Q I've been bloated and stuffy in the epigastrium for years. Can I really become comfortable like before? How long does treatment usually take?
A Even long-standing damjeok can become much more comfortable once stomach motility revives. Treatment usually continues steadily for 1-3 months, aiming for a noticeable reduction in stuffiness and whole-body fatigue.
Detailed Answer
Even chronically hardened damjeok gradually resolves stuffiness and whole-body fatigue as stomach motility revives when proper treatment and dietary correction go together. However, it does not change overnight; typically bloating starts to decrease after about a month, and with two to three months of steady care you can expect to live comfortably in daily life.
Korean Medicine Clinic Perspective
Long-standing damjeok can lead to a heoro (deficiency-fatigue) state where the stomach's energy is depleted, so along with releasing the stagnation, it's important to raise the weakened baseline strength of the spleen-stomach. Rather than stopping at symptom relief, we regard recovery as creating a stomach where waste doesn't accumulate again.
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