I NEED IT FOR HW
2006-10-25 13:49:15 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body ➔ Other - Skin & Body
OK, I would start out with quoting the dictionary definition of medicine, which is:
1 a : a substance or preparation used in treating disease b : something that affects well-being
2 a : the science and art dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention, alleviation, or cure of disease b : the branch of medicine concerned with the nonsurgical treatment of disease
3 : a substance (as a drug or potion) used to treat something other than disease
4 : an object held in traditional American Indian belief to give control over natural or magical forces; also : magical power or a magical rite
Look at definition #3. If you are using soap to treat dry skin, acne, etc. it would be a medicine. Some skin conditions are diseases and if certain types of soap are used to treat these, then that would fulfill definition #1.
I would have said no at first, but when I thought about it and looked in the dictionary, it turns out it can be called a medicine.
Good luck.
2006-10-25 14:00:29 · answer #1 · answered by Patti C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some soap in fact has medicine right in it. for instance, for acne on the body. its in the soap.
2006-10-25 20:54:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ummm...no. soap is not a medecine, it's a personal health product. You can't ingest soap to get rid of an illness.
2006-10-25 20:54:22 · answer #3 · answered by amyx3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋