herbal medicine

English

Noun

herbal medicine (countable and uncountable, plural herbal medicines)

1. A herbal drug or similar preparation.
2. The practice of using herbs to treat medical conditions, especially as part of traditional medicine.

   Hypernym: herbalism (sometimes synonymous)

Related terms

• folk medicine
• herbal tea
• medicinal

 

Translations

herbal drug or similar preparation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 草藥／草药 (zh) (cǎoyào)

• Finnish: yrttilääke
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

practice of using herbs to treat medical conditions

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 草藥／草药 (zh) (cǎoyào)

• Finnish: yrttilääkintä
• German: Pflanzenheilkunde f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

herbalism — see herbalism