AKOM News
Contributed by Dr. Jewon Lee, Director of BM Korean Internal Medicine Clinic
: Peering into Internal Medicine, 27th
2025. 12. 17.
"If you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind."
- Lord Kelvin
"I'm extremely tired, and my vision is blurry in the morning. But do you actually treat diabetes here?"
A male patient in his 50s visited us. He had been taking medication for hyperlipidemia for 10 years and diabetes (Metformin, etc.) for 1 year. Yet, chronic fatigue, blurry morning vision, poor sleep, and neck pain persisted.
Despite his efforts with diet, his abdominal fat refused to budge.
Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) and diagnostic laboratory test results during the Type 2 Diabetes patient's treatment process
Vague Belief vs. Measured Data
The patient believed he was managing his health well.
The data showed otherwise.
Using a Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) and blood tests, we found that despite medication, his post-meal glucose variability was severe. His body was in a 'Pre-obese' state and diagnosed with 'Damp-Heat Syndrome' (濕熱證) in Korean Medicine.
Comparison of Ambulatory Glucose Profile (AGP) before and after treatment in a Type 2 Diabetes patient
Korean Medicine Proved by Numbers
The key to treatment was objectification.
- Diagnosis: Diagnosed with Damp-Heat (accumulation of waste and heat) and prescribed herbal medicine based on Bangpungtongseong-san.
- Decision: Advised stopping all chemical drugs to prevent hypoglycemia and treat the root cause.
- Verification: Used CGM to let the patient see his real-time glucose changes, empowering him to lead his own dietary correction.
Monthly glucose distribution (Box Plot) during the Type 2 Diabetes patient's treatment process
The Result: Health Shown in Data
After 146 days, the numbers were clear.
- • HbA1c: 6.1% (with meds) → 5.6% (Normal, without meds)
- • Weight: 69.1kg → 63.3kg (Mostly body fat loss)
- • Symptoms: Fatigue gone, vision cleared, sleep improved, belly fat reduced.
"I was skeptical at first, but this was the best choice I made this year."
It wasn't words that turned the patient's doubt into conviction; it was 'data'.
Medical devices in the Korean Medicine internist's clinic prove in numbers just how safe and effective Korean Medicine is.
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Peering into Internal Medicine 27 - AKOM News
“Diabetes treatment at a Korean Medicine clinic? I'm extremely tired, and my vision is blurry in the morning.”
The most powerful way to dispel prejudice against Korean Medicine and misunderstandings about Hanyak (Herbal medicine) is to express them as 'data' using medical devices.
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