Disciplines and Occupations

Herbal Medicine

The study of medicines derived from botanical sources.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The study of medicines derived from botanical sources.

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Synonyms

8 entry terms
  • Medicine, Herbal
  • Hawaiian Herbal Medicine
  • Herbalism
  • La au Lapa au
  • La'au Lapa'au
  • Laau Lapaau
  • Herbal Medicine, Hawaiian
  • Medicine, Hawaiian Herbal

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

specialty only; do not confuse with PHYTOTHERAPY

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History Note

2002

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Previous Indexing

  • Phytotherapy (1989-2001)

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Tree Numbers

  1. H01w.158w.273w.118w.598w.500w
  2. H01w.158w.703w.060w.500w
  3. H02w.628w.190w

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NLM Classification

WB 925

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Herbal Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D029001. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D029001
  2. Herbal Medicine. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbal_medicine
  3. Herbal Medicine. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q861699