Be sure to ask if they have any scars. The more open the pores of the skin are, the more vulnerable you are.
Acne indicates re-absorption of waste, long transit time, constipation.
Note the location of any mole and the corresponding organ.
“The pathological face” as drawn by Matthew Wood and re-drawn by Kay Parent.
The following table summarizes conditions that can be observed through general facial analysis:
| Facial indicator or area | Association | |
| Hairline | Bladder/kidney | |
| Face pale | Weakness, depletion, anemia. Blood not in stomach or spleen. | |
| Face puffy | Stagnation | |
| FOREHEAD | Upper | Large intestine |
| Lower | Small intestine | |
| Lines to one side | Problem is on that side. W.Le. | |
| Chopped up lines | Gut stress, colitis, irritable bowel | |
| Wiggly horizontal lines | Too much thinking, small intestine. “Dwelling on the past”. Spleen, stomach. | |
| SIDE of HEAD | Edge of ear to eyebrow, the indent | Feel the area to feel the quality of the oil coming from the liver. Rough is gallstones. Spleen |
| Left side, one inch inside hair line, bump that feels like a pimple with no head | Pituitary | |
| Cheeks | Lungs | |
| Diagonal line from Large intestine line toward center of eye | Gravity line. The day, at a certain age, when tissues relax and reach for the Earth. | |
| EYES | Under eyes, puffy | Kidneys |
| Under eyes puffy outer crest of socket | Food allergies | |
| Under eyes, brown coloration | Liver | |
| Under eyes, blue black coloration | Liver, adrenal, allergy | |
| Under eyes, blue puffy rectangle, outer eye socket orbit | Acute pain | |
| Wiggly vertical line between eyes | Hiatal hernia, tension in solar plexus, tightness across chest | |
| Horizontal line, midline between eyes | Adrenals. Coffee drinkers. | |
| Vertical lines, to edges of eyes | Gallbladder | |
| Wiggly vertical lines outside eyes, running down outer cheek | Spleen, stomach weakness | |
| Horizontal lines between eyes | Asthma, holding breath | |
| Outside, pale blue, puffy rectangle | Intense pain | |
| NOSE | Central | Stomach/lungs |
| Tip | Heart | |
| EARS | Red | High blood pressure |
| Diagonal crease in lobe | Collapsed capillary bed, heart problem, most often associated with dehydration in uterus, liver (all are endocrine-functioning organs) | |
| DEEP FURROW | From inner eye, curving along cheekbone | Large intestine. Habitual laxative use (coffee). Firm hard line, puffy, that may fork at end, may be toxic pathology if line rejoins (an island in the colon). |
| Forked line, deeper at V | Has had surgery | |
| Drooping line along cheekbone | Sagging large intestine | |
| Feathered line along cheekbone | Atonic, weak | |
| Blackheads, with purple coloration of furrow | Stagnation | |
| Pencil lips | Contraction | |
| Lower lip | Intestines. Central red crack = ulcer. Blue red is deep fever. M.W. | |
| Jaw line | The pelvic floor. Look to the area of an eruption in relation to the area of the pelvis. Look to dental abscess/infection as the cause of systemic or specific pelvic infection. | |
| Temporal Mandibular joint clenched, unmoving | Look to hips | |
| Neck | Double rings, one above thyroid, one below | Early warning to longstanding thyroid imbalance |
| Large bulge over thyroid, sometimes to side | Goiter (thyroid) | |
| Hard pea to larger lump on esophagus near thyroid | Nodule on thyroid | |
Other Body Associations
| Indicator or area | Association |
| Longer Toe beside Big Toe | Lack of intrinsic factor |
| Hiatal hernia | Ileocecal valve |
| Dry Skin, bumps on backs of arms | Omega 3 Oil and calcium deficient |
