medicine woman
Indigenous spiritual healer
A medicine woman is a female healer in Indigenous or traditional cultures, practicing spiritual and herbal remedies.
The term parallels medicine man and carries similar connotations—sometimes used respectfully for traditional healers, sometimes romanticized or appropriated in New Age contexts: The medicine woman prepared herbs for the ceremony.
- healerOne who restores health
- healing handsAbility to cure through contact
- curanderaTraditional spiritual healer
- herbalistPractitioner using plant medicines
- sacred plantsVegetation with religious importance
midwife · sage · tribal elder · spirit guide · ethnobotany · tribeswoman · oral tradition · oracle · sacred feminine · elder · vision quest · sweat lodge · ceremonies · talking circle · rituals · drums · dream catcher · potions
- healersnurse, doctor, physician, surgeon, medic
- folk healersfolk healer, healer, herbalist, herb doctor, cunning folk
- Old Healershealer, physician, surgeon, apothecary, midwife
- shamanismshamans, shaman, spirit guide, spirit world, spirit journey
- spiritual guidesguru, lama, swami, spiritual director, zen master
- tribal healingtraditional healers, healer, curandero, herbalist, bush doctor
medicine womanphysician
Licensed medical doctor
medical doctor · surgeon · clinician · MD · general practitioner
medicine womanmedicine man
Traditional indigenous healer
shaman · curandero · witch doctor · kahuna
woman, remedy, medicine, medical, medication, medicinal, remedies, paramedic, remedial