Koryo medicines can be divided into botanical, animal and mineral ones according to their medicinal materials. Among them, the botanical ones take a large part.

Koryo medicinal materials including insam (ginseng), forest asiabell, fruit of matrimony vine contain various vitamins, minerals and microelements which are good for people's health. Those materials help improve the function of all the organs and systems of human body.

The Koryo medicines made of fruits of Schizandra chininsis and insam are helpful to straining the central nervous system, improving thinking and memory, relieving fatigue quickly and increasing the mental and physical activities by making metabolism vigorous.

In particular, Koryo medicines can be used to treat not only the sore region but also the whole body in a comprehensive way because they contain various medicinal materials.

There are more than 1 500 kinds of Koryo medicinal materials in Korea.