The Rootworth Journal
Written by Michael Woodworth, M.S., L.Ac., from fifteen years of specialized classical Chinese herbal practice. Each piece extends the framework of the Chambers into the specific conditions we support most frequently.
Eye Health
The retina does not detach without a reason. Floaters do not appear without a history. Classical Chinese medicine reads both […]
Jun 29, 2026 · 11 min read
Eye Health
You wake up and it looks as though someone placed a sheet of frosted glass over the center of your […]
Jun 29, 2026 · 9 min read
Eye Health
When phlegm-stasis condenses on the retinal surface — as Chinese medicine reads it — the result is exactly what a […]
Jun 29, 2026 · 9 min read
Eye Health
The eye bears the brunt of Liver Fire because Fire ascends, and the Liver opens to the eye. Understanding why […]
Jun 29, 2026 · 9 min read
Eye Health
The lens of the eye is, in classical Chinese medicine, the most refined fluid structure in the body. When it […]
Jun 29, 2026 · 8 min read
Eye Health
RP is the paradigm Jing-depletion picture in classical Chinese medicine. Rod photoreceptors — the most metabolically demanding and constitutionally dependent […]
Jun 29, 2026 · 9 min read
Eye Health
The optic nerve is the most Blood-dependent structure in the eye. When Liver Blood fails to nourish it — or […]
Jun 29, 2026 · 8 min read
Eye Health
Retinal vein occlusion is an acute vascular event — but it is rarely an event without a history. Classical Chinese […]
Jun 29, 2026 · 5 min read
Eye Health
Classical Chinese medicine mapped the metabolic terrain of diabetes — the wasting-thirsting disorder — long before ophthalmoscopes existed. The retinal […]
Jun 29, 2026 · 6 min read
Eye Health
Classical medicine has a precise answer to why the eyes dry: the Liver governs tears, and when Liver Yin is […]
Jun 29, 2026 · 7 min read
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