Q. How should I prepare to start a 1-month diet program at a Korean medicine clinic?

Expecting dramatic changes in just one month? I felt the same way. But one month is actually a time to examine your body—checking from the root why fat keeps accumulating. ✓ Check your constitutional root. Consider it spleen deficiency (脾虛) if your digestive energy has weakened. When spleen function declines, food and water don't convert to energy but accumulate as fat. If you often feel bloated with alternating diarrhea and constipation, suspect this pattern. ✓ Check whether dampness and cold have accumulated in your body. This is damp-phlegm (痰飮). A feeling of something stuck in your throat, facial swelling upon waking, and heaviness are signals of accumulated phlegm-dampness. It's not simply about what you ate, but what your body failed to eliminate. ✓ Check whether blood circulation is blocked. This is blood stasis (瘀血). When blood stagnates, metabolism slows, accompanied by swelling and pain. If you're fatigued yet can't sleep, with swollen legs or lingering press marks, this is the pattern. ✓ Also review your lifestyle rhythm. For those surviving on night shifts and coffee, with irregular eating and stress-induced binge eating—this habit is fueling the cause. For one month, reducing these patterns comes before medication. Whether your root cause is one of these three or a combination, identifying it and starting customized management is the true starting line. Rather than starving yourself, knowing your body's state is far more important. Shall we examine yours together at Baekrokdam Korean Medicine Clinic?