Blog & Columns
Useful information about health and Korean medicine.
Total 23 posts
Why Sinusitis Is So Stubborn to Heal
The nose gets blocked in both, but rhinitis and sinusitis are different diseases. Sinusitis has a closed space, and the problem lies in the pressure and drainage inside it.
The Longer You've Been Ill, the Less You Notice Getting Better
Bad days stay and good days slip away. So you're improving and it feels like standing still. That isn't weak-mindedness — memory is simply built that way.
The Body That Stiffens With Age — Can It Be Reversed
Aging is a process in which tissue stiffens as cells are no longer newly made. Rather than trying to force it into reverse, I look toward stimulating the body to clean and repair itself.
When Even a Light Touch Hurts
There is a pain so severe that even the brush of a collar is hard to bear. Tests come back normal, and painkillers barely work. In cases like this, I look not at the spot where it hurts, but at the spot where a nerve is being compressed.
When It Keeps Going Better Then Worse — What Did You Do on the Good Day?
Recovery doesn't arrive in a straight line. But the ups and downs usually have a reason. Overdoing it on the good day and collapsing the next — that loop is the commonest one.
Is a Strong Medicine a Good Medicine?
The wish for a medicine that works for sure is only natural. But in long-standing illness, I often see that pushing hard actually slows recovery down.
What Herbal Medicine Can Help With, and What It Can't
Herbal medicine works on regulation. So it reaches what came from regulation going unsteady, and reaches less far into structure already damaged. Here is where that line falls.
When Every Hospital Gives a Different Diagnosis
Three clinics, three names, and you wonder who is wrong. They may all be right. A diagnosis is a cross-section seen through one window — lay them out in order of time and a single thread can appear.
The older the illness, the smaller the first goal — what to take on first
Set one big goal in the face of a long-standing illness and you won't feel the small gains, and you'll tire. On what to take on first — and why I usually start with sleep.
Why Lifestyle Management Is Half the Treatment in Chronic Illness
The longer you have had an illness, the more each day outside the clinic matters. Here is where to start.
Even a Disease That Won't Heal Has an Order — Why I Look at the Mechanism Again
A long-standing illness that won't heal no matter how many hospitals you visit. I explain why I redraw the entire path the disease has traveled, rather than listing symptoms again.