In what sequence does Korean medicine adjust a diet limited to chicken breast and cabbage?
Rather than merely cutting intake with chicken breast, care reviews phlegm-fluid retention, spleen qi deficiency, and blood stasis, then uses a five-stage plan including warm-center meals with blanched cabbage and constitutional balance.
The text cites over ten years of clinical observation of discomfort from extreme cold-food diets. Stage one reviews heaviness and waste stagnation as phlegm-fluid retention; chicken breast alone or abrupt restriction can be hard to sustain.
Stage two supports spleen qi deficiency in digestion and energy conversion, and stage three reviews blood stasis. These prepare digestion and circulation for diet and exercise.
Stage four uses warm-center meals and lightly blanched rather than only raw cabbage. Stage five balances meals by constitution and fat-distribution tendency; identical loss or rebound prevention is not guaranteed.
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