I am a living system, perhaps better described as living systems and on a macro level only partially differenced from the entire eco system. Identifying as a living system on the gross physical level I am composed of complex systems of destruction, decomposition and production. On an energetic level I am separate and yet partially composed by the energies in my shared environment.
Biology studies the variety and complexity of living organisms and systems, while physics is the field of knowledge that seeks to understand the mathematical laws of nature. Biophysics is an interdisciplinary science that applies the methods of physics to study biological systems.
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is only one component of the Ancient cosmological world view that asserts that all things behave in particular ways, not necessarily because of prior actions or impulsions of other things, but because their intrinsic nature and position in the ever-moving cyclical universe.
The underlying mechanisms of acupuncture and moxibustion are not self-evident when using the traditional scientific methods of understanding. However, the discipline of biophysics may lend tools needed to draw inferences from observable patterns produced by TCM interventions. Research into the physical properties of points and channels, cellular effects of acupuncture, and physiologic effects may produce knowledge that allows us to better understand the organizing principles and inform our understanding of our bodies and the universe.
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