Q I'm looking for somewhere to go near Dong-gu, Incheon. How does the first consultation proceed?
A At the first visit, we listen in detail to which substance, when, and which area reacts, along with your occupation, lifestyle, and eating habits, and examine your skin and overall body condition. Based on that, we decide together on the pattern diagnosis, treatment plan, herbal prescription, and lifestyle guidance.
Detailed Answer
When you first come, we ask thoroughly and examine which area reacts and how when you contact a given substance, as well as your occupation, lifestyle environment, and your diet, sleep, and stress. If there are medications you are applying or taking, or substances you suspect as the cause, we take those into account as well. Based on this, we guide you on a treatment direction and lifestyle management method suited to your body's condition.
Korean Medicine Clinic Perspective
Even for the same contact dermatitis, the prescription differs depending on whether it is spleen-stomach damp-heat with severe oozing, or blood-heat with strong redness. At Dongjedang, we consider it important to grasp that person's pattern diagnosis fully at the first visit and to establish a plan tailored to the oversensitized internal root cause along with avoiding the causative substance, rather than merely suppressing the skin.
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