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herbal medicine

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌherbal ˈmedicine noun  1. [uncountable]MAHBP the practice of treating illness using plants 草药治疗法,草药医学2. [countable, uncountable]MDHBP medicine made from plants 草药
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herbal medicineBloodletting is popular among the doctors and apothecaries, but herbal medicine, witchcraft and spells are rampant in the general population.The widow, a Quaker, would seem to have been a devotee of herbal medicine and various other quack cures.They studied herbal medicine as an alternative to the drugs of the medical profession.The good doctor Guruji treats madness with herbal medicine in a village near Delhi.
ˌherbal ˈmedicine nounChineseSyllable
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herbal medicine
ˌherbal ˈmedicine noun
1. [uncountable] the practice of treating illness using plants
2. [uncountable and countable] medicine made from plants