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herb doctor

noun

  1. a person who practices healing by the use of herbs.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of herb doctor1

First recorded in 1850–55
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Unlike before, though, the nation’s hills and back roads no longer crawled with the herb doctors, midwives, itinerant folk healers, and bonesetters who had provided care where no other existed.

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There was not many good doctors in those days, but my grandfather was an old fashioned herb doctor.

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An old herb doctor told her about a herb he had used on de plantations to cure de slaves' sore eyes.

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She had been making a call on Aunt Polly Woodchuck, the herb doctor, who lived under the hill.

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Three peculiarities—a strong, aromatic smell, a bitter taste, and a blistering quality in the leaves—were quite sufficient to establish it in the pharmacopœia of the herb doctors.

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