herbal medicine

English

Noun

herbal medicine (countable and uncountable, plural herbal medicines)

1. An 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