FolkKB — the Folk Knowledge Base: a free, sourced reference on traditional medicine.

Traditional medicine, evidence-checked

What's traditionally used — and what the science says

Enter a plant or symptom. For each remedy: traditional use, evidence level, side effects and drug interactions.No treatment advice.

Works in any language: «зверобой» and «St. John's wort» lead to the same plant.

Every fact carries a source, an evidence grade and a safety check.

Find by symptom

Every claim links to a real, checkable reference.

Findings graded A–D by strength of evidence.

Toxicity and drug interactions are surfaced, never hidden.

Read every plant in eight languages.

EuropeWestern phytotherapyEuropean & North-American herbal practice.

ChinaTraditional ChineseCenturies of Chinese materia medica.

IndiaAyurvedaThe classical medicine of South Asia.

KoreaKorean (Hanbang)The Korean traditional-medicine tradition.

ThailandThai traditionalThai herbal pharmacopoeia plants.

Russia / NISRussian / post-SovietSlavic folk and post-Soviet herbal use.