How to Use medicinal in a Sentence

medicinal

adjective
  • This drug is to be used only for medicinal purposes.
  • Now, there are 36 states with medicinal-use laws on the books.
    — Chloe Villano, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The same is true for many other drugs and medicinal products, and not just herbal ones.
    — Peter Vanham, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Gangell places the gum leaves, and the leaves of two other medicinal herbs—kunzea and tea tree—under the coals.
    — Nina Karnikowski, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Dec. 2022
  • To this day, both the fruit and its leaves are used in traditional medicinal practices across the world.
    — Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 17 May 2024
  • King Anz was floating in a steaming pool; herbs and medicinal plants had been added to the water, and the chamber smelled sharp, green.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 21 Sep. 2021
  • For those with active TB, treatment can take the same amount of time, but there are more medicinal options.
    — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Also, its red bracts, the leaves around the tiny yellow flowers, were the source of a dye, and its milky sap was used for medicinal purposes.
    — Norman Ellstrand and Nathan Ellstrand / Made By History, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Then strain the herbs out with a fine mesh strainer or cheesecloth, leaving you with a medicinal vinegar.
    — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The waters here were sacred to the Utes for their medicinal properties.
    — Jennifer Broome, The Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Tudor sold ice for medicinal use to doctors in the tropics, but the real profits came from its use for food and drink.
    — Camper English, WSJ, 16 July 2022
  • Fatback is a dense fat found on both sides of the spine of a mature pig that is in little demand for meals but renowned for its medicinal use.
    — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Palm oil was added to food for its supposed medicinal powers.
    — Uwagbale Edward-Ekpu, Quartz, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The images attack too quickly for style to be processed, like medicinal sea worms that dive straight through the eyeholes and into the brain.
    — Ed Park, The New York Review of Books, 14 Mar. 2023
  • China is well known for its medicinal use of wild plants, a tradition that dates back thousands of years.
    — Hong Liu, The Conversation, 20 Dec. 2022
  • This garden is adorned with plants found in woodlands and fields that were used for food and medicinal purposes.
    — Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 25 June 2021
  • But this herb has many more medicinal properties than that.
    — Mallory Arnold, Outside Online, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Farmer Cee says that her farm grows nearly three dozen different medicinal plants and herbs.
    — Felice León, Essence, 22 June 2023
  • Derived from the neem tree, neem oil has been used for centuries to control pests, as well as in medicinal and beauty products.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 May 2023
  • Bees make honey with the pollen of manuka trees, known for their medicinal properties.
    — Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2022
  • The insects were inside seed pods that the passenger claimed were for medicinal tea, Grogan said.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 17 May 2022
  • The experience that stuck with me more than any other after my last trip through Portland’s spas was the $45 and 20-minute medicinal bath.
    — oregonlive, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The real stuff, which has medicinal benefits for some people, has health risks, too.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2023
  • It was born in Italy as a way of creating infusions that were intended to be medicinal and good for you.
    — Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Both are legendary nightcaps, touted for their medicinal powers and abilities to ease your body at the end of an epic feast.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Some experts think the increase in cannabis use is due to legalization and medicinal use.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2022
  • For the first time, scientists observed a primate in the wild treating a wound with a plant that has medicinal properties.
    — Sofia Quaglia, New York Times, 20 May 2024
  • These flowers carry a rich history of meaning, medicinal use, and myth, and are a delight to grow in the garden.
    — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2021
  • The most popular meat is guinea pig, used for both culinary and medicinal purposes.
    — Max Saltman, CNN, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Psychedelic healing centers may not be open just yet in Colorado, but at least one local business is already offering access to medicinal magic mushrooms.
    — Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025

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