My Spleen Health

What Can I Do to Increase Spleen Health? Situated just under the left side of the ribcage, the spleen is an amazing, multi-tasking organ that performs a variety of functions. Its main function is to create lymphocytes to filter or, when needed, to destroy red blood cells. It is also where white blood cells are busy protecting the body from foreign agents. As an active organ that endures ongoing punishment from poisons and unwelcome invaders, the spleen is always susceptible to enlarging.
45 Pins
·
12y
Qi circulation is stimulated by the sweet and pungent flavors. The Spleen likes the sweet taste and pungent flavors circulate the qi. Foods which particularly influence Qi circulation include: Basil Dill Seed Radish Caraway Garlic Star Anise Cardamon Jasmine Tea Tangerine Peel Carrot Marjoram Turmeric Cayenne Mustard Leaf Chive Orange Peel Clove Coriander Peppermint Tea
How To Take A Detox Bath | Vanessa Rae Romero
Detox Bath - Add 2 cups Epsom Salt to a very hot bath (as hot as you can stand it). Add 1 cup Baking Soda to unfiltered bathwater. Soak for 20 min. And shower in cool water. No perfumed lotions or soap after detoxing. No eating before or after detox bath....just drink lots of water before and after. --I have done this & it works! Years of toxins are released through hands & feet!
Phlegm refers to a condition of dampness where moisture is retained as Phlegm or Mucus. Phlegm-resolving foods include: Almond Marjoram Radish Apple Peel Mushroom (button) Seaweed Clam Mustard Leaf Shitake Mushroom Daikon Mustard Seed Shrimp Garlic Olive Tea Grapefruit Onion Thyme Lemon Peel Orange Peel Walnut Licorice Pear Watercress
Some foods will exacerbate the tendency towards Dampness and need to be reduced by people with damp conditions. Avoid these foods: Dairy Products (sheep and goat products are less dampening) Pork Roasted Peanuts Concentrated Juices, especially Orange Wheat products Bread Yeast Beer Bananas Sugar and sweeteners Saturated fats Greasy, fried and oily foods Iced or cooled beverages Uncooked raw vegetables and salads
The Spleen Oct. 8th, 2009 at 9:20 PM I just started a class in 5-element QiGong. Tonight was the first night, you can read about this style of qi gong here and here, and see a video of it being performed here. There's a point where you get to when you're bringing in the element of Earth, and you stretch downnnnn to the earth, and I got this stabbing pain in my side. It happens from time to time (usually when I'm in the shower bending over to shave my legs! haha) and I just thought it was like