薬草

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 薬草, read やくそう, means an herb or plant used for medicinal purposes.
• Basic usage: It is used for drying medicinal plants gathered in the mountains or growing them in a small plot.
  • 祖母は山で採った薬草を日陰で乾かした。

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The scope of herb
  • 薬草 includes the sense of medicinal use, so its scope is not the same as all the culinary plants that English herb can refer to.