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.