The most common questions regarding diet medicine are 'when' and 'how much.' The key is not a fixed answer, but aligning the dosage with your body's natural rhythm. My Gambi prescription typically follows these stages: 1. Adaptation Period: We start with a small dose. This is because 'healing crises' (Myeonghyeon reaction) can occur as the body expels Dam-eum (痰飮, the accumulation of sticky metabolic waste). 2. Meal Regulation Period: Taking the medicine 30 to 60 minutes before meals is recommended. This helps create a feeling of satiety, naturally reducing your food intake. 3. Metabolism Boosting Period: Doses are concentrated during the day when activity levels are highest. For those with Bi-heo (脾虛, weakness of the Spleen function), we carefully adjust the intervals as digestive power may be lowered. 4. Maintenance and Management Period: As your body becomes lighter, the dosage is gradually reduced. A slow tapering process prevents the body from experiencing a shock that could occur with abrupt cessation. Before becoming a doctor of Korean Medicine, I went through a lot of trial and error, trying extreme fasting or potent medications. I learned that diets that ignore the body's signals inevitably lead to the yo-yo effect. Specifically, those with significant Eo-hyeol (瘀血, blood stasis or stagnant blood) may experience palpitations or insomnia if the medicine is taken too aggressively. Therefore, rather than simply providing a set number of days' worth of medicine, I fine-tune the frequency based on your sleep quality and digestive health. Please remember that listening to your body's signals and progressing steadily is ultimately the fastest way to achieve your goals.