How to Use medicinal in a Sentence

medicinal

adjective

• This drug is to be used only for medicinal purposes.
• Now, there are 36 states with medicinal-use laws on the books.
  — Chloe Villano, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2022
• The same is true for many other drugs and medicinal products, and not just herbal ones.
  — Peter Vanham, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2024
• Locals cook food in the crater and bathe in its medicinal thermal pools.
  — Trish Lorenz, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2020
• Gangell places the gum leaves, and the leaves of two other medicinal herbs—kunzea and tea tree—under the coals.
  — Nina Karnikowski, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Dec. 2022
• New Zealand is not alone in permitting the medicinal use of the drug.
  — Chad De Guzman, Time, 18 June 2025
• To this day, both the fruit and its leaves are used in traditional medicinal practices across the world.
  — Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 17 May 2024
• King Anz was floating in a steaming pool; herbs and medicinal plants had been added to the water, and the chamber smelled sharp, green.
  — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 21 Sep. 2021
• Winter squash is considered a medicinal plant in some parts of the world.
  — Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 27 Mar. 2025
• Finish: That medicinal, meaty Laphroaig smoke goes on for days.
  — Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
• For those with active TB, treatment can take the same amount of time, but there are more medicinal options.
  — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2025
• Also, its red bracts, the leaves around the tiny yellow flowers, were the source of a dye, and its milky sap was used for medicinal purposes.
  — Norman Ellstrand and Nathan Ellstrand / Made By History, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
• Then strain the herbs out with a fine mesh strainer or cheesecloth, leaving you with a medicinal vinegar.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024
• The business will continue to sell cannabis for medicinal use as well.
  — Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com, 8 Oct. 2020
• The waters here were sacred to the Utes for their medicinal properties.
  — Jennifer Broome, The Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2025
• Tudor sold ice for medicinal use to doctors in the tropics, but the real profits came from its use for food and drink.
  — Camper English, WSJ, 16 July 2022
• Fatback is a dense fat found on both sides of the spine of a mature pig that is in little demand for meals but renowned for its medicinal use.
  — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 29 Mar. 2022
• Palm oil was added to food for its supposed medicinal powers.
  — Uwagbale Edward-Ekpu, Quartz, 2 Sep. 2022
• The images attack too quickly for style to be processed, like medicinal sea worms that dive straight through the eyeholes and into the brain.
  — Ed Park, The New York Review of Books, 14 Mar. 2023
• China is well known for its medicinal use of wild plants, a tradition that dates back thousands of years.
  — Hong Liu, The Conversation, 20 Dec. 2022
• This garden is adorned with plants found in woodlands and fields that were used for food and medicinal purposes.
  — Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 25 June 2021
• Terms like cannabis and ganja go back centuries, and have long been used to describe the plant and its medicinal properties.
  — Laura M. Holson, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2019
• The shop offers a broad range of medicinal herbs, oils, teas and incenses, as well as occult and sacred items.
  — John MacCormack, ExpressNews.com, 7 Aug. 2020
• But this herb has many more medicinal properties than that.
  — Mallory Arnold, Outside Online, 19 Dec. 2022
• But there has been no proof there is a medicinal benefit from the horns, which are made of keratin, the same component of human hair and nails.
  — Washington Post, 30 July 2019
• Farmer Cee says that her farm grows nearly three dozen different medicinal plants and herbs.
  — Felice León, Essence, 22 June 2023
• Derived from the neem tree, neem oil has been used for centuries to control pests, as well as in medicinal and beauty products.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 May 2023
• Dozens of herbs and spices are also sought after for making teas and medicinal products.
  — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2025
• Bees make honey with the pollen of manuka trees, known for their medicinal properties.
  — Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2022
• Stitzel Distillery portfolio and was sold for medicinal use throughout the 1920s.
  — Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025