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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 a medical herbalist, 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 can complete a degree level course in herbal medicine approved by the National Institute of Medical Herbalists.
Courses last 3 years full time or 4 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:
Some training providers offer short courses in herbal medicine, which give you the opportunity to learn more about the subject and to see if it's a career you want to get into.
There is currently no statutory regulation for medical herbalists.
You can find out more about how to become a medical herbalist from the National Institute of Medical Herbalists.
With experience you could move into teaching or research.