In English, qi (also known as chi) is usually translated as “vital life force,” but qi goes beyond that simple translation. According to Classical Chinese Philosophy, qi is the force that makes up and binds together all things in the universe. It is paradoxically, both everything and nothing.

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Qi, (Chinese: “steam,” “breath,” “vital energy,” “vital force,” “material force,” “matter-energy,” “organic material energy,” or “pneuma”) Wade-Giles romanization ch’i, in Chinese philosophy, medicine, and religion, the psychophysical energies that permeate the universe.

But any sustained blockage or other disruption of a balanced flow or distribution of Chi may bring on pain, a weakened immune system, and ill health. It’s important to realize that while such blockage causes diminished Chi in one organ or part, it may also cause excessive buildup of Chi in another area.

The existence of Qi has not been proven scientifically. A 1997 consensus statement on acupuncture by the United States National Institutes of Health noted that concepts such as qi “are difficult to reconcile with contemporary biomedical information”.

Ki, which can be developed by the Nishino Breathing Method, is neither a paranormal nor para-psychological phenomenon but is a normal phenomenon. Since it is a normal phenomenon, Ki can be studied by modern scientific methodology.

Meridians are paths through which the life-energy known as “qi” flows. Meridians are not real anatomical structures: scientists have found no evidence that supports their existence. Major proponents of their existence have not come to any consensus as to how they might work or be tested in a scientific context.

Below, you’ll find some of the most common methods:

1. Get enough sleep. Being tired is a hallmark sign of a qi deficiency.
2. Work on your breathing. One way to improve a qi deficiency is through purposeful breathing.
3. Try tai chi or qi gong.
4. Give acupuncture a go.
5. Balance your diet.
6. Take care of your mental health.

There are a variety of physical and emotional conditions that are thought to diminish your qi. Among the most common causes are chronic stress and sleep deprivation. Both of these can elevate the stress hormone cortisol, which can interfere with immune function and increase the risk of depression and burnout.

Strengthen your yin with healthy lifestyle choices.

1. Practice moderate exercise like tai qi, walking, swimming, hatha yoga, and restorative yoga (avoid “hot” yoga which can further deplete the yin).
2. Practice meditation, guided imagery, mindfulness, or chi gong.
3. Go to bed by 10:30 in order to restore yin.

For example, to strengthen Spleen Qi, CM would suggest eliminating hard-to-digest foods (in particular raw or cold foods that can induce Dampness and Phlegm) while simultaneously eating more foods that tonify the Spleen.

Yang deficiency causes coldness and clamminess of the skin. This is because coldness affects the function of the skin (Lung Qi) to open and close when required, i.e. the skin should open, causing sweating and elimination of heat, when the body is hot; and should close and retain the body heat when it is cold.

Foods to eat for spleen qi include:

• lentils.
• quinoa.
• oats.
• malted grain beverages.
• root vegetables including sweet potato and taro.
• pumpkin and other squash.
• miso soup.
• orange peels.

Enhance your health: Nourish the qi and keep warm. Consume warm food such as chestnuts, red dates, walnuts, cashew nuts, pine nuts, onions, ginger, garlic, mutton, beef, chicken, prawns, sea cucumber and abalone. Eat less cooling food like cucumber, bitter gourd, lotus root, pear, watermelon.

The Lamiaceae family have the most effective herbs for treatment of diseases of the liver, spleen or both. Hemp Agrimony, Irsā, and Fūdhanj achieved the highest scores.

In the past, treatment for a spleen injury always meant removal of the entire organ, called a splenectomy. However, doctors now say that some spleen injuries can heal on their own, particularly those that are not very severe.

The main symptom of a ruptured spleen is severe pain in the abdomen, especially on the left side. The pain may also be referred to (felt in) the left shoulder, and can make breathing painful….What are the symptoms of a ruptured spleen?

• Feeling lightheaded.
• Confusion.
• Fainting.
• Restlessness.
• Nausea.
• Blurred vision.

The spleen is a fist-sized organ in the upper left side of your abdomen, next to your stomach and behind your left ribs. It’s an important part of your immune system, but you can survive without it. This is because the liver can take over many of the spleen’s functions.

Pain or fullness in the left upper abdomen that may spread to the left shoulder. Feeling full without eating or after eating only a small amount from the enlarged spleen pressing on your stomach. Anemia. Fatigue.

The main symptom of pancreatitis is pain felt in the upper left side or middle of the abdomen.

Under and around the left breastbone are the heart, spleen, stomach, pancreas, and large intestine. And that’s in addition to the left lung, left breast, and left kidney, which actually sits higher in the body than the right one.

Technique

1. Start in RLQ (so you don’t miss a giant spleen).
2. Get your fingers set then ask patient to take a deep breath.
3. When patient expires, take up new position.
4. Note lowest point of spleen below costal margin, texture of splenic contour, and tenderness.
5. If spleen is not felt, repeat with pt lying on right side.

Normally, the percussion tone is tympanic on both inspiration and expiration. If the percussion note is dull, or becomes dull on inspiration, splenomegaly should be suspected.

Symptoms of a bruised spleen You may feel pain and soreness in the upper left part of your belly. You may also feel pain in the left side of your chest, under your left ribs, or in your left shoulder. In some cases, you may have bruised skin over the injured area.

“Stress appears to prompt the release of stem cells from the bone marrow to the spleen, where they develop into white blood cells, or monocytes, and expand over time,” Godbout said. “Then the spleen becomes a reservoir of inflammatory cells.”