Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A medicinal preparation composed mainly of herbal or vegetable matter.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
galenic . - noun Any preparation made from vegetable substances by simple physical means, as by infusion, decoction, and percolation, as opposed to chemical methods.
- Same as
Galenic .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective a medicinal preparation
concocted mostly out of herbs or vegetable matter, after Galen, the Greek physician and writer of the second century.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It may be therefore observed, that the principle of this tea is to nourish as a general aliment, while it renovates the human constitution, without having recourse to the nauseous portions of galenical preparation, or the hazardous trial of chalybeate waters.
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What need of galenical medicines, where fevers, and stomachs loaded by the loss of the digestive powers, are so few?
Letters from an American Farmer J. Hector St. John de Cr��vecoeur 1774
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(ii) Promotion of plant culture and processing with a view to obtaining stable and standardized galenical preparations that are recognised to be harmless yet effective, while not overlooking the marketing aspects.
Chapter 6 1991
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9.6 Programmes for the production of standardised and safe galenical traditional preparations for use in the health service should be established.
Chapter 11 1991
qms commented on the word galenical
The pot shop they say is irenical;
It’s products are safely galenical.
Its peace-giving herbs
Will soothe what disturbs,
And all forms of bliss are identical.
May 3, 2019