Q Are there foods I should avoid while taking Gyeongokgo?
A While taking Gyeongokgo, it's best to cut back on spicy, stimulating foods, fried foods, alcohol, and coffee. These foods raise internal heat and deplete fluids, interfering with Gyeongokgo's effect. Raw radish and radish juice also break down tonic ingredients, so avoid those as well.
Detailed Answer
Gyeongokgo is a tonic that moistens the body. Spicy, stimulating food, fried food, alcohol, and coffee raise internal heat and deplete fluids, cutting Gyeongokgo's effectiveness in half. If your dryness is severe, increasing water intake and drinking lukewarm water or honey water often can boost Gyeongokgo's effect.
Our Korean Medicine Clinic's Perspective
At Dongjedang, we also give dietary advice when prescribing Gyeongokgo. Adding moisture-replenishing foods to your regular diet — lotus root, pear, Chinese yam, black sesame — helps enhance Gyeongokgo's effect.
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