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Introduction-Terminology

Herbal Preparation:

❑ Herbal preparation means a
preparation of a herbal material that
involves any further processing of
the raw herb other than drying,
fragmenting, cutting or grinding.

❑ Herbs are multiple-use plants: 12

✓ vegetables (garlic).
✓ flavoring (mint).
✓ ornaments & decorative (roses).
✓ culinary (anise).
✓ cosmetic, industrial (pyrethrum).
✓ medicinal (tilia).
✓ landscaping (ground-cover plants

such as chamomile).
✓ fragrance purposes (thyme).