Our Mission

Root & Branch translates millennia of medical tradition and clinical practice into potent and modern Chinese medicine designed to serve a broad spectrum of patients.

Travis C. graduated from Chinese medicine school with a particular interest in finding the sources of health and disease. Travis has found success treating patients with a variety of chronic conditions who have sought many different types of treatment, but have had difficulty finding relief. His treatment style focuses heavily on building the patient/practitioner relationship and working with the unique experience of the person.

Travis grew up in Syracuse, New York with a mother who works as a marriage and family therapist, a father who works in insurance, and a brother who works as a musician. Combining a deep interest in the roots of a person's experience with the creativity and structure of a disciplined practice makes Chinese Medicine an ideal fit for Travis.

Travis enjoys using acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, tea therapy, and lifestyle advice to help patients overcome obstacles and embrace their own unique expression of health.

Travis C. works as a general practitioner, treating people for everything from the common cold to symptoms concurrent with cancer. His clinical focus is especially geared toward understanding the connection of the body and mind. Some of the most common chief complaints of his patients are: anxiety, depression, grief, fatigue, insomnia, diabetes, pain, peripheral neuropathy, UTI, vertigo, allergies, as well as chronic, "difficult to treat" conditions.

Travis K. graduated from OCOM interested in exploring where our medicine comes from and the growing and processing of Chinese herbs. This academic interest in herbs led to a deep appreciation for their clinical application and the complexity involved with creating potent medicine from plant and animal sources.

Clinically, he most often works with patients managing chronic health problems like Crohn's disease, resistant skin inflammations, and chronic fatigue and has developed a particular interest in diseases of the skin and of digestion.

Growing up in New Orleans as the son of a dietitian and in a very social household, Travis K. has always had a keen interest in food. He trained as a professional chef and had his first career in catering and restaurants. Now with his training in Chinese medicine, he is now able to channel that passion for the good life into delicious and therapeutic Chinese nutrition consultation. Food has always been the first medicine, and now it can again become the core way in which people establish good health.

Schedule with Travis K. particularly for digestive disorders, skin conditions like psoriasis, acne, dermatitis, and infections as well as hard-to-explain conditions like fibromyalgia and chronic pain.

• Owner of The Body Temple Acupuncture

• Education: BA, MAcOM

• Pronouns: He, Him

Sage came to Chinese Medicine after his own history with profound illness and injuries led him to explore multiple paths to healing. Personal chronic pain from injuries, volunteering in Hospice, and working as a survival guide and Search and Rescue in the Idaho desert led to the development of a compassionate and trauma-informed medical ethos. Eventually he realized he had enough skills that he should study and learn how to put those skills to work helping others more formally. After a long eclectic self-motivated career in the Arts, Sage finished his Master’s Degree in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine from Oregon College of Oriental Medicine in 2019, and took a position as Acupuncturist in a very busy Multi-Disciplined Integrated Pain-Management Clinic here in Portland for 2 years before moving into his private practice at Root & Branch.

Sage also is a writer, artist and teacher and has been a licensed tattoo artist for over 25 years. He is a lifelong learner, lover of herbs and nutritional therapy, and has a deep desire to understand medicine more deeply and to use that understanding to help others in these troubled times. Outside of work, he loves to cook, be with his family and dogs, and play Dungeons and Dragons! He recently published his first novel, a YA fantasy choose-your-own-path adventure.

Sage has always been motivated by compassion and trauma-informed care, and working as a general practitioner, he has so far had most of his clinical experience focused around helping with acute and chronic pain management, IBS and digestive conditions, pre- and post-natal Mom care, as well as auto-immune inflammatory conditions, and age-related health issues in both men and women.

• Owner of Mosaic Wellness

• Education: BA, MAcOM, DACM

• Pronouns: She, Her

  Lauren was drawn to Chinese medicine from a background in farming and ecology. She grew up in small-town New Hampshire, wandering forests and observing trees as a budding biologist. Though she had an interest in human health from a young age, it wasn’t until she found Chinese medicine as an adult that she found her calling. This medicine had the same cadence of the woods she grew up with and didn’t separate human health from surrounding natural systems.

  Lauren values the patient-practitioner relationship as an integral piece of this medicine. She welcomes members of the LGBTQ+ community and others who have been marginalized by Western medicine and our healthcare system. She continues self-education to provide trauma-informed care and to better understand experiences other than her own. 

  She began her graduate studies at the National University of Natural Medicine and completed them at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine with a Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine (DACM). Her formal education also includes a BA in Biology (pre-med) and Sociology from Lewis & Clark College.

  When not at the clinic, you’ll find Lauren hiking in the forest, rock hounding in the desert, gardening, and spending time with family. 

  Lauren is excited to treat a wide range of conditions, including anxiety and depression, digestive health, insomnia, menstrual health and fertility, and pain conditions.