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When Bigger Mood Swings Mean Your Body Sways Too

Dr. Dr. Heo Ji-young, Director of Kyunghee Meerae Korean Medicine Clinic, Gwangjin
의료 감수 Dr. Heo Ji-young Representative Director · KMD

If your body sways along whenever your moods swing more, it is because the autonomic nervous system processes emotions and the body along the same path.

The brain regions in charge of emotion and the autonomic control centers are closely connected. So on days when you feel anxious or on edge, those signals are transmitted directly to the heart and the stomach.

  • When your mood sinks, digestion falters
  • On edgy days, your chest feels tight

At times like these, I do not look at the mind alone or the body alone; I examine the balance of the autonomic nervous system together with them.

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Dr. Dr. Heo Ji-young, Director of Kyunghee Meerae Korean Medicine Clinic, Gwangjin

Dr. Heo Ji-young Representative Director · KMD

A graduate of the College of Korean Medicine at Kyung Hee University, with master's and doctoral degrees in pathology — the mechanisms of disease — from its graduate school. Later served as a research professor in the university's Herbology department, studying medicinal substances. Studying both disease and medicine from both sides is the foundation of this practice: explaining "why a given medicine works for a given illness" in the language of both pathology and pharmacology. Explains autonomic, chronic, and intractable conditions — and structural problems of the body — in the language of modern science, and proposes treatment matched to the cause. Has taught prescribing and clinical practice to Korean medicine doctors for over ten years, and is a co-author of "Korean Medicine, Explained by Korean Medicine Doctors," selected for the 2018 Sejong Books list (general category).

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