medicinal vs recuperative

medicinal

noun
  • Any plant that can be used for medicinal purposes. 

adj
  • Having the properties of medicine, or pertaining to medicine; medical. 

  • Tasting like medicine; particularly of unpleasant or artificial sweet or bitter flavours similar to cherry, almond or licorice. 

  • Tending or used to cure disease or relieve pain. 

recuperative

noun
  • Any remedy that aids recuperation. 

adj
  • In the way of recuperation. 

How often have the words medicinal and recuperative occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )