Some palmistry traditions include a "health line" running diagonally from the Mount of Mercury toward the life line. Islands, breaks, or chains on this line have been read as digestive issues, liver problems, or nervous system disorders.
This has no medical validity. The health line is a crease in skin. It cannot diagnose illness, predict disease, or replace any form of medical examination.
Offering health predictions based on palm lines is not only unsupported but potentially harmful. People have delayed seeking medical care because a palm reader told them they were fine. People have suffered needless anxiety because a reader told them they were sick. Ethical palmistry stays far away from health claims.
