Biophysics Week 2

Acupuncture as effective energy medicine

Obviously, since I have spent the last 3 years of my life studying acupuncture, I believe that it is a very effective medicine yet there are times when I am hesitant to describe it as an "energy medicine." I have come across quite a few people who think that acupuncture is a crazy new-age medicine and telling them that it's an energy medicine doesn't help them accept it as a true medicine.

What conclusions can you draw from Kirlian photography?

I believe that it could be used as a very effective diagnostic tool and could also be used as evidence for the patient before and after a treatment. I still don't understand it enough to make a firm decision on the practice of Kirlian photography, but what I've seen is pretty amazing.

Human intent as it effects health

I believe that human intent can have a great effect on health. It is amazing how you can see two practitioners do a very similar treatment and the one who puts their own intent in their treatment gets better results.

Biophysics Week 1

I know that I am a "living system" because...

There are many reasons that I believe that I am a living system. I affect and interact with the environment around me. I breathe oxygen and expel carbon dioxide, have the ability to think and make decisions, I need to eat and drink, and I have the ability to reproduce.

Biophysics and Oriental Medicine

I think that a lot of comparisons can be made between Biophysics and Oriental Medicine, but one thing really jumped out at me from last week's reading. The article entitled "Sondra Barrett Found God Through a Microscope." In the article they talk about how under a microscope, certain substances "look like what they do." Many of the herbs in Chinese Medicine are the same way. For example, there are certain kidney shaped herbs that directly affect the kidney. I found this very interesting.