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Korean herbal medicine: 234 remedies and formulas, graded by evidence

Korean medicine shares most of its materia medica with Chinese practice and then diverges in formulation and in emphasis, with Sasang constitutional theory having no close Chinese equivalent. Many of these pages also appear on the Traditional Chinese Medicine hub, which is accurate rather than duplicative: the herb is shared and the use is documented in both. The Korean name is given where it is the one in clinical use.

AA — consistent trial evidence1

BB — some trial evidence16

CC — limited or mixed evidence36

DD — little evidence beyond tradition11

–Insufficient evidence163

–Not yet graded7

Not every remedy names a tradition. Browse the full A–Z index for all 3,787 remedies, including the 255 with no recorded tradition.