Herb Used As A Medicine In China Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 10, 2023

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	noun • aromatic root of ginseng plants • Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers
	26%	7		"Medicine" that doesn't actually contain medicine
	noun • an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug • (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead
	25%	7		Folk-medicine herb
	noun • European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America • perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine

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New York Times04 Nov 1977	Down 39
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