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- Dictionaryherb·al med·i·cine/ˌ(h)ərbəl ˈmedəsən/
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- 1. the study or practice of the medicinal and therapeutic use of plants; herbalism.
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Herbal medicine is the study of pharmacognosy and the use of medicinal plants, which are a basis of traditional medicine. With worldwide research into pharmacology, some herbal medicines have been translated into modern remedies, such as the anti-malarial group of drugs called artemisinin isolated from Artemisia annua, a herb that was known in Chinese medicine to treat fever. There is limited scie... Wikipedia