Medicinal
Medicinal adjective - Tending to cure disease or restore health.
Usage example: even in Roman times the hot mineral springs of Bath, England, were believed to possess medicinal properties
Tonic and medicinal are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tonic" instead the word "Medicinal" as an adjective or a noun.
Tonic
Tonic adjective - Having a renewing effect on the state of the body or mind.
Usage example: never underestimate the tonic power of humor on a sick person
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- John plays one of these (however unwillingly) early on in Red Dead Redemption at one point for Dickens, in a bid to sell his "medicinal" tonic.
Source: The Shill -
It was strong and was used as a tonic for various illnesses due to ginger's many "medicinal" properties (some of which have even been confirmed by modern science).
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