mount.
Character hurry	Finger short.
Clairvoyance	quadrangle- mystic cross inside.
Criminal	Over developed Mercury.
Cruelty	Quadrangle narrow,   black spot on Thumb,  over developed upper Mars.
Culture	Elastic hand .
Curiosity	Gap between line of Life and Headline.
Death	Yellow speckles on nail.
Death by execution	Short and broken Head line under Saturn.
Death sudden	Grill on mount of Mars.
Diplomatic	Triangle in mount of Jupiter.
Disposition morbid	Line of Head dropping to mount of Moon.
Divorce	Marriage line ending in fork,  forked Heart line near Mercury.
Domestic problems	Palm hollow,  horizontal line on mount of Venus
Fame	Vertical line on Apollo.
Fearfulness	Hollow in lower Mars.
Financial failure	Cross-on mount of Sun, hollow Palm.
Fortune	Presence of both Fate line and Apollo line.
Gamble urge	Long 3rd finger.
Home life balanced	Forked Heart line near Jupiter.
Honor	Triangle in Mars,  Star at mount of Jupiter and first phalanges.
Humor	Large nail.
Imprisonment	Grill on mount of Venus.
Impulsive	Short finger.
Independence	Wide space between first and second finger.
Insanity	Union of line of Heart and line of Intuition.
Interest in all subject	Relaxed hand, Long finger.
Irresponsibility	Wide thumb angle.

Jealousy	End of Head line up,  narrow quadrangle.
Judgment good	Wide quadrangle.
Kindness	Apollo long.
Laziness	Palm longer than finger,  drooping of Headline.
Legal stigmata	Horizontal lines on upper Mars.
Life purpose less	Broken line in ring of Saturn.
Life struggle for	Chained line on bracelets.
Logic and reasoning	Second phalanges of Thumb long.
Love	Good mount Venus, thick heart line, circle of Venus.
Love disappointment	Chained Heart line.
Love sensual	Head line ends between 2nd and 3 rd finger.
Love skill in	Line from mount of Venus to Mercury.
Luck	A vertical line or Star on Apollo.
Luck -lack of	Cross at mount of Apollo.
Luck unusual	two lines in mount of Saturn.
Marriage happy	Cross-on Jupiter.
Medical stigmata	Four vertical line on Mercury.
Mind broad	Broad quadrangle.
Mind miserly	Narrow quadrangle,  fingers bend inwards.
Money gain easily	A star on line parallel to Mercury.
Moody	Little finger extended.
Murder instinct	Middle finger crooked, short Headline.
Natural talents	left hand signs in right handed person.
Negative attitude	Plain of Mars hollow.
Nervousness	Many cross line in quadrangle.
Obstacle	dot or circle sign.
Obstinate mind	Palm hard.
Overactive	Lines thick.
Out spoken	Finger held apart.
Patience	Slender thumb.
Physical danger	Cross on Mars.
Physical strength  lack of	Lines thin.
Pickpocket	Mercury short.
Politician	Mount of Mercury bad,  good Jupiter,  lined upper Mars.
Poor health	Chained line.
Poverty	Star on Saturn, bad mount of Mercury.
Pride	Palm flat and hollow,  a line from Headline and Lifeline to Jupiter, Forefinger long.
Protection	Square sign.
Psychic power	A line parallel to and inside of Life line in left hand, ring of Solomon, convex line at border of palm near mount of Lunar.
Punishment  `	Grille on mount of Mercury.
Qualities low	Low set fingers,  under developed Mounts.
Quarrelsome	Cross on plain of Mars, upper Mars and finger, Thumb crooked.
Restlessness	Oblique line at mount of Lunar.
Science success in	Fourth finger long,  triangle on Headline.
Secretive	Fingers held bending inward.
Self-abuse	Grill on mount of Venus.
Self-confidence	wide space between Headline and Lifeline.
Self indulgence	Thick finger.
Self made man	Fate line reaches to Apollo or Mercury, long first phalanges,  good mount of Mars.
Selfishness	Short finger, Heart line absent,  thick, flabby, pale palm.
Sensitive	Phalanges 1st padded.
Sensuality	circle of Venus,  Bulge near wrist at mount of Lunar,  a line parallel to line of Mercury, Palm thick and soft.
Severe illness or shock	Disappearance of line.
Shyness	Fused Headline and Life line,  thin finger.
Smartness	Finger long.
Spender careless	Finger bending backwards.
Stubbornness	Stiff thumb.
Success	Circle on mount Apollo.
Success	A whorl on mount of Sun..
Success in business	Mount of Mercury good.
Suicide	Cross-on mount of lower Mars,  dropping of Headline, Line of Head   and line of Hepatica joined.
Superstition	Mount Saturn and Moon good,  dropping of Headline,  long second finger.
Sympathy for creature	Constricted 2nd phalanges of thumb.
Tact	Knot on second finger.
Temperament even	Pink nail.
Thought reading	Whorl on mount of Moon.
Tolerance	Finger long.
Tragedy	Star on mount of Saturn,  Griddle of Venus.
Trustworthy	Finger wide apart.
V.I.P friendship	Cross on second phalanges of second finger.
Vulgar	Rough hand.
Wealth through marriage	Triangle in wrist.
Will power	First phalanges of Thumb long.
Wit ready	Triangle on fourth finger.

Diseases Medicine Abscess                Arsenic alb, Fluoric acid. Arthritis                Benzoic acid, Rhus tox. Atrophy finger Oleum jecoris, Natrum mur, Phosphoric acid, Silicea, Thuja. Beriberi  Allium cepa, Arsenic alb, Lathyrus sativus. Bleeding Calcarea phos, Phosphorus. Brachial neuritis Aconitum radix, Azadirecta indica. Callosities Antimonium crud. Caries          Silicea. Chapped skin Natrum mur. Chilblain Nux vomica. Chorea Absinthium, Causticum, Oleum jecoris, Zinc bromatum. Contusion Arnica montana, Symphytum. Cramps Chelidonium, Cuprum met. Eczema Arsenic alb, Mezereum. Elasticity loss Silicea. Exostosis Calcarea fluor. Finger short  Thyroidinum. Freckles Ferrum met. Ganglion  Phosphoric acid . Gangrene Lachesis. Hyperkeratosis Arsenic alb. Inflammation         Belladonna, Apis, Natrum mur. Ischemia Secale cor. Itching Sulphur. Leprosy Cuprum acetate, Gynocardia, Silicea. Lichen dermatosis Arsenic iodatum, Oleum jecoris aselli. Numbness Aconitum, Arsenic alb, Cynodon dactylon. Morvan’s disease  Arsenic iodatum. Pain Rhus tox. Paralysis Causticum, Plumbum met. Periostitis     Asafoetida, Mezereum, Staphysagria. Pellagra  Arsenic sulph flavatum, Bovista. Perspiration Dulcamara, Pilocarpine mur, Silicea Sulphur.  Pigmentation  black    Arsenic alb, Ricinus communis. Pompholyx Hepar sulph, Natrum sulph. Pox Arsenic alb. Psoriasis Arsenic alb. Raynaud’s disease     Gingko biloba, Secale.cor Cactus.g, Ferrum phos, Sulphuric acid. Roughness  Graphitis, Silicea, Petroleum. Stiffness Allium sativa, Causticum, Rhus tox. Swelling Apis, Bryonia. Trembling Agaricus, Hyoscyamus, Nux vom, Rauwolfia, Secale cor, Zinc met   Sclerosis Arsenic alb, China, Secale cor, Thyroidinum. Tetany  Acetic acid, Calcarea carb, Hyoscyamus, Kali mur, Nux vom, Valeriana. Tophi arthritis Colchicum, Kali iodatum. Ulcer Arsenic alb, Alumen. Vasomotor disturbance Kali phos. Vitiligo Acetic acid, China, Sulphuric acid. Warts          Dulcamara, Podophyllum, Sepia,Thuja. Wen Ammonium carb, Calcarea flour, Myristica sebifera, Silicea, Thuja. Writers cramp Cuprum met, Gelsemium. Wrinkled hand Phosphoric acid. Physical diagnosis and treatment is an art.  Hands have a valuable role in clinical practice.