herbalist
herbalist
Definition
herb·al·ist (hʉr′bəl ist, ʉr′-)
noun
- Historical an author of a herbal
- a person who grows, collects, or deals in herbs, esp. medicinal herbs
herbalist
Synonyms
herbalist
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- consult: Consult a qualified medical herbalist for further information you can buy the herbs in health food shops too.
- see: They each went to see the same medical herbalist who took a full case history.
- practice: John became the only practicing herbalist in the US Army during World War II.
- find: To find a qualified herbalist it is best to contact the regulatory body that governs their practice.
- have: Many European villages had resident herbalists; and many of these traditional remedies were brought to America.
- qualify: Qualified medical herbalists treat patients individually, with individually formulated herbal medicine, which may contain a number of active herbal ingredients.
Converse of subject
- recommend: Herbal extracts have only been used in the last few decades, and are not usually recommended by medical herbalists.
- provide: Personal directions and use should be provided by a clinical herbalist or other qualified healthcare practitioner with a specific formula for you.
- prescribe: These cases involved self-prescribed concentrated extracts rather than the safe traditional use of Kava Kava as prescribed by qualified medical herbalists.
- treat: Acidophilus and garlic may help, but it's best to be treated by a herbalist, she suggests.
Adjective modifier
- qualified: Callers will be put in touch with qualified medical herbalists who will provide expert guidance on herbal health matters.
- medical: They each went to see the same medical herbalist who took a full case history.
- Chinese: Ginger has been used by Chinese herbalists for centuries to help counteract limited joint function in the elderly.
- famous: It was mentioned by the Romans & later by the famous herbalist Culpepper for its beneficial effects on the skin.
- clinical: Personal directions and use should be provided by a clinical herbalist or other qualified healthcare practitioner with a specific formula for you.
- traditional: Modern Western medicine to easily relies on treating the symptom, which inevitably mask the underlying problems Traditional herbalists use a broad holistic approach.
Noun used with modifier
- expert: All are holistic systems when used by expert herbalists in that they take the individual's symptoms into account not just the disease.
- century: A small Herb garden based on Colonial Williamsburg gives an impression of the medicinal, culinary and perfumed plants used by 18th century herbalists.
Preposition: as
- remedy: The flower buds are used by Chinese herbalists as a remedy for a blocked nose.
Preposition: for
- century: Ginger has been used by Chinese herbalists for centuries to help counteract limited joint function in the elderly.
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