I think there is use for both medicine and herbs. For example if I have a simple cold I would try to cure it with herbal teas, vit C, echinacea, ginger. Same with stress - some chamomile or mint tea wold work perfectly! And of course for some serious illness people should seek medical help along with taking medicines. BTW what Pumpernickel has to do with herbs and medicine, isn't that a bread, just asking :-)
It's bread, yes. Most random word I could think of.