Skin Whitening

What is skin whitening? In the history of Japan, geishas are known for their painted white skin which represents beauty, grace and high social status. In today’s changing modern society, the perception of fairer skin is evolving, where some say fair skin is white skin while others would argue that fair skin is just that: fair skin.

But how does one get fairer skin then? Do you hide under the shade? Apply skin whitening products? Or do you make your own remedy? In the world today, skin whitening products are available in various forms. Be it creams, soaps, pills and lotions, all of them serve only one purpose, to help our skin become fairer. There are of course simple remedies and courses that can be taken to whiten our skin.

Source: Health care booklet from Guardian pharmacy

Marco's comment:

It is true that fair skin somehow looks better, provided you looks healthy as well.

指甲半月痕

其實什麽是半月痕？瓣開你的手指,在指甲的開端,會有一個宛如半月的白色痕跡,這個就是半月痕。如果你發現,你的十個手指裏面已經沒有了半月痕,那麽,你的身體健康狀況並不如你所想的理想哦!不知道在哪裏？

就算你看到你的手指有半月痕,你也別高興得太早哦!真正健康的半月痕的顔色是白色!其他顔色的話,那就是說不是很健康了!

半月痕其實是陰陽經脈界線,代表著人體的精氣和健康。所以如果健康不佳,消化不良,半月痕就會變得細小,模糊,甚至消失。

怎樣才是正常的半月痕呢？拌開你的雙手,8-10個手指都有半月痕是為佳,而它的面積是指甲的五分之一,顔色為乳白色為好,越白越好。如果半月痕小于五分之一,则表示精力不足,肠胃吸收能力差。如半月痕突然晦暗、缩细、消失,往往会患有消耗性的疾病、肿瘤、出血等。而如果半月痕較面積五分之一大,多为心肌肥大,易患心脑血管、高血压、中风等疾病。

而不正常的半月痕為數量少的半月痕。數量越少,表示體質越寒,所以手腳冰冷而免疫力弱。

寒底型
• 半月痕少至無
• 臟腑功能低,氣血運行慢所以容易疲勞以及精神不振,但卻嗜睡
• 面色蒼白,手腳冰冷,容易感冒
• 气滞血瘀,痰湿停滞,痰湿结节
• 消化不良,吸收能力差,體質下降

熱底型
• 凡小指都有半月痕。
• 半月痕大于指甲的五分之一
• 體内陽氣較旺,臟腑功能較強所以體質較好
• 但是因爲陽氣較旺盛,所以有面紅的跡象,容易上火煩躁,便秘、口干、食量大
• 手腳不怕冷,好動
• 血壓高,血糖高,易中風

寒熱交錯型
• 半月痕的边界模糊不清、颜色逐渐接近甲体颜色者,属寒热交
• 错或阴阳失调。
• 初期:半月痕边缘开始不清,如放光芒状
• 中期:半月痕开始缩小
• 后期:半月痕逐渐减少并消失

而半月痕的顔色能告知你某些健康的秘密哦!
1. 奶白色 - 正常,精力強壯,體質好
2. 灰色 - 精弱,脾胃消化吸收功能不好,容易貧血+疲倦
3. 粉紅色 - 臟腑功能下降,體力消耗過大,容易引起糖尿病、甲肮等病症
4. 紫色 - 容易引起心脑血管血液循环不良,供血供氧不足,易头晕、头痛、脑动脉硬化
5. 黑色 - 多见于严重的心脏病、肿瘤或长期服药引起药物和重金属中毒

而每一個手指的半月痕都和身體的某一部分有著不可磨滅的關係。

拇指
• 肺脾
• 呈粉红色时,表示胰脏机能不良,容易感冒、反复感冒、疲劳,严重时易患糖尿
• 病

食指
• 肠胃
• 呈粉红色时,表示胃、大肠的循环不良,食欲自然减退

中指
• 心包经、神志
• 呈粉红色时,表示精神过度紧张,易头晕、头痛、思路不清、脑涨、失眠、多梦

無名指
• 内分泌
• 呈粉红色时,表示运行于无名指的三焦经发生异常,易体质下降、阴阳失调,人容
• 易有种说不出的不舒服感,女性会得月经不调等妇科病

小指
• 心肾
• 小指一般很难长出半月痕,出现时,多为热症
• 呈红色时,易患严重的心脏病

如何再次長出半月痕？半月痕和身體的精髓元氣大有關聯。而以中醫學來説元氣是用來濡养全身五脏六腑以及推動五臟六腑的氣血運行,進而增強免疫功能以及长寿抗衰老物质。所以,儅一個人精力不足時,最先要補充的就是蛋白質。當然,如果能適時地補充其他的維他命和礦物質是對身體更加的好!而優質的蛋白質為中性為好,比如, 蛋類、豆類、魚類、黑色性食物(補腎)、种籽性食物、胚胎性食物等。堅持一、兩個月以後,就可以看到半月痕的出現了。

你的半月痕還在嗎？

Shaken Baby Syndrome

Nowadays, majority of the couples (husbands and wives) need to go out to work to survive the family. The babies and children are sent to baby care centres or the responsibilities of mothers have been passed on to the maids or paid baby sitters.

Below is an article from a forwarded email that may inspire us to change our social lifestyle to give better attention to our next generation especially while they are still a baby or young child.

December 4th, 2007, Jessica Sherwood had to do something no mother should ever have to do. At 2:29 pm Jessica made a very tough, but the right decision to take her little 3 month old daughter off life support.

In memory of little London Marie, i thought id start a little forward.
Jessica had a message that i want every one to know.
This is what Jessica said:

"If anyone has kids, make sure that you keep them with you the whole time. Don't give then to anyone that you don't trust. Trust me, I thought that I trusted Josh. But now as of December 4, 2007 at 2:29 AM, she is gone. My one & only baby and he is going to pay forever, even if he gets out of jail scott free, he will be punished no matter what. And to all my friends that know London , I am very angry & upset that I lost the love of my life, my babygirl. She passed away on her three month birthday .

London had six fractured ribs, both of her legs were fracture, & her brain was so damaged that if she were to live she would be a vegetable. So I did what was right & what was best for her & took her off life support.

That's what you call Shaken Baby Sydrome [SBS]"

For those of you who dont know what Shaken Baby Syndrome check out the facts ;
-Shaking, jerking and jolting can cause blood vessels in the head to tear or burst.

Shaken Baby Syndrome is the shaking of an infant or child by the arms, legs, or shoulders with or without impact of the head.

This trauma can result in bleeding and brain injury with no outward signs of abuse. Often frustrated caregivers feel that shaking a baby or small child is a harmless way to make the child stop crying. However, a baby's brain and blood vessels are vulnerable to whiplash motions, such as shaking, jerking, jolting, and impact.

The neck muscles of an infant or small child are weak, so the child's head is relatively heavy and the neck cannot support the stress of shaking or impact.

Shaking a very young child, with or without impact of the head, can cause irreversible brain damage, blindness, cerebral palsy, hearing loss, spinal cord injury, seizures, learning disabilities, and even death.

It is tragic that healthy, intelligent babies are suffering these disabilities simply because their caregivers don't know about the dangers associated with Shaken Baby Syndrome.

An estimated 1,200 to 1,400 cases of Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) occur each year in the United States .

Only 1 out of 4 babies pass away of Shaken Baby Syndrome. However, the other three babies will need ongoing medical attention for the rest of their short lifespans.