Koryo medicine is part of national heritage of the Koreans, which is advantageous in treatment methods and efficacy.

A large number of medical institutions actively apply the Koryo therapy and folk remedies like acupuncture, moxibustion and cupping, using Koryo medicines made with fruits of medicinal trees and medicinal plants in treatment.

The principle, characters and advantages of Koryo medicine are deeply studied to put the means and methods of Koryo medical treatment on a scientific and modern basis.

Efforts for writing treatises and introducing new technologies and inventions to develop Koryo medicine gain momentum, thus resulting in good theoretical and practical successes.

The public health service sector introduced strict system and methodologies into increasing the proportion of Koryo therapy in medical treatment.