herbalist
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- noun
- /ˈhɜrbəlɪst/
- The herbalist prepared a special mixture using herbs to help relieve my symptoms.
- herbalist and healer
- Traditional herbalists
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Watch on YouTubeFirst sign of a cold and I'm suddenly becoming like a backyard herbalist.
- First sign of a cold and I'm suddenly becoming like a backyard herbalist.
- In ancient times, herbalists would gather medicinal plants from dense undergrowth and bushes.
- They didn't even told tell me that I had pneumonia because my Chinese Doctor Who I was who I had prescribed his she's a herbalist.
Examples
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As doctors and herbalists have long known, what is toxic in one context may be curative in another.
Academic text (2002) -
The author of the story is personally involved with a traditional healer and herbalist.
Academic text (1996) -
We'll go see the herbalist tomorrow.
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My herbalist gave them to me.
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We learned it from the herbalist.
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- You've got an herbalist?
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Every month he has at least two doctor's appointments, along with visits to an herbalist and an acupuncturist.
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We stayed at the home of Mr. Ngobe, a herbalist of high renown, a man whom I have known for some years.
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Many herbalist medicines are dried and prepared either steeped or cooked slowly.
Academic text (1999) -
In the mid-1600s, for example, the herbalist Nicholas Culpeper recommended foxglove for treating epilepsy.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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A woman who gathers, uses, or sells plants to make medicines
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A person who uses plant medicines to treat illnesses
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Etymology
Herbalist comes from the word herb, meaning 'plant used for medicine or cooking', plus the ending -ist that means 'a person who does something'. So a herbalist is a person who uses plants to heal and make remedies.