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Useful information about health and Korean medicine.
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If You Are Especially Stiff in the Morning — A Body That Sets Overnight
Fascia stiffens when it goes without movement for a long time. We look at your sleeping posture together with the areas that stiffen.
When It Keeps Getting Better and Worse — The Waves of Recovery
Recovery does not come in a straight line but in waves. I look at the flow in units of weeks.
The Body Is a Single Fluid — Reading Pain Through Pressure
Sometimes no matter how closely you examine the place that hurts, no answer comes. In those moments I set the body down as one connected fluid, and I look at where pressure is being pushed from and to.
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.
When Your Hands and Feet Are Cold but Your Face Is Flushed
That sense of the upper and lower body working separately may be a sign that the up-and-down balance of circulation has broken.
People whose stomach hurts when they get nervous — the gut and the autonomic nervous system
It's not because you're oversensitive — it's because the gut and the autonomic nervous system are connected.
Why the Autonomic Nervous System Shakes the Whole Body — When a Single Control Panel Collapses
Why insomnia, palpitations, indigestion, and cold hands and feet come together. Explained through the balance of a control panel called the autonomic nervous system.
Forward Head Posture and a Tilted Pelvis Are Not Just Neck and Lower-Back Problems
The body is a single connected structure. When one part goes out of alignment, the strain spreads up and down.
When Your Heart Is Normal but You Still Feel Palpitations
It's the autonomic nervous system that regulates your heartbeat. You can have palpitations even when there's nothing wrong with your heart.
Why Not Losing Weight Isn't a Matter of Willpower
There are bodies that store even when eating the same amount. Weight is the result; the cause is the flow of metabolism.
What Herbal Medicine Can Help With, and What It Cannot
I answer honestly the question of whether herbal medicine can cure.
When Every Hospital Gives a Different Diagnosis, What Should You Believe?
Different diagnoses aren't necessarily wrong — they may simply be looking from a different angle.