Definition of "galenical" []

• A medicinal preparation composed mainly of herbal or vegetable matter. (noun)
• Of, relating to, or being a drug or agent made up chiefly of herbal or vegetable matter. (adjective)

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• "It may be therefore observed, that the principle of this tea is to nourish as a general aliment, while it renovates the human constitution, without having recourse to the nauseous portions of galenical preparation, or the hazardous trial of chalybeate waters."
• "What need of galenical medicines, where fevers, and stomachs loaded by the loss of the digestive powers, are so few?"
• "(ii) Promotion of plant culture and processing with a view to obtaining stable and standardized galenical preparations that are recognised to be harmless yet effective, while not overlooking the marketing aspects."