Physic may refer to: * The study or practice of

medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...

* A substance administered as medicine, or the

medicinal plant Medicinal plants, also called medicinal herbs, have been discovered and used in traditional medicine practices since prehistoric times. Plants synthesize hundreds of chemical compounds for various functions, including Plant defense against h ...

from which it is extracted: ** '' Gillenia stipulata'', a plant known commonly as Indian physic ** ''

Jatropha ''Jatropha'' is a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. The name is derived from the Greek words ἰατρός (''iatros''), meaning "physician", and τροφή (''trophe''), meaning "nutrition", hence the common name ph ...

'', a genus of plants commonly known as the physic nut ** ''

Veronicastrum virginicum ''Veronicastrum virginicum'', or Culver's root, is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family (botany), family, Plantaginaceae. It is native species, native to the eastern United States and south-eastern Canada. Growing to tall by broa ...

'', a plant known commonly as Culver's physic *

Physic garden A physic garden is a type of herb garden with medicinal plants. Known since at least 800, they are the predecessors of botanical gardens. History Modern botanical gardens were preceded by medieval physic gardens, often monastic gardens, that ...

, a type of herb garden with medicinal plants

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