The traditional Chinese medicine definition of an âorganâ is different from the definition used in Western biology.
In Western medicine, the organ refers to a physically discrete structure in the body that performs a specific set of functions. Itâs more akin to a machine part.
In contrast, in traditional Chinese medicine, the organs are basically names for âfunctional networksâ of systemic energy exchange. So, the âkidneyâ is really âthe kidney pathwayâ. It extends around the entire body (and beyond, actually) and is interlinked with all of the other pathways.
Although the terms are translated back and forth as though they are equivalent, in fact theyâre not. (But, again, thatâs just in the specific paradigm of traditional Chinese medicine, as a distinct medical tradition.) Thereâs some overlap, but the âkidneyâ of Western medicine is not identical with the âkidneyâ of traditional Chinese medicine.
Itâs probably safe to assume that, given the terminology and the concepts used in the module titles and descriptions, the Subliminal Club physical shifting modules are primarily based in the paradigm of modern Western biomedicine.