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Blog June 27, 2026

한방다이어트 효능과 침 — 식욕 조절부터 신진대사, 부종까지

Dr. Yeonseung Choe
Dr. Yeonseung Choe
Chief Director
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  "title": "Korean Medicine Diet & Acupuncture: Appetite to Metabolism",
  "excerpt": "Discover how a Korean medicine diet and acupuncture facilitate weight management by regulating appetite, boosting metabolism, and reducing edema.",
  "content": "title: \"Korean Medicine Diet & Acupuncture: Appetite to Metabolism\"\n---\n\n\"Doctor, I exercise and eat less, so why am I not losing weight?\" This is the most frequent question I hear in the consultation room. Talking with patients, I often feel there is something that cannot be solved by calorie counting alone.\n\n## Why Weight Management Feels So Difficult\n\nThe stories of those who come to me because they cannot lose weight follow a similar pattern. They struggle with an uncontrollable appetite, wake up with a swollen face, or find they don't sweat even when exercising. In Korean medicine, these signals are interpreted as a state where the <strong>constitution, eating habits, and lifestyle</strong> are out of alignment. We address the three pillars: appetite, edema, and metabolism. According to medical media, a Korean medicine diet is introduced as a method targeting obesity management itself rather than simple weight loss. It is highly likely that the reason you aren't losing weight isn't a lack of will, but rather a state where your <strong>metabolism has slowed down and appetite signals are malfunctioning</strong>.\n\n![Three benefits of a Korean medicine diet shown in a 3-column comparison table. Each column features the titles 'Appetite Control | Metabolism
Dr. Yeonseung Choe

Dr. Yeonseung Choe Chief Director

In practice, I often meet patients who have tried many places yet found little relief, growing weary even in spirit. Walking alongside them over the years, I came naturally to care deeply about conditions that are hard to heal. In search of answers, I never confined myself to a single approach — I draw together modern research on how the body adapts to and breaks down under stress, the perspectives of functional and integrative medicine, and the long tradition of Korean medicine, holding these many viewpoints side by side as I try to understand each person's body. Since 2010, I have designed each treatment with the belief that even the same illness unfolds differently within each person's bodily environment.

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