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Meniere's Disease
Jang-Hyuk Choi, KMD
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동제당한의원·Jang-Hyuk Choi, KMDHead Doctor
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Q I'm taking a diuretic but I keep having vertigo attacks. Can Korean medicine treatment additionally help?

A Diuretics help lower endolymphatic pressure, but there are limits to how much they can fundamentally regulate water metabolism. Korean medicine treatment addresses the underlying causes within the body that produce fluid retention, helping with the residual attacks and decline in well-being that diuretics alone struggle to control.

Detailed Answer

Diuretics (such as hydrochlorothiazide-class drugs) are a first-line medication for Meniere's disease and help reduce attack frequency by suppressing excessive endolymph production. However, depending on constitution and lifestyle, the effect may be limited, or attacks may continue to recur even during use. In such cases, a stricter low-salt diet, stress management, and additional medications (corticosteroid injections, intratympanic gentamicin injection) are considered.

Korean Medicine Clinic Perspective

At Dongjedang, we believe that if attacks continue despite taking a diuretic, we must address the Spleen-Stomach function and Kidney deficiency that produce the fluid retention, going beyond merely suppressing symptoms. Using herbal formulas of the Taeksa-tang (Alisma decoction) and Banha-baekchul-cheonma-tang (Pinellia, Atractylodes and Gastrodia decoction) families, we resolve phlegm-fluid and restore water circulation, taken together with the diuretic but spaced apart in timing. The process of tapering the diuretic is also carried out step by step in communication with the patient's attending physician.

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동제당한의원 Care

Meniere's Disease is not just a simple symptom

Korean medicine that considers both your constitution and lifestyle rhythm treats the root cause.

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