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Hello, this is Dalimchae Korean Medicine Clinic. # When I eat food my stomach feels completely blocked a herbal solution for a stuffy stomach When you finish a meal, do you often feel like a heavy stone is sitting in your stomach, completely blocking it and making you feel stuffy? Many people commonly complain of the feeling that their stomach is blocked right after eating, but because special abnormalities are not found in tests, many feel even more frustrated. Do you pass it off lightly saying "I naturally have poor digestion" or endure chronic discomfort while relying only on digestive medicine? This may be an important signal sent by our body beyond simple discomfort. 💡 **[Key Answer]** 3 most common causes of 'My stomach feels blocked when I eat': ① **Impaired gastrointestinal motility:** When the peristaltic movement of the stomach and intestines is not smooth and food stagnates. ② **Damjeok (Phlegm accumulation):** When waste (Dam-eum) accumulates on the outer wall of the stomach, lowering stomach function. ③ **Autonomic imbalance:** When abnormalities occur in the autonomic nervous system responsible for digestion due to stress, etc. Dalimchae Korean Medicine Clinic restores stomach function and treats the root cause through **gut detoxification** and **autonomic stabilization**. ## Why does my stomach feel blocked when I eat? Is it really Damjeok? Yes, 'Damjeok' can be suspected as one of the main causes of chronic indigestion and bloating. Our body's digestive system goes through a complex process of consuming food, absorbing nutrients, and excreting waste. When a problem occurs in this process, the motility of the stomach and intestines decreases, and undigested waste accumulates. In Korean medicine, this waste hardens on the outer wall of the stomach and causes decreased stomach function, which is called 'Damjeok'. When Damjeok accumulates, it affects not only the stomach mucosa but also the muscle layer, blood vessels, and nerves, hindering stomach peristalsis and inhibiting digestive enzyme secretion. Due to this, a stuffy feeling as if the stomach is blocked right after eating, epigastric pain, stomach bloating, frequent burping, and even headaches or dizziness can accompany it. General endoscopy tests can only check for abnormalities in the stomach mucosa, making it difficult to discover the problem of Damjeok. For this reason, the situation where test results are 'normal' but the patient continues to suffer repeats. ## What treatments are helpful when the stomach feels stuffy and bloated? Chronic indigestion where the stomach feels blocked right after eating should aim for fundamental recovery of stomach function beyond simple symptom alleviation. In Korean medicine, meaningful improvement effects on this functional dyspepsia have been shown through acupuncture and herbal medicine treatments. In 2015, at the World Congress of Gastroenterology, a research team from Gangdong Kyung Hee University Korean Medicine Hospital and Harvard Medical School (Professors Park Jae-woo, Ko Seok-jae, Braden Kuo) jointly presented research results that drew attention. As a result of conducting acupuncture treatment 8 times in total over 4 weeks for 76 adult men and women with functional dyspepsia, the treatment group achieved a **60% symptom improvement rate** compared to the control group. In particular, significant improvements were confirmed in upper abdominal discomfort, burning sensation, postprandial fullness (gas retention), and burping. This study suggested that acupuncture treatment provides an important opportunity to establish objective treatment evidence for functional dyspepsia. In addition, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis by the Kyung Hee University research team published in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology in 2025, the herbal medicine 'Yukgunja-tang' was effective and safe in treating patients with atrophic gastritis. Analyzing 22 randomized controlled trials (total 2,086 patients), Yukgunja-tang alone or combined with Western medical treatment **significantly improved overall clinical efficacy rates** compared to Western medical treatment alone. In particular, it confirmed contributions to improving gastrointestinal function, such as increasing Helicobacter pylori eradication effects and increasing pepsinogen I and gastrin-17 levels. This suggests that herbal medicine treatment can also have a positive effect on chronic indigestion caused by decreased stomach function such as Damjeok. Based on these data, the Songdo branch of Dalimchae Korean Medicine Clinic aims for treatments that strengthen stomach function itself and restore autonomic balance to increase digestive power, beyond simply prescribing digestive medicine. ## What is the gut detoxification treatment of Dalimchae Korean Medicine Clinic Songdo Branch? The Songdo branch of Dalimchae Korean Medicine Clinic performs **gut detoxification treatment** focusing on 'Damjeok' and 'gut-brain axis imbalance', which are the root causes of the symptom where the stomach feels blocked right after eating. Gut detoxification is a treatment principle that breaks the vicious cycle where toxins accumulated in the gut wall travel through the blood to create systemic inflammation, which in turn inhibits stomach function. Just as an overheated engine cannot function properly, our stomach also struggles to play its role when overloaded and toxins accumulate. The gut detoxification treatment of the Songdo branch restores stomach and intestinal function through the following steps: 1. **Precise Diagnosis:** Accurately diagnoses the patient's current stomach state and autonomic balance through stress tests, pulse wave tests, and body composition tests. 2. **Custom Herbal Medicine:** Prescribes custom herbal medicine tailored to the patient's constitution and symptoms to remove Damjeok, reinforce gastrointestinal motility, and promote digestive enzyme secretion. 3. **Acupuncture & Pharmacopuncture:** Stimulates stomach-related acupuncture points to aid qi and blood circulation, directly injecting medicinal ingredients with pharmacopuncture to relieve inflammation and activate digestive function. 4. **Lifestyle Guidance:** Provides concrete guidance on proper dietary habits and stress management to improve digestive function and prevent Damjeok recurrence.