薬効(やっこう)

やっこう
noun
medicinal effect; therapeutic efficacy
1. medicinal effect; therapeutic efficacy; pharmaceutical effect
The healing or therapeutic effect of a medicine, herb, or substance. Refers to how well a drug or remedy works to treat a condition.
薬効(やっこう)が高(たか)い。
It has a strong medicinal effect.
この温泉(おんせん)には薬効(やっこう)があると言(い)われている。
This hot spring is said to have therapeutic effects.
漢方薬(かんぽうやく)は西洋(せいよう)医学(いがく)とは異(こと)なる薬効(やっこう)の考(かんが)え方(かた)に基(もと)づいている。
Traditional Chinese medicine is based on a different way of thinking about medicinal effects than Western medicine.

A compound of 薬(やく) (medicine) and 効(こう) (effect, efficacy). Used in medical, pharmaceutical, and traditional medicine contexts. Also commonly appears in descriptions of hot springs (温泉(おんせん)), herbs, and health foods.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 薬効(やっこう)がある: to have a medicinal effect
  • 薬効(やっこう)が高(たか)い: to have a strong medicinal effect
  • 薬効(やっこう)成分(せいぶん): active pharmaceutical ingredient
  • 薬効(やっこう)を示(しめ)す: to show therapeutic efficacy
  • 温泉(おんせん)の薬効(やっこう): therapeutic effects of hot springs

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 効能(こうのう): efficacy, virtue — often used for hot springs and traditional remedies
  • 効果(こうか): effect, result — a more general term not limited to medicine
  • 副作用(ふくさよう): side effect — unintended effects of medicine, as opposed to the intended 薬効(やっこう)
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