Healthy Herbal Diet

Hello? This is Dr. Hyocheong Chae, director of Sunyujae Korean Medicine Clinic in Dongcheon-dong, a place where kind hearts reside.

Dieting becomes even more concerning in the summer! A diet that reduces weight, maintains health, and prevents yo-yo effects is what everyone dreams of. A diet that replenishes what’s lacking and reduces weight according to your body’s constitution! Sunyujae will tell you how.

WHY do we need to diet? Dieting is necessary when you are overweight or obese, meaning your weight is excessively high compared to your height. If you don’t maintain an appropriate weight, body fat can accumulate, leading to various health problems.

Body fat is accumulated nutrients in the form of fat, leftover from food consumed after being used as an energy source. Even if body fat is consumed through exercise or activity, it’s difficult to adjust food intake to match activity levels. Diseases caused by obesity Obesity can lead to the following diseases:

Diabetes: Problems with insulin secretion Hyperlipidemia: Increased lipid components in the blood Arthritis: Overload on joints due to weight gain Cardiovascular diseases: High blood pressure, ischemic heart disease, angina, myocardial infarction, etc. Among the conditions caused by obesity, regarding arthritis, increased weight can cause damage to the knees or lower back, making exercise difficult for affected individuals compared to those with normal weight.

In situations where exercise is difficult, continued weight gain leads to a vicious cycle of deteriorating health. Some people experience knee pain when running, and obese individuals are at a higher risk of disc problems compared to those with a normal weight. A Finnish study by Bostman reported that 27% of patients who underwent lumbar disc herniation surgery were obese, whereas the obesity prevalence in Finland at the time was only 16%.

For those with a BMI of 30 or higher, the probability of disc recurrence was 12 times higher, and the likelihood of reoperation was 30 times higher. Western medicine’s approach to obesity treatment Western medicine primarily uses appetite suppressants and drugs that inhibit fat absorption. Lorcaserin: Appetite suppressant Orlistat: Inhibits lipase function Contrave: Weight management GLP-1: Controls insulin secretion and appetite However, if weight loss fails despite these medications,

metabolic surgery, which involves resecting parts of the stomach and small intestine, may be attempted. ‘Side effects must also be considered when using medication.’ Korean medicine treatment for obesity Korean medicine dieting comprehensively considers an individual’s health status, constitution, age, and activity level to prescribe customized herbal medicine by adding or subtracting specific herbs.

Therefore, it can be called a tonic. Tonic dieting supplements weakened and deficient vital energy, removes waste products accumulated throughout the body, and improves the function of internal organs.

Dampness-phlegm (濕痰) in Korean medicine and dieting – The core of healthy weight loss In particular, the concept of ‘dampness-phlegm’ plays a key role in Korean medicine dieting. What is dampness-phlegm (濕痰)? It refers to a state where the body’s fluids, which make up two-thirds of our body, become turbid and viscous; in other words, it is the waste products stagnant within the body.

Dampness-phlegm hinders metabolism and causes insulin resistance, making it difficult to lose weight and instead leading to a tendency to gain weight. This can also be a cause of various diseases. The relationship between dampness-phlegm and dieting If you attempt to diet while having dampness-phlegm, you will not lose weight easily, your body will tire quickly, and the yo-yo effect will repeat.

This leads to a vicious cycle where decreased metabolic function makes dieting even more difficult. Removing dampness-phlegm improves fluid metabolism, increasing diet efficiency. To succeed in dieting, a customized approach that comprehensively considers your constitution and health status is necessary!

Customized prescription for healthy weight loss, Korean medicine treatment = Tonic Diet Korean medicine dieting aims not just for simple weight loss, but also to improve one’s constitution and balance the body through healthy dietary changes and personalized prescriptions tailored to individual characteristics. We provide customized prescriptions by comprehensively considering various individual symptoms such as constitutional improvement, body shape improvement, edema removal, constipation management, weight loss, and health recovery.

Through this, the goal is not just simple weight loss, but to create a healthy body through healthy, personalized weight loss. The advantage of Korean medicine dieting is that it can supplement physical weakness that may occur during diet treatment and strengthen bodily functions. That’s why it can be called a tonic diet.

Advantages of Tonic Diet The tonic diet aims to transform you into a healthy constitution, not just simple weight loss. It identifies the reason for weight gain in each individual and prescribes different herbal medicines, aiming to change to a healthy constitution so that the yo-yo effect does not occur. Korean Medicine Diet Treatment Methods Korean medicine dieting is conducted with 1:1 customized prescriptions.

It uses natural herbal medicines to improve constitution, suppress appetite, enhance basal metabolism and circulatory disorders, and promote body fat breakdown and edema relief. This is not just simple weight loss; it comprehensively examines an individual’s body condition, improves their constitution, and actively utilizes beneficial tonics to avoid putting a strain on the body.

Furthermore, by adjusting herbal medicines according to an individual’s health condition, various symptoms caused by weight loss can be prevented.

A word from the director about dieting!

“Korean medicine dieting is not just about losing weight, but about building a healthy body.”

That’s why I’d like to call it a tonic diet. The basic diet prescription controls appetite and boosts metabolism, putting the body in an exercising state even without separate physical activity. If repeated edema is the cause of weight gain, a prescription to remove the edema is used together. In cases of qi deficiency, such as postpartum, a tonic prescription is incorporated into the diet prescription.

In this way, Korean medicine dieting helps you lose weight healthily while replenishing what your body lacks. Unlike diet supplements or health functional foods, Korean medicine dieting is a Korean medicine product formulated through 1:1 consultation and customized prescription with a Korean medicine doctor.

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This post was written directly by the medical staff of Sunyujae Korean Medicine Clinic to provide medical information, in compliance with Article 56(2) and Article 57(3) of the Medical Service Act. The duration and outcome of treatment may vary from person to person, so please consult a qualified practitioner before beginning treatment.