Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner
Gavin Larsen, R.TCM.P, Dr. TCM Dip.
I’m a Registered Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner. I’ve spent over a decade in clinic watching people follow generic hair loss protocols that never matched what was actually going on in their body. Most of them failed. Not because the protocol was bad. Because nobody had checked which system was actually broken first.
That’s why I developed Pattern Mapping™: a diagnostic framework that identifies which internal system is driving your case, then gives you the exact protocol to restore it.
Where I apply it
The framework in clinic
Pattern hair loss & stress-induced shedding
Most people with androgenetic alopecia or telogen effluvium have one or two of these systems quietly offline:
- Circulation & Delivery Blood flow reaching the follicle
- Digestion & Absorption Nutrients actually landing
- Hormone-Stress Signaling Growth signals versus shutdown signals
- Inflammation & Reactivity Gut-driven immune disruption
In clinic
How I restore these systems
Circulation
When blood flow is restricted, nutrients and topicals can’t reach where they need to go. I use acupuncture, targeted stimulation, and circulation-warming herbs to restore delivery.
Digestion & Absorption
If your gut isn’t absorbing iron, B vitamins, or protein properly, supplements pass right through. I address absorption barriers with food therapy, digestive herbs, and supplement optimization.
Hormone & Stress Balance
When cortisol runs high and your body is stuck in fight-or-flight, it deprioritizes anything it doesn’t consider essential to survival. Hair growth included. I use nervous system regulation to shift you out of stress mode.
Inflammation Control
Your gut and your scalp share immune pathways. When your gut flares, so does everything downstream of it. I address the internal inflammation driving that reactivity.
The real goal is fixing the system failure underneath the symptom, so your body can do the rest on its own.
Since earning my Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine Diploma in 2014, I’ve worked with hundreds of hair loss cases in clinic. As a former instructor, I’m passionate about helping people understand their own patterns and giving them evidence-informed tools to sustain progress.
Outside the clinic, I explore the intersection of strength training, recovery, and longevity. Feeling your best starts with supporting your body’s own ability to repair itself.
Dealing with hair loss or chronic shedding?
The 30-Day Pattern Mapping™ Regrowth System walks through the diagnostic framework and a targeted protocol, naturally, without pharmaceutical intervention.
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