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    3. 本草

    本草

    本ほん草ぞう

    plants

    KMT10News #46+1NounNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab14 strokes

    ほんぞう

    Noun

    1.
    plants, medicinal herbs

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    昔むかしの人ひとは本ほん草ぞうを使つかって病びょう気きを治なおしました。

    People in ancient times used medicinal herbs to cure illnesses.

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentMedicine & Health
    江え戸ど時じ代だいには、本ほん草ぞう図ず鑑かんが庶しょ民みんの間あいだでも広ひろく読よまれました。

    During the Edo period, illustrated books of medicinal herbs were widely read even among common people.

    KMT9HistoryCulture & Traditions
    本ほん草ぞう学がくは、薬やく用よう植しょく物ぶつに関かんする知ち識しきを体いけ系いか化がくした学もんが問くもんです。

    Herbal medicine (Honzo-gaku) is a field of study that systematized knowledge about medicinal plants.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentScience & MathMedicine & Health
    東とう洋よう医い学がくでは、本ほん草ぞうの組くみ合あわせによって患かん者じゃの体たい質しつに合あわせた治ち療りょうを行おこないます。

    In Eastern medicine, treatment is tailored to the patient's constitution through combinations of medicinal herbs.

    KMT10Medicine & HealthCulture & Traditions
    山さん野やに自じ生せいする本ほん草ぞうの中なかには、まだ知しられていない薬やっ効こうを持もつものもあるだろう。

    Among the medicinal herbs growing wild in the mountains and fields, there may be some with unknown medicinal properties.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentMedicine & Health

    Kanji that make up this word

    本
    もと…(3)
    book・present・main・origin・true…(2)
    草
    くさ・くさ-・-ぐさ…(3)
    grass・weeds・herbs・pasture・write…(1)
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