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IBS

· Travis Kern

What Your Stool Is Telling You: A Chinese Medical Field Guide

Bowel movements are one of the most reliable diagnostic signals the body produces, and most adults have never been told what to look for. Chinese medicine has been paying close attention to stool for two thousand years. Here is the physiology of a good one, and what it means when things are off.

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· Travis Kern

The Case for Breakfast, and for Being Hungry

Modern wellness advice often treats appetite as a problem to manage. In Chinese medicine, regular morning hunger is a sign that digestion is working, and breakfast is the meal that sets the metabolic tone for the day. Skipping it asks the body to run on stores that should have been replenished.

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· Travis Kern

What They Came In For: Constipation

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.

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· Travis Kern

Foundations of Chinese Medicine: The Spleen

Digestion is the root of virtually all other human physiologic processes. Learn about how Chinese medicine thinks about and works with the natural strength of your digestion to maximize outcomes and power a healthy life.

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· Travis Kern

What They Came In For: IBS

After years of unpredictable digestion and no real answers, Josh L. came to Root and Branch looking for something different. What changed everything? A custom herbal formula tailored to his body—and a treatment plan that listened. This is the story of how his gut finally started to settle.

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· Travis Kern

Everyday Alchemy: The Power of Gentle Warming

As winter settles in, many bodies feel colder, stiffer, and more fatigued. Foot baths, moxa, and hot packs offer an easy way to restore warmth, improve circulation, support digestion, and make the season easier to move through.

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