Q What should I prepare before the consultation?
A If you note your bowel movement frequency over the past 1–2 weeks, the form of your stool, the laxatives you take and their amount, and your eating and hydration patterns, the consultation will be faster and more accurate.
Detailed Answer
It helps greatly if you organize how often you go, whether your stool is hard, thin, or leaves a feeling of incomplete emptying, and which laxatives you take and how much. Bringing your daily food and water intake, usual exercise level, bowel movement times, and any recent test results allows for a more accurate consultation.
Oriental Medicine Clinic Perspective
Such records are not merely about frequency—they are clues to the bowel motility, pelvic coordination, and degree of laxative dependence hidden behind constipation. The more thorough the preparation, the more precise a treatment direction we can set at the first visit.
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