therapeutic

Etymology

From New Latin therapeuticus (“curing, healing”), from Ancient Greek θεραπευτικός (therapeutikós, “attentive, helpful, obliging, curative”), from θεραπευτής (therapeutḗs, “one who waits on another, an attendant”), from θεραπεύω (therapeúō, “I wait on, attend, serve, cure”).

adj

1. Of, or relating to therapy.
2. Having a positive effect on the body or mind.
   His music is very therapeutic when you listen to it. 2009, Isha McKenzie-Mavinga, Black Issues in the Therapeutic Process

noun

1. (medicine) A therapeutic agent