According to the "Doctrine of Signatures" a plant that resembles a part of the body can be used as a cure for any ailment of that body part. Hence, a perennial wildflower named Hepatica is sold as a cure for liver ailments because parts of the plant look like the liver. This can be seen as a primitive belief system in which certain products take on properties.
A) ritual
B) opposition
C) magical
D) supernatural
E) superordinate

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The "Doctrine of Signatures" is based on the belief that the physical characteristics of plants indicate their healing properties, which is a form of magical thinking.

According to the "Doctrine of Signatures" a Plant That Resembles