From modern Latin, literally "healing material". Pharmocology: the substances used to make medicinal drugs and a list of medical symptoms with the corresponding homeopathic or herbal remedies used to treat them.
[Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition]
Description of Jiaogulan, also known as Southern Ginseng or Xiancao ("Immortality Herb"), considered health-giving and anti-aging. http://www.jiaogulan.net/Jiaogulan.htm