This gallery introduces about 300 types of medicines used in the Oriental Medicine. Medicinal sources are often divided into three categories; medicinal herbs, minerals & resins, and animals & bugs. Generally speaking,medicinal herbs refer to a medicinal plant, which contains certain ingredients that can be actually used for a prevention and treatment of a disease. Roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and barks of diverse plants are applied in the Korean Medicine. Minerals as mentioned in this website mean rocks or crystals that used to be adopted for medical use. The third category refers to mammals and bugs that have medicinal elements.
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