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Blood failing to nourish the sinews

血不养筋 〔血不養筋〕 xuè bù yǎng jīn

Insufficiency of liver blood manifesting in hypertonicity of the sinews, numbness or wilting (wěi) of limbs, or brittle nails. The liver stores blood and governs the sinews, and the nails are the surplus of the sinews. Hence, insufficiency of liver blood depriving the sinews of nourishment manifests in abnormalities of the sinews and nails.

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