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Medical herbalists use plants and herbal remedies to help improve their clients' health and wellbeing.
You could work: freelance / self-employed; managing your own hours
As part of your day-to-day duties, you may:
You could work in a therapy clinic or at a client's home.
You can get into this job through:
To prepare for work as a medical herbalist, you should complete a degree level course in herbal medicine approved by the National Institute of Medical Herbalists or one of the organisations represented by the European Herbal and Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association.
Courses last 3 years full time or 5 to 6 years part-time and include at least 500 hours of supervised clinical practice with patients.
If you're a trained medical practitioner like a doctor or nurse, you could take a postgraduate degree in herbal medicine.
You'll usually need:
You'll find it useful to arrange some work shadowing with a practising medical herbalist before you begin your studies.
You'll need to:
There is currently no statutory regulation for medical herbalists.
Check with the National Institute of Medical Herbalists and [European Herbal and Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association | http://ehtpa.org/regulation/] for the latest information about regulation.
You can find out more about becoming a medical herbalist from the National Institute of Medical Herbalists.
With experience you could move into teaching or research.