Monday, January 27, 2014
Review of "Greener Energy- Atom Economy"
This is a pretty straight forward article. Basically, if you're working with chemistry and doing experiments there is a calculation you can do to find out how much waste you're putting out for every reaction you are doing. The equation is called Percent Atom Economy and is simple:
Review of Neptune's Medicine Chest
Wow, I don't know exactly where to begin because I have opposing opinions about this article. On one hand, I am so happy to know there are more nutrients we can be getting from the sea. Both preventative and healing for such things like cancer. But it also freaks me out that humans are going for this "untapped" territory, for many reasons.
One, we have destroyed so many eco systems by now and are experiencing only the beginning of the entropy it's causing. Humans will probably do the same thing to the ocean floors and deplete that environment as well. The ocean is home to so many billions of living things and we tend to go into unmarked territory, claim it as our own and ruin it. How is this ok? I know it's great to save lives and if one of my family members could receive medicine that would help with their sickness of course I'd want it, but where are our limits in how much we take? What are our regulations with how we go about extracting these things.
Secondly, because of patents, people are taking these incredible nutrients and messing with their chemical make up so they can "invent" the medicine and get the credit for it. The problem with this is that, as us TCM students know, whenever you take some thing from it's natural environment and then mess with it you lose the natural balance of that thing. This causes many side effects and our body systems weren't meant for nutrients that have been chemically modified.
It's also frightening that he mentions how antibiotics saved millions of lives, and he hopes to find the new penicillin, but our generation is now dealing with the HUGE set backs that antibiotics has caused us. So many people are suffering from disease in epidemic proportions that can be traced back to the introduction of antibiotics in our body. So not only are we depleting from the ocean and rewiring the things we find, but we're also posing a threat for generations to come.
Sometimes it's so hard for me to accept that humans can't just leave stuff alone.
One, we have destroyed so many eco systems by now and are experiencing only the beginning of the entropy it's causing. Humans will probably do the same thing to the ocean floors and deplete that environment as well. The ocean is home to so many billions of living things and we tend to go into unmarked territory, claim it as our own and ruin it. How is this ok? I know it's great to save lives and if one of my family members could receive medicine that would help with their sickness of course I'd want it, but where are our limits in how much we take? What are our regulations with how we go about extracting these things.
Secondly, because of patents, people are taking these incredible nutrients and messing with their chemical make up so they can "invent" the medicine and get the credit for it. The problem with this is that, as us TCM students know, whenever you take some thing from it's natural environment and then mess with it you lose the natural balance of that thing. This causes many side effects and our body systems weren't meant for nutrients that have been chemically modified.
It's also frightening that he mentions how antibiotics saved millions of lives, and he hopes to find the new penicillin, but our generation is now dealing with the HUGE set backs that antibiotics has caused us. So many people are suffering from disease in epidemic proportions that can be traced back to the introduction of antibiotics in our body. So not only are we depleting from the ocean and rewiring the things we find, but we're also posing a threat for generations to come.
Sometimes it's so hard for me to accept that humans can't just leave stuff alone.
Transitional Metal of the Week
Ooooooo metals are so pretty!!! I chose copper because it's one of my favorite colors to wear.
Copper= Cu with an Atomic number of 29 and an Atomic Mass of 64 when rounded up. Meaning there are 29 Protons, 29 Electrons and 35 Neutrons.
Copper has a very high thermal and electrical conductivity so it can be used for a conductor. It's also used as a building material. And would be great jewelry on me (had to throw that in).
Copper= Cu with an Atomic number of 29 and an Atomic Mass of 64 when rounded up. Meaning there are 29 Protons, 29 Electrons and 35 Neutrons.
Copper has a very high thermal and electrical conductivity so it can be used for a conductor. It's also used as a building material. And would be great jewelry on me (had to throw that in).
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Element of the Week/ Class discussion thoughts
The element I chose to focus on for the week is Magnesium. Magnesium (Mg) has an atomic number of 12 and its atomic mass is 24. This also tells us that it has 12 neutrons. Its common oxidation number is +2. It is an alkaline earth metal
and the eighth-most-abundant element in the Earth's crust and ninth in
the known universe as a whole (Wikipedia).
Mg interests me because a lot of people are concerned with how much calcium they get, not knowing that Mg is what carries the calcium through your body for proper absorption. Therefore, many people are eating things that are calcium rich but are not absorbing the proper amount.
Magnesium is a cofactor in more than 300 enzyme systems that regulate diverse biochemical reactions in the body, including protein synthesis, muscle and nerve function, blood glucose control, and blood pressure regulation. It contributes to the structural development of bone and is required for the synthesis of DNA, RNA, and the antioxidant glutathione.
This Chemistry class is showing me more and more how much information is kept from us, but that can be found through reading a sufficient amount of articles on the matter at hand. I feel so lucky to be in school but sometimes the information I'm getting lays heavy on my heart, for others are still ignorant to the facts. This holds true for all the information I'm learning, including nutrition, "medicine", environment, etc.
Mg interests me because a lot of people are concerned with how much calcium they get, not knowing that Mg is what carries the calcium through your body for proper absorption. Therefore, many people are eating things that are calcium rich but are not absorbing the proper amount.
Magnesium is a cofactor in more than 300 enzyme systems that regulate diverse biochemical reactions in the body, including protein synthesis, muscle and nerve function, blood glucose control, and blood pressure regulation. It contributes to the structural development of bone and is required for the synthesis of DNA, RNA, and the antioxidant glutathione.
This Chemistry class is showing me more and more how much information is kept from us, but that can be found through reading a sufficient amount of articles on the matter at hand. I feel so lucky to be in school but sometimes the information I'm getting lays heavy on my heart, for others are still ignorant to the facts. This holds true for all the information I'm learning, including nutrition, "medicine", environment, etc.
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Chem quiz 1 1/8/2014
1.
Burning wood = chemical change
Crushing a rock = physical change
Dissolving sugar in water = physical change
The rusting of iron = chemical change
2.
milk = mixture
table salt = mixture
sugar = pure
steel = mixture
3.
Coffee is homogenous and pure
4.
water boiling is a physical change and the temp at which it boils is a physical property.
Burning wood = chemical change
Crushing a rock = physical change
Dissolving sugar in water = physical change
The rusting of iron = chemical change
2.
milk = mixture
table salt = mixture
sugar = pure
steel = mixture
3.
Coffee is homogenous and pure
4.
water boiling is a physical change and the temp at which it boils is a physical property.
Bio
Hello,
My name is Emily Rose and this is my first semester at ACCHS. I am so excited for this new venture. I've always had a strong passion to help others, but it wasn't until my own diagnosis of Lupus this past year that a brand new door opened up for me, leading me to want to become a TCM doctor. My goal is to first heal myself and then be able to go on to help others in their own healing process.
My goals have always been centered around racial justice. I believe that Chinese medicine can be a huge tool in helping to alleviate some of the issues that are caused by inequality and racism ie access to doctors, access to healthy food, access to a mental therapy and the education for a healthy lifestyle. Our country is sick mentally, spiritually, and physically and Chinese medicine can help alleviate this. I hope to one day provide free treatments to the communities of the Bay Area in need and also to help people who are incarcerated. An inner freedom can be found with acupuncture which can effect so many different areas of your well being. I can't wait to be a catalyst to other people's good health, like acupuncturists have been to me, in the past.
I feel so blessed to be exactly where I am at in my journey.
My name is Emily Rose and this is my first semester at ACCHS. I am so excited for this new venture. I've always had a strong passion to help others, but it wasn't until my own diagnosis of Lupus this past year that a brand new door opened up for me, leading me to want to become a TCM doctor. My goal is to first heal myself and then be able to go on to help others in their own healing process.
My goals have always been centered around racial justice. I believe that Chinese medicine can be a huge tool in helping to alleviate some of the issues that are caused by inequality and racism ie access to doctors, access to healthy food, access to a mental therapy and the education for a healthy lifestyle. Our country is sick mentally, spiritually, and physically and Chinese medicine can help alleviate this. I hope to one day provide free treatments to the communities of the Bay Area in need and also to help people who are incarcerated. An inner freedom can be found with acupuncture which can effect so many different areas of your well being. I can't wait to be a catalyst to other people's good health, like acupuncturists have been to me, in the past.
I feel so blessed to be exactly where I am at in my journey.
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