Q. What should I prepare to receive a non-face-to-face diet herbal prescription from Geomdan?

To receive a non-face-to-face diet herbal prescription, we need materials that allow us to accurately assess your condition. First, prepare health screening results or recent hospital records. Blood test values (liver function, kidney function, thyroid hormones) help predict whether herbal medicine will stress the liver or whether constitutional factors like spleen deficiency (脾虛, biheo) or phlegm-fluid (痰飮, dameum) are present. Another important item is a list of all current medications. If you have tried Western diet drugs, residual effects of drugs like Wegovy or Saxenda may persist, and you may be taking other chronic disease medications. To avoid interactions with herbal medicine, you must disclose these. I once overlooked this and later the patient complained of dizziness—since then I thoroughly review medication history. Noting your usual diet and exercise patterns aids in differentiating whether metabolic decline is due to spleen deficiency or blood stasis (瘀血, eohyeol) circulation issues. For example, specific records like "I often skip breakfast" or "I frequently eat late-night snacks" are helpful. Full-body photos are used to assess body shape and skin condition; even in a non-face-to-face setting, an experienced Korean medicine doctor can infer your constitution (e.g., Taeumin (太陰人) or Soyangin (少陽人)) from them—though diagnosis is never based on photos alone but combined with the questionnaire and consultation. Finally, complete the questionnaire we send before the consultation. It covers sleep, stool, digestion, stress levels, and other daily indicators. This data determines the direction of the herbal prescription—such as supplementing qi (補氣, bogi), moving qi (行氣, haenggi), or expelling phlegm (祛痰, geodam). Once all preparations are ready, we conduct a detailed video or phone consultation and prescribe appropriate herbal medicine (decoction or pills). Even though it is non-face-to-face, the process is thorough, so please feel free to inquire.