Relating to Galen or to his principles and method of treating diseases. Dunglison. [1913 Webster]
Galenic pharmacy, that branch of pharmacy which relates to the preparation of medicines by infusion, decoction, etc., as distinguished from those which are chemically prepared.
galenic, adj. & n. (also galenical)
--adj.
1 of or relating to Galen, a Greek physician of the 2nd c. AD, or his methods.
2 made of natural as opposed to synthetic components.
--n. a drug or medicament produced directly from animal or vegetable tissues.