Post-Cholecystectomy Recovery

Digestive symptoms after gallbladder removal mostly improve as the body adapts, but in some cases they persist for a long time. If post-meal diarrhea, bloating, or abdominal pain is still clear months later, or if you keep losing weight, a checkup at the hospital where you had surgery is needed first to rule out bile acid malabsorption or other digestive issues. If such problems are ruled out and it's simply delayed adaptation, care that builds digestive strength alongside a low-fat diet can help.

Our Korean Medicine Clinic's Perspective

For delayed digestive adaptation once abnormalities have been ruled out, Dongjedang focuses on stabilizing the disrupted digestive flow and restoring depleted energy. When digestion becomes comfortable and the flow is regulated, diarrhea and bloating often decrease -- so we take a step-by-step approach, stabilizing digestion first and then restoring energy to support adaptation.