Recovery through treatment is possible even in chronic states where PTSD symptoms have persisted for years. Prolonged exposure therapy and EMDR have proven effective even decades after the trauma. Korean medicine treatment first creates a bodily state in which you can concentrate on psychotherapy, through restoring sleep and easing hyperarousal. The longer the chronic state, the longer treatment may take, but there is no reason to give up because you feel it's too late.

Our Korean Medicine Clinic's Perspective

At Dongjedang, we believe that even in a chronic state of disharmony between heart and kidney lasting three years, it is possible to lower the baseline level of autonomic arousal with prescriptions aimed at tonifying the heart and calming the spirit and at benefiting the kidney. At first we focus on improving sleep and physical symptoms, and once these stabilize we move on to the stage of building psychological resilience. Progressing one step at a time is a realistic goal.