Medicinal Drug

Parts of the plant used

  • Leaves (folium)
  • Flowers (Flos)
  • Fruits (Fructus)
  • Tuber (Tuber)
  • Herb (Herba)
  • Bark (Cortex)
  • Seeds (Semen)
  • Root (Radix)
  • Rootstock (rhizoma)
  • Bulb (bulb)
  • Wood (Lignum)
  • Stems (Stipes, Caulis)
  • Branch (Ramulus)
  • Branch tip (Summitates)
  • Bran (Furfur)

Drug names are written in Latin in the singular, for example, Betulae folium – birch leaves.

See also

  • Pharmacy Latin
  • Drugs in the sense of intoxicants