The stomach is called the 'Minister of the Mill' and is also known as the 'Sea of
Nourishment'. Because it is responsible for providing the entire system with postnatal
energy from the digestion of food and fluids, it is regarded as the 'Root of Postnatal
Life'. In addition to digesting bulk foods and fluids and moving them onwards to
the small intestine for extraction and assimilation of nutrients, the stomach also
extracts pure postnatal energy from foods and fluids, and in coordination with spleen
energy it transports this food energy through the meridian system to the lungs,
where it combines with air energy from breathing.
Governed by pivotal Earth energy, the stomach is responsible for extracting and
balancing all Five Elemental Energies from foods and fluids ingested through the
mouth, which it shares with the spleen as its external aperture. Any dysfunction
of the stomach results in an immediate deficiency or imbalance in the nourishing
energy channeled from the stomach to other organs.
Stomach Channel
- Paired Organ : Spleen
- Color : deep yellow
- Peak Hours : 7am-9am
Functions digestion, absorption of postnatal energy
Psycho-Emotional Aspects
The Stomach influences the mental state; an Excess condition can agitate the mind
and cause mental symptoms such as: mania or hypomania, confusion, severe anxiety,
and hyperactivity.