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Bill came in with chronic constipation, sometimes going three or four days without a bowel movement. Nothing he’d tried worked. With acupuncture and herbs, we helped his body regain rhythm and ease. Within a few weeks, his digestion was regular again and with it, his comfort, clarity, and mood.
Read more →Erin came to the clinic after months of insomnia. She’d cleaned up her sleep hygiene, but still woke night after night. With acupuncture and herbs, we helped her body remember how to stay asleep — not by forcing it, but by restoring the rhythms that allow real rest to return.
Read more →Catching every cold that comes around? Chinese medicine looks beyond immunity to the deeper question of constitutional strength and how to rebuild it.
Read more →Susan came in with sharp, radiating leg pain that made walking, sitting, and sleeping difficult. Acupuncture gave her targeted relief, while herbs supported deeper healing. With regular care, her pain eased — and she got her rhythm back. “I’m not adjusting anymore,” she said. “I’m just living.”
Read more →For years, Meena R. lived around her period—severe cramps, heavy bleeding, and exhaustion that took over every month. At Root and Branch, custom herbal formulas and targeted acupuncture helped her cycle shift, gently and powerfully. This is the story of how she stopped bracing for pain—and started feeling in control.
Read more →Jamal came in with years of sinus congestion and facial pressure. Mornings were foggy, breathing was difficult, and nothing seemed to help long term. With acupuncture and herbs, we helped him clear the deeper root — restoring flow, easing pressure, and helping him finally breathe (and think) clearly again.
Read more →Everything I have seen in my short but lively career as a Chinese medicine practitioner suggests that most of the negative experiences we associate with the aging process need not come to pass . But in order to understand how our experience may differ from the common definition of aging, we must look at why suffering is a possibility as we age. Once we understand the problem, then we may understan
Read more →“I hate to sound like a broken record,” said one of my teachers, “but a lot of her problem is due to blood stagnation .” I smiled at Greg’s remark. It was a familiar piece of advice, but one that bared repeating. Greg was one of the few westerners to go to China, learn chinese, finish a P.H.D. in Chinese medicine, and then study with various doctors who had decades of clinical experience. “But why
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