Q What habits can I build to reduce stomach aches, constipation, and diarrhea?
A Keeping regular meal times, getting enough sleep, daily light exercise, and managing stress are the key habits. Drinking enough water and reducing spicy foods and overeating can make as much difference as medication.
Detailed Answer
The gut loves routine. Eating at similar times each day, sleeping enough, and doing regular exercise like walking or stretching stabilizes bowel rhythm. Drinking plenty of water helps those with constipation-dominant IBS, and cutting back on caffeine, alcohol, greasy and spicy food, and overeating is the foundation. Most importantly, having your own way to release stress as it happens makes a big difference.
Korean Medicine Perspective
Lifestyle improvement and bowel function recovery work best together. As Korean medicine treatment regulates the spleen and stomach, building habits one by one leads to a state of comfort that can be maintained for a long time without symptoms.
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