Your Face Never Lies: What Your Face Reveals About You and Your Health, an Introduction to Oriental Diagnosis

After you read this little book, you will likely never look at faces in quite the same way again. This 1983 book, originally published in London, is only 77 pages in length plus 5 pages of suggested readings, info about the writers, and an index. The cover states it is an introduction to oriental diagnosis and what your face reveals about you and your health. The preface explains that oriental diagnosis views the physical and mental aspects of the total person, in addition to the troubled organs or body parts. The analysis includes an interpretation of the person's lifestyle, including both environmental and social surroundings.The booklet explains a bit about Yin and Yang, the diet, development of the embryo, sections of the face and the corresponding major body systems (nervous, digestion, and circulation). We look at the structure of the face, where certain lines develop on the face (and their meaning), eyes, eyebrows, eyelids, blinking, the shape and size of the mouth, the relationships of different parts of the lips to the digestive system, the teeth, the ears, the hair, balding in certain areas in relationship to weakness of certain organs, the skin coloration (red, yellow, green, blue, purple, blackness, grey, pallor, transparency, whitedness/white spots, texture, oily, wet) and what each means, lines in the hands, nails, energy meridians in the body, pulses, voice, hearing, handwriting slants, habits, food advice, and giving advice to people.There is a heck of a lot of info in this book. The down-side is that you will probably find yourself studying obvious lines and characteristics that you see on people, especially if they have a strong influence in your life. The up-side is that you can possibly help yourself by spotting and correcting certain weaknesses before they do permanent damage. You might also be able to help others close to you, if they are willing to listen. If you are a practitioner of some kind, even in subtle energy therapies, you may be able to provide additional information to your clients.Look to this book to provide you with additional insight/clues to better health, to help you discover or investigate issues before they do damage. Do not use it to replace your medical health care professional.

Definitely just an intro book. He would touch on how one thing would be tied to something else (exe: spleen and tonsils working together) but would never go in depth. Sections would end just when they were starting to become helpful. Honestly this book left me with more questions than answers.

lots of good information my 2nd book loaned out the other one never got it back

This is the most incredible book I lately read! So grateful. Highly recommend it to everyone to read!

Easy read.

I expected a little more from this book after it being recommended to me by another esthetician...ehhh.

This is an astrology book on the placement of the moon nodes interpreted by sign. Excellemt resource for anyone deepening their self knowledge using astrological principles.

Such a great book. Michio Kushi knows his stuff.

I found this short book totally fascinating. If you believe that there are many body-watching skills which were known to our ancestors, ways in which our bodies show on the outside what is happening on the inside, and are quite observant, then you may recognise many of the facial indicators in this book. (This book relates to the face - there is another on bodies.)The reason I have only given it 3 stars is that it is based on macrobiotic principles, with no western medical proof attached. Personally, I recognised several characteristics, so am inclined to belief.

Interesting read. got it a long time ago. Would pick it up again but no longer have it

Rubbish, hardly any information

arrived quickly. As described

Would buy again thks