Spleen and Spleen (Chi)Qi in Chinese Medicine
What do we mean by the Spleen: According to Traditional Chinese Medicine theory, the energetic organ system responsible for what we in modern times call “digestion” is the Spleen. This is not to be confused with the Western medical definition of the spleen as the organ that, among other things, makes antibodies, removes old red blood cells & breaks down waste products, recycles iron for use in new red blood