Health and Wellness Encyclopedia - Eat. Wear. Live. Travel. The Inner Secrets of Emotion and Health (Benefit Body Complete Edition)

Author: Xiaoxiao / Country: Mainland China
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
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4. Changing Harmful Small Habits in Life
(1) Scratching the Head. With long, dirty fingernails, one scratches vigorously on the head when itchy and frantically rubs during washing. This habit damages hair health and growth. If fingernails scratch the scalp, it can easily cause inflammation, leading to hair loss, dandruff, and thinning hair.
(2) Furrowing the Brows. Habits like frowning, blinking, and pouting can easily create horizontal and vertical wrinkles on the face, resembling fish tail lines. The skin on the face is extremely delicate and sensitive. Frequent expressions and actions leave deep, hard-to-erase wrinkles.
(3) Rubbing the Eyes. When eyes feel uncomfortable, one tends to rub them. Eyes are highly sensitive organs with rich blood vessels. Rubbing stimulates the blood vessels in the conjunctiva, causing redness. Additionally, hands touch various things throughout the day, often carrying many bacteria. Rubbing these into the eyes can easily lead to acute conjunctivitis or trachoma, resulting in red eyes, discharge, blurred vision, even eyelash loss, and irritated eye corners.
(4) Picking the Nose. The nasal mucosa is very delicate, with abundant capillaries, especially the "Kisselbach's area" on the anterior-inferior part of the nasal septum. It has dense, superficial blood vessels, making it easy to damage nasal hairs and rupture the mucosa, causing nosebleeds. Furthermore, frequent stimulation from fingers can thin the mucosa, leading to atrophy and loss of the sense of smell. If bacteria from fingers or nail gaps enter the nose, it can cause chronic rhinitis, boils, nasal blockage, stuffiness, runny nose, redness, swollen nasal bridge, prolonged recovery, and even systemic discomfort. In severe cases, bacteria can enter the brain through facial blood vessels, causing inflammation.
(5) Cleaning the Ears. Using toothpicks or matches to dig earwax can easily scratch the skin of the external ear canal, causing bleeding. If bacteria enter, it can lead to external ear canal inflammation or abscesses, with persistent pus or fluid discharge. If the eardrum is accidentally perforated during cleaning, bacteria can enter the tympanic cavity, causing otitis media. This not only results in chronic ear discharge but also risks deafness.
(6) Picking Teeth. After meals, using needles, toothpicks, or other objects to pick between teeth can become a habit over time. Frequent picking irritates the gums, causing them to shrink and thin, widening gaps and thinning teeth. P8