Q If I take herbal medicine for dizziness long-term, will I develop tolerance or strain my body?
A Herbal medicine prescribed to match your constitution and condition is not a drug that causes tolerance or accumulates in the body. However, since your condition keeps changing, it is safer to adjust the prescription through regular visits rather than taking the same medicine indefinitely.
Detailed Answer
Herbal medicine is not a tolerance-building drug that requires ever-increasing doses. However, as your body recovers, the prescription needed also changes, so rather than blindly taking the same medicine long-term, it is better to adjust it according to progress. In particular, if you have hypertension, heart, or kidney disease, or are taking multiple medications together, this should be confirmed and accounted for during consultation for safety.
Our Korean Medicine Clinic's Perspective
At Dongjedang, we check your constitution, deficiency/excess pattern, and circulatory state at each visit through pulse diagnosis and consultation, prescribing only as much as needed. As treatment moves from the stage of replenishing upward-lifting energy to the stage of balancing circulation, the prescription changes accordingly, allowing safe management without straining the body.
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