昔は朝鮮人参のような高貴な薬は庶民の手に届かなかった。
In the old days, expensive medicines like ginseng were beyond the reach of ordinary people.
熊の胆は高貴な生薬として高値で取引された。
Bear bile was traded at high prices as a costly herbal remedy.
その薬種屋では高貴な香木を少しずつ量り売りしていた。
That apothecary sold costly aromatic wood by weight, a little at a time.