The Spleen: The Hidden Health Guardian

Hi, My Loves! 🌸

A healthy spleen is a key marker of overall well-being, yet it’s often overlooked in modern medicine. According to Eastern Medicine, the spleen plays a crucial role in our health. 🌿

The Spleen and Modern Medicine 🩺

Modern medicine often focuses on treating physical symptoms. But what if all your health markers are "normal," yet you still feel unwell? The issue might be with your spleen. 🤔

The Emotional Connection 💖

Many unexplained physical symptoms are linked to our emotional well-being. The spleen reflects our ability to give and receive emotional nourishment and support. When we feel secure and comfortable in our lives, our spleen thrives. Conversely, when our inner being is crushed, the spleen suffers. 😢

Spleen and Stress 😰

Stress has become so normalized that it’s often dismissed as harmless. Some even claim they thrive under stress, feeling important and more productive. But can a body under constant pressure function optimally? No. 🚫

When stressed, spleen issues manifest as weight gain, loss of appetite, cravings for sugar and substances, and more.

For a healthy spleen, we must meet its emotional and spiritual needs through self-care, positive self-talk, gratitude for food, living in a supportive environment, and maintaining a zest for life. ✨

Spleen and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) 🌙

In TCM, the spleen and heart are closely connected.

The spleen creates Nutrient Qi (life force energy), which circulates through the body and becomes blood.

This process is crucial for overall health. A key energy channel along the waist, vulnerable to emotional stress, helps regulate this Qi. Any spleen issues impair this channel, leading to fat accumulation around the waist. ⚖️

The Spleen in Everyday Life 🍽️

Skipping breakfast means missing a crucial opportunity to heal the spleen.

According to TCM, the spleen is most active between 9 AM and 11 AM, making it the ideal time for a hearty meal to convert food into vital energy.

Instead, many rely on stimulants like coffee, which disrupts the body's balance. This prolonged neglect of spleen health contributes to undefined waistlines and overall poor health. 🍵

Emotional Needs and the Digestive System 🌱

Spleen imbalances confuse the body’s needs, leading to emotional eating.

As infants, we relied on our mothers for food and comfort. This connection between emotional needs and digestion persists into adulthood.

In TCM, the spleen is our internal guide, helping us navigate these needs.

Unfortunately, allopathic medicine doesn’t address the spleen in the same way, and our relationship with food has become more emotional than nutritional. 🍫

The Impact of Modern Diets 🚫🍔

Today's food is filled with GMOs, estrogenics, glyphosates, and other hazards. Many people don’t eat according to their body’s needs and instead follow fad diets without considering organ health. This neglect leads to aimlessness in life, manifesting as shapeless, formless bodies. 🌀

The Vicious Cycle 🔄

In older adults, a shapeless body might be due to drug interventions, prolonged hormonal imbalances, stress, and life’s demands.

But what about teenagers and young adults? They suffer from poor spleen health due to diets high in processed foods, stimulants, and sugar. 🍬

Summary 📊

Bad Diet ➡ Lack of Life Focus ➡ Stress ➡ Poor Spleen ➡ Lack of Emotional Nourishment ➡ Poor Relationship with Food ➡ Weight Gain ➡ Formless Body

This vicious cycle is how poor mental and emotional hygiene leads to unhealthy body structures.

Unfortunately, many no longer care about their odd body shapes, thanks to the "body positivity" movement, which has overshadowed health consciousness. 😕

The Path to Better Health 🌿

People are more focused on living according to how they “feel”

rather than

making lifestyle and diet changes that support organ health.

However, improving spleen health will naturally enhance how you feel. 💪

A healthy spleen leads to great digestion, fluid movement, and shapely muscles.

A deficient spleen results in energy leaks, lethargy, fluid retention, and flab around the abdomen and hips. 🔋

Look at pictures from the 1960s and compare what they ate to what we eat today. Eating for organ health is the best way to lose fat and maintain a healthy body. Restricting calories and relying on quick fixes like weight loss pills or excessive gym hours will only worsen spleen health. ❌

Love,

Zitni Zun

Disclaimer: I’m an experimenter, a researcher, and a careful observer of my health. Please consult your healthcare professional, and use discernment before making significant dietary changes.