Q If I take a chronic fatigue tonic for a long time, will I build tolerance or will something accumulate in my body?
A A properly prescribed herbal tonic has no tolerance or dependency. Since it's a prescription that replenishes Qi-Blood, there's no accumulating property either. However, it's important to have follow-up visits every 3 months to check for changes and adjust the prescription.
Detailed Answer
An herbal tonic is a prescription that fills the Qi-Blood your body lacks, and once sufficiently replenished, it's no longer needed. It doesn't have the property of caffeine where tolerance builds and you need more and more over time. However, using the same prescription for too long may cause what's already replenished to overflow, so it's important to adjust the prescription at a follow-up visit after 3 months.
Our Korean Medicine Clinic's Perspective
At Dongjedang Korean Medicine Clinic, we check whether the prescription still matches your current condition through regular follow-up visits during long-term treatment. As your condition improves, we reduce the strength of the prescription or lengthen the interval.
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