Korean Medicine
Digestive Diseases
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“Comfortable stomach, healthy life treated with Korean medicine!”
Introduction
In Korean medicine, the spleen is an important organ that controls the nutrient metabolism of our body, including food intake, digestion, absorption, and excretion, including the functions of the digestive tract and pancreas.
Department of Digestive Diseases is a specialized department that treats diseases of the digestive system from the oral cavity to the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and anus.
With a focus on oral diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, and pancreatic diseases, we have a specialized treatment system for chronic fatigue, immune reinforcement, and dietary allergies. Comprehensive treatment using herbal medicine, acupuncture, electro-acupuncture, herbal acupuncture, moxibustion, thermal treatment, and chuna therapy based on objective Korean medicine diagnosis such as gastric rate (gastrointestinal function) test, autonomic nerve function evaluation, digital tongue image test and salivation test is made.
In particular, we are researching and developing various herbal preparations, such as soft extracts and granules, which are convenient to carry and take.Special clinics include gastroenterology clinic, oral disease clinic, chronic fatigue clinic, and Korean medicine cancer treatment clinic.
The Department of Digestive Diseases provides objective diagnosis and effective treatment for functional gastrointestinal diseases, and improves the quality of life by providing the best treatment through efficient management of intractable gastrointestinal diseases and cooperation at all stages.
Medical Fields
Digestive disorders
- Esophageal diseases: heartburn, foreign body sensation in the throat, reflux cough, dysphagia [gastric esophagitis]
- Stomach disease: indigestion, gastric incompetence [functional dyspepsia, atrophic gastritis, gastroparesis, gastric effusion]
- Intestinal diseases: chronic diarrhea, constipation [irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis), leaky bowel syndrome]
- Pancreatic diseaseOral disease
- Tongue pain, dry mouth, bad breath, recurrent stomatitis, taste abnormality, temporomandibular joint pain [burning mouth syndrome, Sjogren's syndrome, Behcet's disease]Chronic Fatigue Clinic
- Immune reinforcement, weakness of the elderly, health of examinees, loss of appetite [chronic fatigue syndrome, food allergy]Korean Medicine Cancer Treatment Clinic
- Reinforcement of cancer immunity, sequelae of cancer (anorexia, indigestion) [digestive cancer (stomach cancer, colorectal cancer, esophageal cancer), oral cancer]Features
Objective diagnosis and effective treatment for functional gastrointestinal diseases
Functional gastrointestinal disease is a chronic disease that causes bloating and abdominal pain after eating without any organic cause related to the symptoms. Endoscopy, abdominal ultrasound, and CT scans do not reveal any specific cause, but symptoms persist and recur in many cases.
In the Digestive Diseases department, gastric rate (gastrointestinal function) test and basic Korean medicine tests (suyangmyung meridian function test, i infrared thermography, yangdorak test and pulse conduction test) are performed to evaluate the systemic condition and identify the type of disease, and then, intestinal hypersensitivity It seeks to relieve symptoms through effective herbal treatment, such as stabilizing the senses and restoring the motility of the digestive tract.Improving quality of life through efficient management of intractable gastrointestinal diseases
Autoimmune diseases such as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, Behcet's disease, and Sjogren's syndrome are chronic diseases with recurrent symptoms with no clear cause.
The Digestive Diseases department classifies the severity of each disease and the degree of response to the existing drug treatment, and provides appropriate Korean medicine treatment for each patient in parallel. It raises the quality of life and self-healing ability.Providing the best treatment through cooperation at all stages
In the case of a need for professional examination and treatment for a more precise diagnosis in the course of treatment, Kyung Hee Medical Center provides the best medical care through cooperative treatment with professional professors.
