单词 | phytotherapy |
释义 | phytotherapyn. 1. The treatment of the diseases of plants. Cf. phytomedicine n. 1. rare. ΚΠ 1933 Q. Rev. Biol. 8 289 We are thus oriented in and stimulated to investigate farther a field which from the practical standpoint of phytotherapy is no less significant than that of the active immunization of plants. 2. The use of plants and plant materials for their healing, rejuvenating, or other therapeutic properties. ΚΠ 1934 E. F. W. Powell Cell Nutrition & Medication (subtitle) An introductory treatise on phytotherapy and biochemistry. 1951 Q. Rev. Biol. 26 60/2 Volume I has an interesting introduction which includes a history of phytotherapy and considers the role that plants have played in homeopathy and in medical theory and practice in general. 1983 in M. McGavran Murray Face to Face 280 Our grandmothers once knew the art of healing with plants, or phytotherapy. Recipes for curing minor illnesses with certain herbs, roots, or barks were passed down from generation to generation. 2001 N.Y. Mag. 23 Apr. 92/1 Using Italian herbal aromatherapy and phytotherapy products, Erbe [spa] offers thorough, effective herbal skin treatments for acne, stress relief, and backs. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1933 |
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