Treating Spleen Problems With Acupuncture

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"SARAH HAUER: Hi. I'm Sarah Hauer. SIG HAUER: And I'm Sig Hauer, and we're professional practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine. SARAH HAUER: We're here on behalf of Expert Village. SIG HAUER: And welcome to our video. She's moved up here to thoracic 11, thoracic vertebra 11, T11. That's where the back shu of the spleen is, that's bladder 20. SARAH HAUER: Well, the spleen we've talked about a lot previously, how important it is in digestion. It actually transforms food and the chi that can be absorbed by the body. It also corresponds somewhat to the Western physiological explanation of this organ and it has a lot to do with producing blood, but it's a little bit different--very, very different actually in Chinese medicine how we look at it. Blood production in Chinese medicine is very much influenced by your digestion. Other things as well, but digestion is a very key component. SIG HAUER: You are what you eat."