Q I went well while taking herbal medicine, but got blocked again after stopping. Do I have to take medicine for life?
A If the effect only lasts while taking herbal medicine, your bowel motility has not recovered enough yet. With more consistent treatment, you can reach a state that is maintained even after stopping the medicine.
Detailed Answer
Early in treatment, defecation improves through the direct effect of herbal medicine, but that alone may not fully restore the bowel's ability to move on its own. Usually, even after symptoms improve, one to two more months of stabilization treatment must continue to reach a state maintained after stopping the medicine.
Korean Medicine Clinic Perspective
Dongjedang's goal is not to make you take medicine for life, but to restore a state where the bowel works on its own so you can stop the medicine. We divide the recovery into an improvement phase and a stabilization phase, regarding building an inside that does not collapse after stopping as the standard of recovery.
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