Korean medicine on Garosu-gil, Sinsa
A Korean medicine clinic for women of every age. Dr. Kim Sohyung combines a body-type check, herbal medicine and gentle therapies, and listens to the stress behind the symptoms.
Open a few hours each day. Please check the hours below before you visit.
Treatments
Korean medicine looks at the whole body and mood together. Here are the main areas of care.
For Women who want care for the uterus and ovaries as a whole.
The doctor's own programme works in three parts: cleansing, warming and nourishing. A prescription is made for you one to one, using herbal medicine, acupuncture and warming therapy.
For Monthly pain, irregular periods or a constant feeling of cold.
Younger women are seen with their lifestyle, diet and stress in mind, because these often show up first in the cycle.
For Hot flushes, sweating, poor sleep, low mood or anxiety around menopause.
Care focuses on balancing the body and easing each person's own symptoms, with herbal medicine chosen for you.
For Mothers and daughters who would like to visit together.
Habits and constitution are often similar in a family. The clinic offers to plan care and lifestyle changes for both of you together.
For Anyone who prefers a classical, carefully made herbal prescription.
The clinic makes its herbal medicine itself, with carefully selected herbs and faithful to the classical formulas. Each prescription is matched to your body type and symptoms.
For Visitors who cannot wait at the clinic for their herbs.
Herbal medicine can be collected in person or sent by the clinic's dedicated herbal courier.
For Anyone who wants to know their body type before treatment.
A body composition test and infrared thermography (DITI) show how heat and balance are spread across the body. The doctor uses these results in your consultation.
For Pain, tension and symptoms the doctor links to your body type.
Acupuncture is chosen according to your constitution and symptoms.
For Anyone who wants acupuncture combined with herbal extracts.
Herbal extracts are applied at acupuncture points as part of your plan.
For Women who feel cold in the lower abdomen.
A warming treatment for the lower abdomen, included in the clinic's women's health programme.
For Weight, water retention and a heavy, sluggish feeling.
The programme is based on the idea that waste builds up in the body. It is arranged by body type: blood stasis, fluid retention or phlegm type, and aims at weight loss.
For Acne, melasma, redness and dry skin.
Skin is treated from the inside, together with women's health and the removal of build-up in the body.
For Women preparing for or recovering from pregnancy and birth.
The restorative clinic offers prenatal and postpartum herbal formulas, based on the doctor's family formulas and her herbal research.
For Anyone who wants a gentle boost to their energy.
Gongjindan is a traditional tonic pill made from several herbs. The clinic also offers other herbal tonics.
Your doctor
Representative director, doctor of Korean medicine (herbology)
"Family formulas, a passion for herbal medicine and a caring heart: this is how I practise."
How we work
You fill in a short history form, then have a body composition test and infrared thermography. The doctor plans your care from these results and your consultation.
The clinic has its own herbal research room and a wall of herbs, and makes its herbal medicine itself.
Acupuncture and other therapies are given in quiet treatment rooms, with a lounge for waiting.
For international visitors
Book online or by phone. The clinic is open a few hours each day, so check the hours first.
At reception you complete a short form about your past health and your current condition.
A body composition test and infrared thermography come first. Then you talk with Dr. Kim about your symptoms and goals.
You receive treatment that suits your body type. Herbal medicine can be collected in person or sent by the clinic's herbal courier.
This page does not confirm which languages the clinic speaks. Please ask when you book.
The clinic
Your visit
Monday 13:00 to 15:00 (please confirm by phone)
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10:00 to 15:00
Saturday 10:00 to 15:00
Closed Wednesday, Sunday and public holidays
Sinsa Station (Line 3), exit 8, then along Garosu-gil
Please check the hours before you visit
Send a short message about what is bothering you. The clinic can tell you how a first visit works.
Phone +82-2-544-6500