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Robi P.
Posted on Saturday, December 13, 2003 - 21:19:   
Hi, I would like to ask: is there any significance to nails shape and color in Ch. diagnosis?
Thanks, Robi.
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Dr. Robert Titch
Posted on Sunday, December 14, 2003 - 13:59:   

I think there is. Pale nails tend to exhibit blood xu, brittle nails usually are the evidence of liver (blood) deficiency and cyanotic nails point to a blood stasis condition. I have also heard that Yang deficiency in the kidney cause the nails' crescent to be very thin or non existent.

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