Medicinal Herb Cultivation Areas in Sancheong for the healthy mind and soul

Medicinal Herb Cultivation Areas in Sancheong for the healthy mind and soul









Chosun.com Media Report Team media@chosun.com

Medicinal herbs have long played a pivotal role in the oriental society, but for western foreigners, everything about the field might sound new.

Visit the Medicinal Herb Cultivation Areas in Sancheong, Gyeongnam, where you can learn all that you need to know about the mysterious plants. Located near Mt. Jiri (1,915 m) - the second highest mountain in Korea - Sancheong is known as the home of herbs. Let's take a quick peek!

<Photo One - Sancheong is known as the home of medicinal herbs>

At the Medicinal Herb Cultivation Areas, there is the Sancheong Oriental Medicinal Herb Institute, founded to boost research on the plants. An exhibition hall along with experience equipments are open to the public.

The soothing aroma of medicinal herbs fills the air. It's highly difficult to learn all the effects of each herb, but here, you can start one step at a time; note that the tour will come in handy some day in the future.

If you are interested in treating yourself with some oriental medicine, take a short trip to the medicinal herb market, where you can buy all the best local products at a low price.

<Photo Two - Learn more about medicinal herbs at the Sancheong Oriental Medicinal Herb Institute>

If you are seeking for an individualized check-up, console with an expert here and find out what herbs suit you best.

You never know the effects of medicinal herbs before you try them out yourself! Have a bite of the medicinal herb full-course meal.

The meal is consisted of 30 different side dishes, including boiled pork, grilled fish, vegetables and seasoned herbs. The best part is that the course normally doesn't cost more than 10,000 won!

 

<Photo Three - Enjoy a variety of medicinal herb full-course meals in Sancheong>

The Sancheong Medicinal Herb Festival is annually held in Sancheong, where the plants are collectively cultivated. The experience-based festival is filled with a variety of programs in which you can personally collect herbs to make dishes and drinks.

 

<Photo Four - Sancheong Medicinal Herb Festival is annually held near the Medicinal Herb Cultivation Areas>

To learn more about Sancheong, visit the website at: www.sancheong.go.kr

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