Published Date : Mar 17, 2014 / Edited Date : Jul 29, 2024
Photo of the entrance to Seoul Yangnyeong Market featuring a hanok with tiled pillars
Red ginseng and medicinal herbs are placed in display boxes in front of a medicinal herb store in Seoul Yangnyeong Market.
Drug stores on the street are lined up, and there are medicinal herbs on the shelves in front of each store.
Herbal medicines in sacks
Seoul Yangnyeong Market is one of the most famous oriental medicine markets in Korea. The market slowly started to establish itself in the late 1960s when small medicinal herbs stores started opening one by one. Today, the market has grown to become the nation's largest oriental medicine market, and 70 percent of the oriental medicine traded in Korea goes through here. Because the market is able to minimize distribution costs, the medicinal herbs sold here cost around 30 percent cheaper than elsewhere.
When you enter Seoul Yangnyeong Market, you are immediately struck by the unique fragrances of oriental medicine. All Korean medicinal herbs can be found here including several types of ginseng, dates, milk vetch roots, as well as a variety of herbal medicine preparations for maintaining good health. More than 800 oriental medicine shops and clinics are located in this area.
Seoul Yangnyeong Market is one of the most famous oriental medicine markets in Korea. The market slowly started to establish itself in the late 1960s when small medicinal herbs stores started opening one by one. Today, the market has grown to become the nation's largest oriental medicine market, and 70 percent of the oriental medicine traded in Korea goes through here. Because the market is able to minimize distribution costs, the medicinal herbs sold here cost around 30 percent cheaper than elsewhere.
Frequently Asked Questions about Seoul Yangnyeong Market
The Seoul Yangnyeong Market, the center of oriental medicine distribution, houses the Oriental Medicine Museum. At this museum, artifacts related to oriental medicine and various medicinal herbs are on display. In addition to the exhibition room, there is an oriental medicine rest area where visitors can relax while drinking herbal tea as well as learn about their health and ailments. The museum is closed every Monday.
Address
02570 10, Yangnyeongjungang-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul
Transportation
Subway Line 1, Jegi-dong Station, Exit 2 (15m on foot, 1-minute walk)
Fellow herbal medicine lovers, be sure to make a special stop at this expansive open market in Seoul for all things medicinal, it would bring you a world on wonder! I could not believe my eyes with...
meyung2019-12-11
Herb and health food market
Huge market specifically selling herbs and health foods.
It's interesting to take a look.
Close from Metro #1 Jegidong Station and connected to Gyeongdong Market.
590jhl2019-06-21
Amazing looking herbs
Walking around Yangnyeonsi Market, the unique smells from each shop are just amazing. It’s interesting to see the exotic herbs, strange looking barks & roots that you have never seen or smelled...
sin42jjg2015-12-01
Not really a place for tourist
I went there as I thought it was would be full of Asian herbs. However the market is a lot smaller then what I expected and only a small section was lively. Beside, many cars and pedestrians were in...
SunnyC32014-06-03
Great prices and good food stands
My wife and I visited to buy gifts for friends and family back in the US. We wondered around and found many small gifts. Remember you can negotiate the prices. My wife is Korean and maybe that...
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