Q Which foods especially worsen damjeok? I want to know what to avoid.
A Greasy food, flour and instant foods, cold and sweet foods, and overeating are the main ones. Eating fast also increases the stomach's burden. Just eating slowly and in small amounts and moving lightly after meals reduces stagnation.
Detailed Answer
Greasy, slowly-digested foods, flour, instant and processed foods, and cold and sweet foods easily stagnate as waste in the stomach, increasing dameum. Overeating large amounts at once and gulping food down also burden the stomach and accumulate sikjeok.
Korean Medicine Clinic Perspective
In Korean medicine, we recommend chewing slowly and thoroughly and eating in small amounts to reduce the stomach's burden, and taking a light walk after meals so the spleen-stomach's energy circulates well. The more frequent the irritating foods, the more important stomach resilience becomes, so raising transport function through treatment builds the strength to endure so the stomach stagnates less even after unavoidable meals.
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