Q What exactly is the Detox Pill (Haedok-hwan)? Is it different from ordinary laxatives?
A The Detox Pill is an herbal pill formula independently developed by Dongjedang Korean Medicine Clinic based on Doinseunggi-tang. Rather than simply inducing bowel movements, it draws out waste and blood stasis accumulated in the gut through the bowel route, opening an exit for toxins. Unlike commercial laxatives, it is designed not to forcibly expel by irritating the gut, but to gently discharge stagnant waste in the gut.
Detailed Answer
The Detox Pill is an independent formula in which Dongjedang Korean Medicine Clinic reconstructed Doinseunggi-tang (桃仁承气湯)—a traditional formula that resolves blood stasis and smooths the gut—to suit a modern constitutional detox program. It discharges stagnant gut waste and blood-stasis residue through the colon route, expelling toxins from the body before they are reabsorbed into the bloodstream.
Korean Medicine Clinic Perspective
In Korean medicine, one major cause of weight gain and accumulated fatigue is "blood stasis and waste accumulated in the organs." The Detox Pill serves to open the discharge passage for this waste, forming one axis of Dongjedang's 3-axis detox system together with constitutional herbal medicine and Gamrosu.
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