Material or substance used in the composition of remedies; -- a general term for all substances used as curative agents in medicine.
That branch of medical science which treats of the sources, nature and properties of all the substances that are employed for the cure of diseases, primarily with natural preparations, rather than pure or synthetic medicines; pharmacognosy.
a compendium of substance (remedy) proving records.
In homeopathy the material medica refers to the written descriptions of the effects of homeopathic medicines. Literally meaning “medical material”, it comprises thousands of volumes of remedy descriptions.
books that list homeopathic medicines and the desired applications of the medicines used.
a description of the homeopathic medicines, somewhat like an encyclopedia
Materials or substances used in the composition of traditional medical remedies. The use of this term in MeSH was formerly restricted to historical articles or those concerned with traditional medicine, but it can also refer to homeopathic remedies. Nosodes are specific types of homeopathic remedies prepared from causal agents or disease products.
Compilations of the symptoms reported during homeopathic provings. Each substance has a separate section that lists the various symptoms.
description of homeopathic remedies
(n) [L medical matter] the branch of science dealing with drugs and herbs used in the treatment of disease
information regarding the origins and properties of medicines.
dictionary of medical or herbal terms.
Materia medica is a Latin medical term for the body of collected knowledge about the therapeutic properties of any substance used for healing, what we would call a drug. The term was used from the period of the Roman Empire until the twentieth century, but has now been generally replaced in medical education contexts by pharmacology. In Latin the term literally means "medical matters".