Feb
Supporting your body’s energetic pathways can be a comforting, enjoyable experience—especially when food becomes part of the healing process. This warm, naturally sweet and creamy Sweet Potato Casserole is a wonderful way to bring nourishment to the Energetic Integrator (EI) 12: Shock/Spleen Meridian, which plays a key role in digestion, vitality, and emotional grounding.
“When the spleen is strong, transformation and transportation flow with ease.”
During the colder months, the spleen benefits from foods that are warm, grounding, and easy to digest. This dish aligns beautifully with those needs, offering both physical nourishment and energetic support.
EI‑12: Your Inner Center of Nourishment
Energetic Integrator 12 (EI‑12) is closely connected with how your body processes and distributes nourishment. It handles the transformation of food into usable energy, helps maintain balanced blood sugar, and ensures that your cells get what they need for repair and renewal.
When Energetic Integrator 12 (EI‑12) is functioning well, digestion feels comfortable, energy stays steady, and the body has a sense of rhythm and flow. When this integrator becomes strained, you might notice a tendency toward digestive upset, fatigue, heaviness in the limbs, or feeling mentally “foggy.” These are all signs the body is asking for warmth, stability, and gentle nourishment.
As the last Energetic Integrator in sequence, this is the compartment that often holds the burden of the body’s accumulated stress and shock. It includes the spleen meridian and its associations.
Tip: Warm, cooked meals are easier for the spleen to transform—save cold, raw foods for warmer seasons.
The Spleen in TCM: Creating Energy From Nourishment
In traditional Chinese medicine, the spleen organ energy system includes the pancreas and its role in digestion and sugar regulation. It is seen as the organ system responsible for turning food into energy. A central theme here is nourishment and movement. It governs digestion, absorption, and the upward movement of energy to support your entire body. When the spleen is thriving, you feel grounded, clear, and supported from the inside out. The body maintains a steady blood sugar and the cells receive the fuel and nutrition to build tissues and make hormones and enzymes.
But when spleen energy is weakened, the body may struggle to move fluids, break down food efficiently, or maintain stable energy. This can create a sense of stagnation, sluggishness, or dampness in the system.
Especially indigestion and/or loose stools, a lack of energy and reduced function and tissue repair throughout the body may occur. Muscle tissue in particular is associated with this Integrator. There may be circulatory issues too, such as pale skin, congestion or cold extremities. Deficient movement causes “stagnation” and fluid accumulation in the tissues. There may be excess phlegm or catarrh and if this process continues and goes deeper it can cause the formation of hard lumps, fibroids and tumors.
EI-12 includes both the pancreas and the spleen; lymphatic fluid and tissues; muscle fascia; the corpus callosum, which links the cerebral hemispheres, coordinating left and right brain activity; the uterus and, in pregnant women, the fetus.
Tip: Naturally sweet foods are especially uplifting for the spleen and help restore its sense of buoyancy.
How Shock and Stress Influence EI‑12
It’s well known in energetic systems that both emotional and physical shock can disrupt the harmony of EI‑12. After difficult experiences, like the loss of a loved one, or a frightening experience, people often notice changes in digestion, appetite, or blood sugar stability, even develop diabetes, because the body’s processing center becomes overwhelmed.
It doesn’t necessarily have to be a major event, sometimes it’s the straw that broke the camel’s back scenario, and the “I’ve never been right since” – the result of an accumulation of little errors and blocks in the flow of energy and information, that eventually becomes too much for the body to correct.
This is when we get burn-out, exhaustion and the development of chronic health conditions. EI-12 is particularly vulnerable to the effects of radiation and geopathic stress. It can also accumulate environmental toxins, as well as physical and emotional traumas.
Restoring the spleen after shock requires gentleness—warm meals, grounding routines, regular sleep, and emotional calm all help bring the system back into balance.
“Shock freezes energy; nourishment restores it.”
The emotion that is most damaging to the spleen is worry. Just as overeating, or toxic accumulation can stress the spleen, so can obsessive worrying and over-thinking, giving it too much to handle.
Thinking and memory recall can become less sharp, and we may
feel bogged down and unable to see a way to move forward.
Sugar regulation issues typically cause mood issues, such as irritability, temper tantrums or bouts of melancholy. With exhaustion there can sometimes be the exhaustion of hope. On the other hand, EI-12 brings acceptance (which is a powerful way to relieve stress and restore hope) and the ability to experience pleasure, a basic indication of well-being.
The themes around nourishment relate to sympathy and compassion and the ability to take care of ourselves and others. It is possible to have too much sympathy as well as a lack. With too much sympathy we may have a “poor me” attitude or become overwhelmed and too involved in the struggles of others. Balanced energy brings stability, security and trust in our self-ability to heal and move forward in life.
Tip: After stress, choose foods that feel warm, soft, and easy—your body will thank you for the extra kindness.
A Comforting Dish That Supports the Center
Sweet potatoes are naturally warming, soothing, and supportive to the spleen. Their gentle sweetness helps replenish energy without overwhelming the system. When baked into a creamy casserole and topped with a toasted pecan crumble, they provide both nourishment and comfort—a perfect blend for winter wellness.
Enjoying this dish slowly, with intention, can help reinforce the spleen’s need for steadiness and a relaxed pace during meals.
Sweet Potato Casserole With Pecan Crumble
Prep Time: 60-75 minutes
Serves: 2-3
Ingredients:
- 4 Large Organic Sweet Potatoes, peeled and cut into medium chunks
- 3-4 Tbsp Pure Maple Syrup
- 1/4 Cup Unsweetened Almond Milk (Malk Brand is very clean)
- 1/2 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
- Pinch of Sea Salt (or Cinnamon Sea Salt)
Crumble Topping:
- 1 Cup Pecans
- 1/3 Cup Fine Almond Flour
- 1/4 Cup Organic Coconut Sugar
- 1/4 Cup Melted Coconut Oil
- 1/2 tsp Ceylon Cinnamon
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place sweet potatoes in large stock pot with water and bring to a boil. Once water boils, reduce heat to simmer and cook until pieces are fork-tender (15-20 minutes).
- Prepare the crumble by placing all ingredients into food processor and pulse until mixed, but chunky.
- Place cooked sweet potatoes in large bowl. With hand blender, mash down and mix a bit to break up. Add maple syrup, almond milk, vanilla, and sea salt. Mix well until creamy and light.
- Place the sweet potato mixture into casserole dish. Smooth out the top and cover with the crumble mixture.
- Bake in the oven for 30-35 minutes. The top should be golden brown.
Bon Appétit!
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