薬膳

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 薬膳(やくぜん) is a noun for health-promoting cuisine or a menu planned around the properties of ingredients.
• Basic usage: It describes seasonal cuisine in 季節の薬膳 and a menu in 薬膳の献立.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Cuisine, not medicine
  • 薬膳 refers to food and menus; the character 薬 does not make the word a name for medicine itself.
• Range
  • It can refer to an entire dish or menu planned around ingredients rather than to just one ingredient.