The Nervous Herbalist

Author: Root and Branch

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.
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04-08 Chronic Pain Theory
Episode 8
Monday, 24 November, 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