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The Nervous Herbalist

The Nervous Herbalist

By: Root and Branch
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 A podcast for Chinese medicine practitioners who prescribe herbs or want to prescribe herbs and who want to geek out about herbal function, history, and treatment strategies. Hosted by Travis Kern and Travis Cunningham, licensed Chinese medicine practitioners and owners of Root and Branch Chinese Medicine in Portland, OR. Visit www.rootandbranchpharmacy.com for more information about their pharmacy and to create your own practitioner account today.© 2022 Hygiene & Healthy Living Physical Illness & Disease
Episodes
  • 04-10 Understanding and Using Pao Zhi

    04-10 Understanding and Using Pao Zhi
    Dec 22 2025

    TC asks TK about the various types of common pao zhi, how they are related to herbs and food, and how you can use this methodology in the clinic, even if you are prescribing granule herbs.

    Chapters
    • (00:00:00) - Intro and Herbs as Food
    • (00:29:10) - Different Types of Pao Zhi
    • (00:52:34) - Si Shen Wan as an exemplar formula
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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • 04-09 Chronic Pain Case Study

    04-09 Chronic Pain Case Study
    Dec 8 2025

    TK asks TC about a couple of chronic pain cases to better understand the theory as it applies to real people.

    Chapters
    • (00:00:00) - Introduction and Case 1
    • (00:29:11) - Case 2
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    54 mins
  • 04-08 Chronic Pain Theory

    04-08 Chronic Pain Theory
    Nov 24 2025

    TC and TK talk about the some of the common patterns around chronic pain presentations like fibromyalgia and specifically look at the symptom of sweating as an important differentiator for picking a formula.

    Chapters
    • (00:00:00) - Open and Intro
    • (00:16:50) - Adapting to a hostile environment
    • (00:24:12) - How chronic pain manifests in the clinic
    • (00:33:42) - Pain in patients with unremarkable sweating
    • (00:42:01) - Formula summary for patients who can sweat
    • (00:43:47) - Pain in patients with strong sweating
    • (00:52:59) - Six conformations connection to symptomology
    • (01:07:15) - Pain with deformative swelling
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    1 hr and 12 mins
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