Helping people navigate illness, pain & uncertainty.
There is a path forward.
Using acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, and coaching, I help people facing difficult health challenges find a clearer path through treatment, recovery, and life.
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Jeremy Rothenberg, LAc, MSTCM, Dipl. OM
Acupuncturist · Herbalist · Coach
17 years in clinical practice. Board-certified in Chinese herbal medicine. Working at the intersection of clinical medicine and human performance.
Ashland, OR | Remote worldwide.
Finding a path forward.
She came in exhausted, inflamed, and overwhelmed.
Three months later, she felt better. The pain eased. Her mood changed. Her sense of self returned.
Watch how she describes the change.
How to Work with Me
In-Person (Ashland) — Acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, with lab-informed supplement protocols and hands-on care for acute and chronic conditions. 60–90 min sessions at Morningstar Healing Arts. → Schedule Acupuncture
Complex / Chronic Health (Ashland & Remote) — Custom herbal prescriptions, lab-informed supplement protocols, and coaching for persistent health issues that haven't resolved elsewhere. → Book a Free Consultation
Coaching & Performance (Remote) — For executives, professionals, and high performers navigating pressure, transition, burnout, or recovery. Nervous system-based, clinically grounded. → Book a Free Consultation
How I Work
I’m a licensed acupuncturist, Chinese herbalist, and coach with 17 years of clinical experience working with complex, often misunderstood cases.
My work draws from:
Acupuncture to directly influence pain, inflammation, circulation, and autonomic function
Chinese herbal medicine, a sophisticated medical system using concentrated formulas to affect digestion, hormones, immune response, and energy regulation
Guided nervous system training: meditation, self-inquiry, and habit change that retrain attention, perception, and stress response
A Western medical lens, including lab review and pattern recognition, to help determine when something deeper or more structural needs attention
I teach meditation not as a relaxation technique, but as nervous system training — a way to reclaim attention, notice where body and mind are out of sync, and restore internal coherence.
This work is clinical and systems-based, aimed at restoring capacity where the body has adapted into dysfunction.
Why I Do This Work
I spent decades dealing with unexplained symptoms — panic, fatigue, heart irregularities — that were eventually traced to a severe, undiagnosed cardiac condition.
At 54, I underwent open-heart surgery. Two years later, I was running up mountains, training for ultramarathons.
That journey reshaped how I understand healing, pressure, and the nervous system — and it directly informs how I work with patients today.
I know what it's like to have real symptoms that no one can explain. I know what it's like to be told it's stress, or anxiety, or nothing. And I know what becomes possible when someone finally listens to what your body is actually saying.
When Health Becomes Uncertain
Many people I work with have already tried a lot.
They’ve seen specialists. They’ve changed diets. They’ve taken supplements. They’ve been told it’s stress. Or anxiety. Or aging. Or that nothing is wrong.
And yet something still doesn’t feel right.
Sometimes the issue is structural. Sometimes it’s physiological. Sometimes the nervous system has become stuck in survival mode. Often it’s some combination of all three.
The work is figuring out what is actually happening — and helping you move forward from there.
One Pattern I See Often
Many people facing chronic pain, illness, fatigue, burnout, and unexplained symptoms are living with a nervous system that has adapted to chronic stress.
I call this state oFF — a long-term over-activation of fight-or-flight.
It’s not panic. It’s a quieter, persistent vigilance the body has learned to maintain. And over time, it costs you.
Over time, oFF shows up as:
persistent pain and inflammation
disrupted digestion, sleep, or immune response
reduced resilience under pressure
loss of confidence, optimism, and a sense of forward movement
This isn’t a failure of will. It’s what happens when adaptive patterns become locked in. And when care doesn’t address the right level of the problem, people stay stuck.
An Ancient Switch
Inside you is a switch older than thought. It only asks one question: Safe? Or not?
If the answer is “not safe,” your system flips oFF; muscles tighten, breath shallows, thoughts spin.
The problem is that when it decides you’re not safe, it utilizes your body’s fight or flight response to solve the problem. Any problem. All the time.
We don’t need this much energy for anything that’s not an immediate threat to life or limb.
This is trainable.
RaD Is the Reset
RaD (rest and digest) is the gateway to clarity, creativity, and healing. When you’re RaD, your body metabolizes stress. Your mind lets go of constant problem-solving. Presence, insight, and possibility come back online.
RaD is the state of repair and rejuvenation. When you’re oFF for too long, you burn out.
This is where we can train your body and mind to relax. We can intervene with food, herbal medicine, exercise, and meditation. Your system becomes more resilient and brighter health emerges.
To be clear, oFF isn’t bad. It’s natural, can be thrilling, and helps get stuff done. But staying there too long costs your health, clarity, and sense of purpose.
RaD is repair.
RaD is endurance.
RaD is metabolizing your life situation in a way that empowers you to heal.
Everyone is Different
This work is tailored to your situation. Everyone responds differently to interventions. For some, diet change is enough. Others get more benefit from Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture, or meditation. For others it’s simply building habits of strength and resilience.
Everyone can use expert guidance in navigating the particularly challenging path of their own life, illness, pain and uncertainty.
Next step:
Whether you're navigating chronic symptoms, complex health issues, career pressure, or are simply stressed out and at wit’s end, a conversation is the place to start.
Let’s see what we can come up with together.