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Acupuncture Today – July, 2012, Vol. 13, Issue 07Creation of the Self: The Role of the Stomach and Spleen in Psycho-Social DevelopmentBY NICHOLAS SIEBEN, LACThrough the process of metabolism we are continually recreating ourselves. The food we ingest, after undergoing a transformative process, becomes part of us. Protein becomes flesh, carbohydrates become energy, the chlorophyl of plants becomes blood. This is a magical, alchemical process occurring every day. It is necessary to sustain life.Like the alchemical process utilized to transform lead into gold, our bodies use digestive "fire" to transform foreign substance into something that is precious to us: qi and blood. The purpose of internal alchemy is everlasting life: using unconscious, natural digestive capacity consciously to sustain life beyond the "normal" cycles of birth, growth, decline and death.
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