herb doctor
Botanical medicine practitioner
An herb doctor is a practitioner who treats ailments with plants and plant-based remedies rather than conventional medicine.
The term often carries connotations of folk healing or traditional practices outside mainstream healthcare: My grandmother swore by the herb doctor in town.
Sometimes used dismissively to suggest quackery.
- healerOne who restores health
- shamanIndigenous spiritual healer
- medicine manTraditional indigenous healer
- curanderoLatin American folk healer
- apothecaryHistorical medicine preparer
roots · remedies · tincture · poultice · folk medicine · old wives' tale · wise woman · salve · botanical · natural cure · traditional · healing hands · laying on hands · brew · elixir · plants · leaves · mortar
herb doctormedical doctor
Licensed healthcare practitioner
surgeon · specialist · attending physician · M.D. · MD
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