As dietary management becomes increasingly difficult and outdoor activity decreases, more people are finding weight management challenging. Many want to lose even a small amount of weight they have gained, but because of long-standing unhealthy lifestyle habits, even if they suddenly start an extreme diet, it often does not last and yo-yo weight regain occurs. Many people also complain of edema, in which fluid metabolism declines and the body easily becomes swollen and heavy. Therefore, even when losing weight, it should be done by choosing a wise approach based on an understanding of your own body. With the goal of a healthy diet that lasts without yo-yo weight regain, Kyunghee Ryu Korean Medicine Clinic provides safe and effective diet treatment by combining Hoechundang’s traditional secret prescriptions with standard diet treatments.
Diet / Detox / Edema As dietary management becomes increasingly difficult and outdoor activity decreases, more people are finding weight management challenging. Many want to lose even a small amount of weight they have gained, but because of long-standing unhealthy lifestyle habits, even if they suddenly start an extreme diet, it often does not last and yo-yo weight regain occurs. Many people also complain of edema, in which fluid metabolism declines and the body easily becomes swollen and heavy. Therefore, even when losing weight, it should be done by choosing a wise approach based on an understanding of your own body. With the goal of a healthy diet that lasts without yo-yo weight regain, Kyunghee Ryu Korean Medicine Clinic provides safe and effective diet treatment by combining Hoechundang’s traditional secret prescriptions with standard diet treatments.
It is essential to first understand your constitution and remove toxins from the body Each person’s individual physical characteristics and health status are different. Not only the innate constitution, but also everyday eating habits, lifestyle habits and environment, and personal tendencies can all differ.
A body can easily become damp (濕), and its bioenergy metabolism may be constitutionally vulnerable to various forms of metabolic syndrome and obesity. In general, many people who have reached obesity have excessive toxin accumulation in the body. Because the body stores more fat in order to contain toxins, if intake is extremely restricted, more stress is placed on the body; even if fat is burned, toxins remain. Eventually, rebound occurs again, and the body produces fat again to protect itself from the relatively increased toxins, leading to yo-yo weight regain.
Therefore, at Kyunghee Ryu Korean Medicine Clinic, before obesity treatment, we help identify your constitutional vulnerabilities, find the root of obesity, and support weight loss together with detoxification so the vicious cycle of obesity can be broken.
Beauty begins with health. Seeking only external beauty, losing weight rapidly in a short period, and then regaining it through yo-yo weight regain is the worst diet pattern. A diet can be maintained for a long time only when it is understood not as an unpleasant assignment to finish quickly, but as a lifelong lifestyle modification with the goal of restoring the health of both body and mind. Obesity is the result of a health warning sign, and at the same time, obesity can further worsen health status.
When anyone gains more than an average amount of weight, related abnormal symptoms may appear throughout the body even if they do not want them to. Among patients who are overweight, chronic indigestion and constipation may lower gastrointestinal function, causing Seupdam (Damp-Phlegm, 濕痰) to accumulate in the body, and symptoms such as always feeling heavy, poor circulation, and swelling may accompany it. In many cases, binge eating as a way to relieve stress also causes obesity and depression to fall into a vicious cycle together.
Meanwhile, increased body weight can place a greater burden on the joints, which may lead to chronic pain. In women in particular, symptoms such as irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhea can appear. Therefore, managing weight is not only about following external standards of beauty; it is also necessary for health.
Why Am I Always Swollen? Edema (浮腫) Edema is a condition in which excess body fluid is retained in the spaces between cells. When edema is present in the skin or tissues, the area can look visibly swollen and feel puffy. Edema that is preceded by an underlying liver or kidney disease requires treatment of that condition, but the state many people describe along with obesity as “I swell easily” is usually idiopathic edema, for which an underlying causative disease cannot be identified in most cases.
Edema usually appears due to abnormal fluid metabolism, reduced blood circulation, gastrointestinal disorders, chronic pain, environmental factors such as standing or sitting for long periods, and lifestyle habits such as preferring salty and sweet foods. At Kyunghee Ryu Korean Medicine Clinic, we perform detailed body water testing to check the actual state of edema, distinguish between excess fat and abnormal fluid metabolism, and provide treatment accordingly.
If Only This Area Would Slim Down—Localized Obesity and Cellulite Even when working to lose weight, there can be specific areas where fat does not come off as expected. The areas vary depending on each person’s constitution and lifestyle habits, but the abdomen, thighs, flanks, back fat, calves, and upper arms are often problem areas. The reason fat does not come off easily in a specific area is related to impaired qi-blood circulation and impaired lymphatic circulation. In many cases, excessive cellulite has accumulated, with firm fibrosis progressing in a fat layer where blood circulation is poor. Cellulite refers to fibrotic fat formed by the combination of edema, fat, and connective tissue.
At Kyunghee Ryu Korean Medicine Clinic, we provide effective treatment through a combined approach, including Wild Ginseng Obesity Pharmacopuncture, fat-dissolving electroacupuncture, and high-frequency hyperthermia treatment to burn and break down fat in specific areas.