Relation between Complexion & Internal Health Condition

(A) Complexion and internal organs:

Youthful complexion comes together with good health. The Internal health condition can reflect on the skin. One who has the healthy organs known as Wu-Zang Liu Fu with sufficient vital energy and blood, can resist and prevent any attack of illness thus having elastic and youthful complexion. Bad health would result in dry and ageing skin, wrinkles, sagging complexion and some other beauty problems. Lack of restful sleep is the prime factor that causes weakness to the internal health, and a restful sleep can be disturbed by any one of the followings:

(1) Internal Qi-Qing (seven elements): Happiness, anger, scaring, depression, sadness, fear and anxiety would greatly cause the imbalance of internal Yin-Yan and malfunction of the internal organs thus resulting in insufficient vital energy and blood, and that causes numerous illnesses.

(2) External Liu-Yu (six elements): The breeze, coldness, heatiness, humidity, dryness and flaming heat are the six climatic causes that would cause illness to one whose internal health condition is weak.

(3) Diet condition:

i) Diet disorder: Moderate consumption of food is recommended. Diet by starving would cause under-nourishment thus contributing to weak internal health. Excessive consumption of food could also cause disorder to both the spleen and stomach functions thus resulting in indigestion which might cause discomfort.

ii) Taken food that is contaminated easily causes food poisoning thus aggravating the stomach and spleen functions. Diarrheal and vomiting are the results.

iii) Frequent consumption of fat diet or cold food and drinking of alcohol would cause negative effect to the functions of spleen and stomach. This would result in dampness heat in the spleen whereby sputum exists. Spicy and sour food could cause toxic heat in the spleen leading to indigestion, constipation, bleeding when passing stools and pile problem. Very often than not, the affected anus could be itchy.

(iv) Fatigue and idleness: Deficiency in vital energy could be due to tiredness and idleness thus causing disorder to the functions of menstruation. This will result in dry and dehydrated complexion, freckles and uneven tones. Blemishes would occur if the functions of spleen and stomach are affected.

(v) Phlegm and sputum: It is due to the stagnation of the functions of Yin-Yang in lung, spleen, kidneys, colons and stomach. Complexion is dehydrated; lack luster and blemished, also uneven pores and itchiness will occur if it is exposed to breeze. Scratching would result in epidermatitis.

(vi) Deficiency and stagnation of vital energy and blood would cause disorder to the functions of vital energy thus resulting in dark and rough complexion, hair loss and dry hair.

B) How internal organs affect you externally (i.e. skin complexion, hair, nails):

(A) Heart, Jejunum and Ileum:

The heart controls the nervous system, pulse of the blood and sweat gland. Symptoms of good health would reflect on the tongue and the face would have a radiant and healthy look, but it appears pale and dull if the internal health condition is weak. The functions of both Jejunum and Ileum are helping the digestion of food and relevant nutrients would be converted into blood and sent to various parts of the body through the functions of spleen, liver and heart.

Waste matter would be released through the descending colons as stool whereas the waste fluid would be released through the bladder as urine. When instance of toxic heat arises due to lack of restful sleep, it affects the functions of both the heart and ileum thus causing irritability, bad temper, redness on cheeks, mouth and tongue ulcers, pimples with mucosal fluid appear on T-Zone region, disorder in defecation, diarrheal and constipation. Very often than not, menstrual cycle could be affected resulting in heavy or light flow and abdominal pain.

(B) Liver and gallbladder:

The functions of the liver are to filter and store blood. Its condition is reflected on the eye region and eyebrow as well as nails. Healthy liver with sufficient amount of blood and vital energy would provide reddish nails and sparkling eyes. On the other hand, it would result in chipped nails, dark circles around the eye region, wrinkles, and light-flow of menstruation. The flow of gallbladder fluid is associated with the function of liver which requires a good Yin-Yang energy. The signs of inconsistent flow of gallbladder fluid would be jaundice and bitterness at the tongue, and the complexion would be yellowish and sagging. Freckles and uneven tones would appear on the face.

(C) Spleen and stomach:

Digestion, blood, four limbs and the growth of muscle are under the functions of both spleen and stomach. The complexion on the mouth region and lips could reflect the functioning condition of spleen and stomach. The stomach would help to digest the food before sending to jejunum and lleum which would absorb the nutrients. The limbs, muscle, and complexion are supported by the spleen and stomach. Elastic and healthy complexion represents the healthy spleen and stomach. Malfunction of both the spleen and stomach would result in dry, sagging and pale complexion.

(D) Lung and descending colons:

Breathing, skin appendages and body hair are under the functions of lung and colons. The reflection from the lung and colons is on the nose and both sides of the nose respectively. The function of the colons is to carry down the waste matter. The dropping of body hair and dry complexion represent the deficiency of vital energy in the lung that would result in blocked nose, cough with or without phlegm, breathlessness of chest, constipation, blemishes appearing on the forehead and both cheeks near to the ears, hair loss, dry and ageing complexion. Weak in internal resistance also cause freckles with age spots when the skin is exposed to normal sunlight and heat radiation.

(E) Kidneys and bladder:

Kidneys consist of left kidney and right Ming-Men kidney under the traditional Chinese Medicine Study. While the bladder controlling the storage and release of urine, the kidneys control the fluid flow of the body and storage of the Jin-Sui associated with the bone and brain, providing nutrients required by various organs of the body. The ears, bone and hair depends on the health condition of the kidneys. When the kidneys Yin-yang energy is healthy, the urine is normal, the hair is smooth and dark in colour and on the contrary, it would result in hair loss, weak limbs, frequent urinating, grey hair and dehydrated complexion with freckles and wrinkles. Deficiency of kidneys-yin would cause redness and blemishes on both cheeks near to the ears, and freckles with ageing spots would occur faster when the skin is exposed to sunlight. Hair loss is the common sign of weak kidney.

(C) Deficiency of vital energy and blood and imbalance of Yin-Yang:

(i) Common illnesses: Beauty problems occurred due to various illnesses affecting women. Deficiency of vital energy and blood, imbalance of Yin-Yang, womb diseases, heavy and light flow of menstruation, irregularity of menstrual cycle, whitish and yellowish discharge, abdominal pain and malfunctions of both liver and kidneys are the most common illnesses that affected woman thus resulting in beauty problems.