The Real Value of the Spleen
By Philippa Dinnen, Allergy Therapist
Recently we have all become victims of industrialisation. Everything about the way we are born, the way we live and the way we die has become mechanical. The food we eat is mechanically grown or manufactured in a lab. Pesticides and chemicals are everywhere, in our foods, in our air, in our body. They affect every organ which causes a breakdown in our digestive system, the liver cannot cope with the toxicity, the kidneys go into overload, and the spleen gives up because it can’t maintain the quality of the red blood cells any more. Everything backs up in the colon and we have a pretty horrific scenario. Unfortunately, when the symptoms of this appear on the outside of the body deterioration is so far advanced that we are already into drastic measures.
So much of our “dis-ease” stems from our emotions or taking on our ancestral patterns. Our conception and birth highlight the wound we have incarnated to deal with.
First of all we need to look at the colon. Different parts of the colon reflect different organs in the body. If doctors knew this they would never cut out these vital parts. The problem is that they have no idea there is an alternative. Keeping our colon clean is so important so that our organs can stay healthy.
The Spleen
The next stage is to heal the main digestive organs of the body. The primary organ for the whole digestive system is the Spleen, which governs the thyroid, is all about metabolism.
Birth Trauma
In Chinese medicine the Spleen is the primary organ of digestion. The spleen helps us to adapt to our environment so it is a key organ from a very early age helping the foetus and newborn adapt to very new surroundings. If there is trauma around conception and birth the Spleen is compromised. It is the organ of nourishment and nurturing and ideally the first contact a baby has with its mother is to attach to her breast. If a baby is allowed to follow its own self-attachment process then true nourishment can take place for both the mother and the baby. In most cases this is not allowed to happen as the baby is taken away from the mother to be cleaned and weighed and eventually placed on the breast by an outsider. The self-attachment process supplies the set of skills where a baby knows its needs are met - adaptation, nourishment, and support. These are the key functions of the Spleen. If our needs are not met on any level we develop cravings and addiction; these are also signs of a weak Spleen.
Mental Health
A strong digestive system derives nourishment from good food to support our body's needs. The first step towards a strong digestion is strengthening and supporting the Spleen. A strong Spleen also allows us to have clearer mental and thinking processes and in turn our thinking processes affect our digestive system. A strong Spleen is also able to tolerate the levels of toxicity we encounter in our daily lives, and eliminate them. Numerous viruses, moulds, bacteria, and parasites which find their way into our organs because of weak Spleens would simply be passed through if the Spleen was functioning optimally.
Emotional Health
Our Spleen suffers at an emotional level too and if there is little joy and happiness in our life this will weaken the Spleen. On an emotional level we must have our needs met, and adaptation, nourishment and support can be seen as being kinder to ourselves and supporting our needs for deeper levels of fulfilment. Also a Spleen likes to live in a grounded body as it is the Earth element in Oriental medicine. It is a very spiritual organ and without connectedness to Mother Earth it cannot find its spiritual expression.
If you would like to know more about healing the spleen please look at www.resourcesforlife.net under 'Maestro'
Philippa Dinnen is an Allergy Therapist as well as being a Practitioner of Pre- and Peri-Natal Birth Trauma and a Human Design Analyst. She assist in the running of Resources For Life near Chichester.
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