Q. What is the specific process involved when starting a herbal medicine diet?
The process begins with a constitutional analysis through professional consultation, followed by a personalized herbal prescription designed to increase your metabolic rate and induce weight loss.
📝 Detailed Answer
Upon your first visit, we do more than just measure your weight; we identify the constitutional causes behind why you gain weight. Because every individual's constitution is different, this explains why some people lose weight easily on a specific diet while others do not.
In Traditional Korean Medicine (TKM), a state where metabolic dysfunction leads to the accumulation of waste is viewed as Dam-jeok (phlegm accumulation), or a state of blocked blood flow known as Eo-hyeol (blood stasis). Simply starving yourself without addressing these issues can damage your health and lead to the 'yo-yo effect.' Therefore, it is essential to first remove these stagnation factors.
- Step 1: Constitutional Diagnosis - Through medical interviews and examinations, we analyze whether you are in a state of Bi-heo (Spleen deficiency) or if there is excess heat in the liver.
- Step 2: Personalized Prescription - We prescribe customized herbal medicine tailored to help regulate appetite and boost your basal metabolic rate.
- Step 3: Step-by-step Adjustment - We monitor your body's response and adjust the potency of the medicine to minimize side effects and maximize efficiency.
- Step 4: Maintenance Management - After weight loss, we go through a process of stabilizing metabolic functions to ensure your weight remains steady.
💡 Treatment Goal
The core objective is not simply to reduce the number on the scale, but to restore your broken metabolic balance to create a body that can regulate itself.
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Dr. Yeonseung Choe
Chief Director