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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.
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.
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Tk asks TC about the various patterns that present with Dizziness and Vertigo
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
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
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
TC and TK chat with Kumiko Shirai, local Portland practitioner, about the use of Japanese Fukushin abdominal diagnosis and formula selection. Kumiko is an internationally recognized teacher of Fukushin methods having trained under Nigel Dawes. She has a particular emphasis on Women's Health in her clinic and is a herbal medicine specialist.
For more info about Kumkio and trainings with her visit www.kumikoshirai.com
Chapters
(00:00:00) - Background and Training(00:27:19) - Understanding Abdomens(00:43:53) - Women's Health Applications(00:55:06) - Discussion of Specific Formulas(01:21:29) - Connect with Kumiko
TC lays out the details of a successful menopause treatment case while TK interviews him about his diagnosis and treatment strategy. A companion to the 04-05 Menopause Theory episode.
Chapters
(00:00:00) - Case Intro and Intervention Part 1(00:14:57) - Treatment Intervention Part 2(00:26:09) - Talking Huang Qi(00:32:25) - Case Resolution(00:40:18) - Framing and Understanding Patient Improvement
Tk and TC get into the underlying mechanisms that can lead to discomfitting menopausal symptoms and the formulas used to ease them. Learn about the expected physiologic signs to female bodied aging and when its a good idea to intervene and how.
TK and TC talk about managing patient care in the style and method old-school, small-town doctors, channeling those patient skills into work as a modern doctor in a larger urban setting.
TC and TK talk about some examples of real clinic case studies on cough to help you understand how the diagnosis and treatment develops over time
Tk and TC talk about the common ways that cough can present in the clinic and ways to tackle it from surface to deep level infections.
TC asks TK about Chinese nutritional guidelines for patients that can be easily followed and integrated into everyday life with an eye to creating a stable base for treatment and health.
While TC and TK are away for summer break, they've found some interesting interviews they did while students at OCOM. These archival podcasts talk with faculty at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine circa 2015 about a whole host of Chinese Medicine Topics.
Listen in here to Dr. Liu Gohui discuss the origin of the Rivermap as a way to understand the movement of Yin and Yang in creation and to internalize his pearls of wisdom derived from more than 4 decades in practice.
While TC and TK are away for summer break, they've found some interesting interviews they did while students at OCOM. These archival podcasts talk with faculty at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine circa 2015 about a whole host of Chinese Medicine Topics. Listen in here to Drs. Livingston and Berletich talk about historical perspectives on TCM and CCM as well as the complex process of diagnosing and treating patients.
TK and TC discuss the historical, textual, and clinical uses of flavor in herbs. For folks who really want to get a better understanding of how herbs work, this discussion gets the heart of all Chinese herbal methodology.
TK asks TC about some of his constipation cases and how he decided which herbs to use and why.
TC and TK talk about the various ways that constipation presents in patients and the various formulas you can use to treat the condition
TK and TC talk about the various types and categories of topical herbs that can be useful in the clinic and how to decide what kind of topical to use when.
TC and TK talk about a simplified differential for treating pain with herbs. Consider all the ways you could get better results for your patients by combining a handful of common formulas with your acupuncture to resolve pain problems in a fraction of the time.
TC and TK talk about the core diagnostic tools of Pulse, Tongue, and Abdomen. They discuss differences between the tools and what things they show better than other things as well as some ideas on how to train your diagnostic skills and why its worth taking the time to do it in the first place.
TK asks TC about different headache cases he has treated so that listeners can have an idea of how diagnosis and treatment playes out with real patients.
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