herbal medicine

English Thesaurus

1. the use of medicinal herbs to prevent or treat disease or promote health (noun.act)

hypernym	:	alternative medicine,
definition	:	the practice of medicine without the use of drugs; may involve herbal medicines or self-awareness or biofeedback or acupuncture (noun.act)

2. a medicine made from plants and used to prevent or treat disease or promote health (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine,
definition	:	(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease (noun.artifact)