healing :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. the natural process by which the body repairs itself

curative, remedial, alterative, sanative, therapeutic

adj. tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets"

wholesome

adj. conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being; "wholesome attitude"; "wholesome appearance"; "wholesome food"

anthelmintic, anthelminthic, helminthic, parasiticidal

adj. capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms

antimicrobic, antimicrobial

adj. capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms

good, beneficial, salutary

adj. tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health; "beneficial effects of a balanced diet"; "a good night's sleep"; "the salutary influence of pure air"

carminative, flatus-relieving

adj. relieving gas in the alimentary tract (colic or flatulence or griping)

purgative, cathartic

adj. emotionally purging

cathartic, psychotherapeutic

adj. emotionally purging

drugless

adj. without the use of drugs; "drugless therapy"

healthy

adj. financially secure and functioning well; "a healthy economy"

medicative, medicinal

adj. having the properties of medicine; "medicative drugs"; "medicinal herbs"; "medicinal properties"

preventive, preventative, prophylactic

adj. preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug"

restorative, recuperative

adj. promoting recuperation; "recuperative powers"; "strongly recuperative remedies"; "restorative effects of exercise"

harmful, noxious

adj. injurious to physical or mental health; "noxious chemical wastes"; "noxious ideas"

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