Q. How exactly does the diet program at a Korean medicine clinic work?

Many people try fasting blindly, only to experience dizziness and eventual binge eating. From experience, weight loss is not a matter of willpower, but a matter of your 'body's condition.' At Baekrokdam Korean Medicine Clinic, we follow this systematic approach: 1. Constitution and Status Analysis: We assess the amount of Dam-eum (痰飮, unnecessary metabolic waste accumulated in the body). When waste accumulates, metabolism slows down, making weight loss difficult. 2. Clearing Circulation Pathways: We resolve Eo-hyeol (瘀血, blood stasis) to improve blood circulation. Once circulation is restored, the efficiency of fat burning increases. 3. Activating the Metabolic Switch: Custom herbal medicines are used to raise the basal metabolic rate. For those with Bi-heo (脾虛, Spleen deficiency), we first restore digestive function so that energy can be produced properly. 4. Controlling Appetite and 'False Hunger': We stimulate the brain's satiety center to reduce the pain of forced restriction. 5. Creating a Maintenance Environment: This final stage lowers the body's 'set point'—the weight the body naturally tries to maintain—to prevent the yo-yo effect. Blindly starving yourself puts the body into a starvation state, which can actually make you more prone to gaining weight. The core of Traditional Korean Medicine (TKM) dieting is to unblock what is clogged and replenish what is lacking. If you are curious about your specific body condition, please feel free to visit us.