Guest guest Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 On 6/17/05, José Barbosa <jcmbarbosa52@...> wrote: > Does anyone know if there is a genuine connection between one's > earlobes and one's health? According to the Chinese medicine, the > size and shape of your ears and especially the size of the earlobe is > a sign of health: the longer the lobe, the better the health. Is it > true? Hello José ! I am part Chinese, so I am familiar with this through the folkloric/old wives'-tale route rather than the Chinese Medicine diagnostics. My grandmother calls the long, fleshy earlobes " lucky ears " and I gather they are associated with wealth and good luck, but not especially health. Although continued health would certainly be good luck! > I don't make a fetish of ears, but whenever it is possible I like to > observe people's earlobes. I have observed that long earlobes are > becoming a rarity. Not many young people show it any more. You find > them usually among the older generations. Does poor nutrition (junk > food) have a role here: in creating short earlobes, or even no > earlobe at all? I have observed that people with long earlobes often > look healthy. OK, it is not enough to have long earlobes, but it > seems they could be a gift. According to many sources, the attached-ness of earlobes is one of those simple Mendelian trait, so maybe a propensity towards something is inhereited along with the long earlobes. Of course, the two people in my life who have them are also hearty Caucasian fellows with ruddy complexions and German backgrounds, so I am cautious not to draw too many conclusions. > A connected question. What about those people (often with long > earlobes) who may eat anything, who may follow any diet or no diet at > all, and nevertheless remain healthy? There are such people, aren't > there? They seem to be able to eat like an ostrich, almost anything > at all, but still have no side effects. What is the secret? The > earlobes? Sleeping well? A gift from heavens? Genetics? Feasting and > fasting? Or is this another myth? After some time of abuse, these > people will see a failure in their health, a question of time? My father, who has the lucky ears, is 55 and suffered several large health complications in the last 10 years, including post-polio syndrome and an entire year of on-and-off bronchitis. My husband is 26 and has constant seasonal allergies, gallstones, frequent indigestion and general aches and pains. His diet has been TERRIBLE, but I have only just acquired him so I hope his health will improve I think the " secret " for my father and husband is having more reserve than I do, and having less visible health problems, and possibly having a nice pink complexion that covers over the paleness when they are ill. -- Persi M. Mon superfruit@... --------------------------------- " A 5-year-old could understand this! Fetch me a 5-year-old! " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 >Does anyone know if there is a genuine connection between one's >earlobes and one's health? According to the Chinese medicine, the >size and shape of your ears and especially the size of the earlobe is >a sign of health: the longer the lobe, the better the health. Is it >true? I don't know about Chinese medicine, but there does seem to be a link between creases in earlobes and one's chance of getting a stroke. Having a crease reflects the skin's elasticity, which can be affected by age and connective tissue health, both of which would affect your stroke risk, so it makes some sense. Anyway, it's being studied. Longer, unattached lobes are inherited, like blue eyes. Of course they get longer and longer if you wear heavy earrings ... I'd guess those older African tribes with the really BIG earrings would be really healthy then! Heidi Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 > I don't know about Chinese medicine, but there does seem > to be a link between creases in earlobes and one's chance > of getting a stroke. Oh, this is so depressing. I've developed creased earlobes over the past several years (before I started eating NT) and they only seem to be getting worse. The funny thing is that I had always heard that they were a sign of impending heart attack. So I was getting increasingly worried -- yes, I'm embarrassed to admit that -- as my grandfather had heavily creased earlobes. Then about a month ago I had the amazing but silly realization that he didn't have a heart attack, he had a stroke. LOL. Relief! So now Heidi tells me that I'm not really safe after all. I may well be on the cold slab in a matter of months! AACK! Perhaps an earlobe removal will solve the problem? Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 > > Does anyone know if there is a genuine connection between one's > > earlobes and one's health? According to the Chinese medicine, the > > size and shape of your ears and especially the size of the earlobe is > > a sign of health: the longer the lobe, the better the health. Is it > > true? > > Hello José ! I am part Chinese, so I am familiar with this > through the folkloric/old wives'-tale route rather than the Chinese > Medicine diagnostics. My grandmother calls the long, fleshy earlobes > " lucky ears " and I gather they are associated with wealth and good > luck, but not especially health. Although continued health would > certainly be good luck! > > > I don't make a fetish of ears, but whenever it is possible I like to > > observe people's earlobes. I have observed that long earlobes are > > becoming a rarity. Not many young people show it any more. You find > > them usually among the older generations. Does poor nutrition (junk > > food) have a role here: in creating short earlobes, or even no > > earlobe at all? I have observed that people with long earlobes often > > look healthy. OK, it is not enough to have long earlobes, but it > > seems they could be a gift. > > According to many sources, the attached-ness of earlobes is one of > those simple Mendelian trait, so maybe a propensity towards something > is inhereited along with the long earlobes. Of course, the two people > in my life who have them are also hearty Caucasian fellows with ruddy > complexions and German backgrounds, so I am cautious not to draw too > many conclusions. > > > A connected question. What about those people (often with long > > earlobes) who may eat anything, who may follow any diet or no diet at > > all, and nevertheless remain healthy? There are such people, aren't > > there? They seem to be able to eat like an ostrich, almost anything > > at all, but still have no side effects. What is the secret? The > > earlobes? Sleeping well? A gift from heavens? Genetics? Feasting and > > fasting? Or is this another myth? After some time of abuse, these > > people will see a failure in their health, a question of time? > > My father, who has the lucky ears, is 55 and suffered several large > health complications in the last 10 years, including post-polio > syndrome and an entire year of on-and-off bronchitis. My husband is 26 > and has constant seasonal allergies, gallstones, frequent indigestion > and general aches and pains. His diet has been TERRIBLE, but I have > only just acquired him so I hope his health will improve I think > the " secret " for my father and husband is having more reserve than I > do, and having less visible health problems, and possibly having a > nice pink complexion that covers over the paleness when they are ill. > > -- > Persi M. Mon > superfruit@g... > --------------------------------- > " A 5-year-old could understand this! Fetch me a 5-year-old! " Hi Persi: What an euphonic name you have! Your post was very pleasant to read. Yes, I think people can spoil their inherited health through excesses. No long earlobes will be able to preserve this treasure if you don't make an " effort " /an investiment yourself. Cheers, José Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2005 Report Share Posted June 19, 2005 Hey Ron, I've got the creased earlobes too :-( But at least now we know what the connection is - skin elasticity and connective tissue health (thanks Heidi) Shall we do an experiment? Let's both tap for 2 months, every day, 3 times, on those things, and see if anything changes. If you want to give it a try, email me offlist. Cheers, Deb -----Original Message----- > I don't know about Chinese medicine, but there does seem > to be a link between creases in earlobes and one's chance > of getting a stroke. Oh, this is so depressing. I've developed creased earlobes over the past several years (before I started eating NT) and they only seem to be getting worse. The funny thing is that I had always heard that they were a sign of impending heart attack. So I was getting increasingly worried -- yes, I'm embarrassed to admit that -- as my grandfather had heavily creased earlobes. Then about a month ago I had the amazing but silly realization that he didn't have a heart attack, he had a stroke. LOL. Relief! So now Heidi tells me that I'm not really safe after all. I may well be on the cold slab in a matter of months! AACK! Perhaps an earlobe removal will solve the problem? Ron <HTML><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC " -//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN " " http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd " ><BODY><FONT FACE= " monospace " SIZE= " 3 " > <B>IMPORTANT ADDRESSES</B> <UL> <LI><B><A HREF= " / " >NATIVE NUTRITION</A></B> online</LI> <LI><B><A HREF= " http://onibasu.com/ " >SEARCH</A></B> the entire message archive with Onibasu</LI> </UL></FONT> <PRE><FONT FACE= " monospace " SIZE= " 3 " ><B><A HREF= " mailto: -owner " >LIST OWNER:</A></B> Idol <B>MODERATORS:</B> Heidi Schuppenhauer Wanita Sears </FONT></PRE> </BODY> </HTML> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 Hi Deb, > I've got the creased earlobes too :-( > > But at least now we know what the connection is - skin elasticity and > connective tissue health (thanks Heidi) > > Shall we do an experiment? Let's both tap for 2 months, every > day, 3 times, > on those things, and see if anything changes. If you want to > give it a try, > email me offlist. Okay. I'm up for it. But here's the caveat. I'm in the middle of some other heavy processing right now and I'm not willing to devote a lot of time to the earlobe problem. (Grandpa had his stroke at age 82 so I figure I've a few good years left.) I'll tap once a day for 5 minutes over a two month period and work with whatever comes up in that time. Let's see what results we get from that. Before and after pics, too. And I haven't forgotten about the long lost Sandi post. I'm actually just about ready to put it out there, believe it or not. Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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