D's ACCHS page

Are all vibrations good? I don't project morality onto vibrations.  If you pick up a bad vibe from someone, it might be good that you did. Resonance in my world Resonant is used to describe many things, some of which exist in the physical realm.  Sound vibrations can resonate together, amplify, etc.  Whether the physics is there or not, there's a not too uncommon human experience of sensing resonance with both living and non-living objects.  5 element theory goes so far to classify this supposed resonance. Connections I can make between Energy and Qi Broadly speaking, Energy is everything, and so is Qi.  They're similar in concept there.  But Energy has mathematical depictions, Qi does not.  While Energy can factor into an equation, Qi is not bound to the laws of physics.  Especially in TCM, when we speak of Qi in the body, or Qi of the environment, etc. we are not speaking of Energy, which is why we don't translate the term as such....

Colors of Food In Your Own Kitchen I'd say I give a certain amount of attention to the color of foods that I eat, if not for an aesthetic reason, for a sense of variety and certain key characteristics that I know I want in my diet, for example, green leafy vegetables.  But there are certain simple color patterns I adhere to when choosing foods at the market, so I figured I share those observations. Color plays prominent in my selection of fruits.  The most prominent criteria for my selection is actually seasonal variety, so I'm not regularly purchasing fruit that is out of season.  But beyond that criteria, I look at the color palette available and make choices based on what I feel 'resonates' at the moment.  And ideally I have an option for at least a couple distinctly different choices.  My last trip to the market I found myself deciding amongst three items: apricots, strawberries, and blueberries.  All were in season.  All were organic, and all ...

You know how you can get sucked into a virtual time-warp, just one more click, one more click...? Yeah, I had to pull myself out of one of those in my attempt to understand kaons better, super symmetry, and an answer to whether I believe the universe is fundamentally symmetrical or not.  Short answer is 'no comment' at the moment. The best of my findings so far on the monumental subject matter is: 1. This intro - explains hadrons really well (inc. kaons and strangeness)  highly recommend viewing first. 2. Next, this video about kaons and, so far, their inability to violate CPT. 3. Then this clarifying video about CP Violation...and... 4. This 20ish minute documentary about the CERN Large Hadron Collider - explains the tech as well as why researching SUSY is relevant and necessary. Enjoy [what does CP violation really mean? C=charge conjugation (the system reflected in the mirror) P=parity change (left goes to right) T=time  (time is run backward)....

 How has e=mc2 affected you? So, full disclosure, I wholeheartedly revere Einstein as a mammoth of a genius, and believe he ultimately had it more right than any other scientific thinker.  Including the Bohr-Einstein debate.  He's the Godfather of Quantum, and helped solidify the current theory by rightfully pushing up against it.  And it's still incomplete.  And guaranteed to be replaced.  Einstein lost the debate in terms of majority consensus, but in multiple alternate universes the theory took his perspective to greater benefit.  How would you compare the four “forces”? I've seen the forces listed from strongest to weakest in two ways.  The first like it was presented in class - strong nuclear force/electromagnetic force/weak nuclear force/gravity.  The second way from strongest to weakest - strong nuclear force/weak nuclear force/electromagnetism/gravity.  I'm sticking with the former, since its easier to remember the electroweak ...

This post is supposed to be about Green Chemistry, and I'll tie it in at the end.  But I just wanted to share some pictures of the Boswellia project friends and I did this past weekend... Frankincense (Boswellia spp.) is known as Ru Xiang in TCM.  It is in the Regulate Blood, Invigorate Blood category and is excellent for moving blood and Qi, relieving pain, reducing swelling, healing the gums, mouth and throat and expelling Wind-Damp painful obstruction.  Western pharmacological science identifies boswellic acid to be the 'active ingredient' behind most of frankincense's healing potential.  Frankincense is an oleogum resin, which means it has three main components, that is, volatile oil, gum, and resin.  The boswellic acid is concentrated in the resin portion, so the goal was to separate the gum from the resin. The gum is water soluble, the resin is not, so the first step was to heat water to 100 C in a bain-marie. Then the frankincense (powdered) was ...

Sulfur (S) Sulfur's atomic number is 16.  Like oxygen, it's a Group 16, p-block element, and also highly reactive (reactive nonmetal).  Although elemental sulfur exists, it is mostly found either in a sulfide or sulphate compound, such as pyrite (iron sulfide).  S's electron configuration is written 1s 2 2s 2 2p 6 3s 2 3p 4 . Elemental sulfur is a bright yellow,  crystalline   solid at room temperature. ( Wikipedia) Octasulfur (S 8 ), sulfur's most common allotrope [eg diamonds and graphite are allotropes of carbon], is a soft, bright-yellow solid that is odorless, but impure samples can smell like matches or rotten eggs .  When burned, sulfur melts to a blood-red liquid and emits a blue flame. ( Wikipedia) Sulfur is abundant on Earth and in the universe.  It is the tenth most common element in the universe in terms of mass.  As such, we've been widely utilizing S since it's discovery over 2000 years ago in ancient China.  S...