medicinal herbs; plants used in traditional medicine
Refers to plants and herbs used in traditional East Asian medicine. Often appears in historical or technical contexts, such as 本草学 (herbalism) or 本草綱目 (Compendium of Materia Medica).
Herbalism is the traditional Chinese study of medicinal herbs.
Valuable medicinal herbs grow wild in this region.
pharmacognosy; herbalism; study of natural substances used in Chinese medicine
From Chinese 本草 (běncǎo), literally 'root herb', referring to the fundamental materia medica in traditional Chinese medicine.