medicinally
Americanadverb
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Studies on reishi mushrooms are currently too small and short-term to be statistically significant, despite them being used medicinally in Asian cultures for thousands of years.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026
Building on work from similar species of plants used in African ethnomedicine, the research team investigated whether the medicinally active compounds in C. oligandrus could be latency-reversing agents, or LRAs, substances that reactivate latent HIV.
From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2024
Reishi, the “mushroom of immortality,” has been used medicinally in Asia for more than 2,000 years to promote health and longevity.
From National Geographic • Jan. 31, 2024
The leaves can be eaten in salads, dried for tea or used medicinally, topically, either directly or after being infused in oil.
From Salon • Aug. 23, 2021
The sal polychrestum Glaseri is normal potassium sulphate which he prepared and used medicinally.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various
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