"herbal medicine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: herbal medicines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} herbal medicine (countable and uncountable, plural herbal medicines)
  1. A herbal drug or similar preparation. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: folk medicine, herbal tea, medicinal Translations (herbal drug or similar preparation): 草藥 (Chinese Mandarin), 草药 (cǎoyào) (Chinese Mandarin), yrttilääke (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-herbal_medicine-en-noun-RxRIYaaO Disambiguation of 'herbal drug or similar preparation': 97 3
  2. The practice of using herbs to treat medical conditions, especially as part of traditional medicine. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (practice of using herbs to treat medical conditions): 草藥 (Chinese Mandarin), 草药 (cǎoyào) (Chinese Mandarin), yrttilääkintä (Finnish), Pflanzenheilkunde [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-herbal_medicine-en-noun-ybV39~JA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of 'practice of using herbs to treat medical conditions': 2 98

Inflected forms

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