My body fat percentage is around 28%. How is the weight loss process handled at a TKM clinic?
Rather than simply restricting calories, we focus on activating your body's 'metabolic switch.' The core objective is to create an environment where your body can naturally burn fat by detoxifying waste and restoring vital energy based on your specific constitution, utilizing personalized herbal medicine and systematic management.
Many people try extreme fasting only to end up feeling dizzy and exhausted, which often leads to failure. In Traditional Korean Medicine (TKM), we focus less on the numerical value of body fat and more on the root cause of why the fat accumulated in the first place.
Our structured approach follows these steps:
1. Precision Diagnosis: We assess your current physiological state to determine if you are lacking vital energy or if toxins have accumulated in the body.
2. Removal of Metabolic Waste: We target 'Dameum' (痰飮), which refers to unnecessary fluids and metabolic waste. When Dameum accumulates, the body feels heavy and the metabolism slows down.
3. Promoting Circulation: We resolve 'Eohyeol' (瘀血), or blood stasis. Improving blood flow is essential to increasing the efficiency of fat combustion.
4. Enhancing Metabolic Function: We treat 'Bi-heo' (脾虛), or Spleen Deficiency. When the Spleen function is weak, the body struggles to absorb nutrients and tends to leave behind metabolic debris. Strengthening this function helps raise your basal metabolic rate.
5. Constitution-Based Maintenance: Instead of forced weight loss, we aim to find and maintain the optimal weight that is naturally sustainable for your specific body type.
Many patients come to us after struggling with nausea or the 'yo-yo effect' from synthetic diet pills. Rather than stripping the body down, think of our process as 'lubricating' your biological systems so they can function smoothly again.
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