Definition of Herbal therapy

1. Noun. The use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet).

Exact synonyms: Botanical Medicine, Phytotherapy
Category relationships: Flora, Plant, Plant Life
Generic synonyms: Therapy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Herbal Therapy

herb tea
herb teas
herba impia
herbaceous
herbaceous plant
herbaceousness
herbage
herbaged
herbages
herbal
herbal medicine
herbal supplement
herbal supplements
herbal tea
herbal teas
herbal therapy (current term)
herbalism
herbalisms
herbalist
herbalistic
herbalists
herball
herbals
herbar
herbaria
herbarial
herbarian
herbarians
herbaries
herbarist

Literary usage of Herbal therapy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to the History of Medicine: With Medical Chronology by Fielding Hudson Garrison (1921)
"... on the treatise of Dioscorides, which is the historic source of most of our herbal therapy, even of the famous medieval substitutes for anesthesia. ..."

2. Chronicle of Progress by Ibrahim Abed, Paula Casey-Vine, Abdullah Al Jabali (1996)
"... opened the first Islamic medicine and herbal therapy centre in the country. 23 January: Sheikh Zayed, who was visiting Pakistan, held talks with the ..."

3. Critical Needs for Research in Veterinary Science by National Research Council (U. S.) (2005)
"... acupuncture, chiropractic, and herbal therapy). An increasing number of companion-animal owners and veterinarians are using complementary therapies in a ..."

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