noun
- medicinal substances in their natural, uncompounded form
Usage: pharmaceutical; technical
Examples
- The pharmacy stocked various simplicia including dried herbs and plant extracts.
- Traditional medicine often relies on simplicia rather than synthetic compounds.
- Students learned to identify common simplicia used in herbal preparations.
- The apothecary’s collection of simplicia filled several wooden cabinets.
- Modern pharmaceuticals are derived from simplicia through chemical processing.
- Botanical simplicia must be properly dried and stored to maintain potency.