Describing some remedies, the woman beginning to bore a learner (6)
I believe the answer is:
herbal
'describing some remedies' is the definition.
(I know that curative can be herbal)
'woman beginning to bore a learner' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'her' (her refers to a woman).
'beginning to' suggests taking the first letters.
'learner' becomes 'l' (as in a learner driver with L-plates on their car).
The initial letter of 'bore' is 'b'.
'her'+'b'+'a'+'l'='HERBAL'
'the' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for herbal that I've seen before include "Of certain plants used in medicine or cooking" , "Kind of tea-like drink" , "Of aromatic plants" , "Like some teas" , "like vervain" .)