How to Use herbalism in a Sentence

herbalism

noun
  • Asheville has a lot of herbal rock stars, so classes on herbalism always sell out.
    — Ashlea Halpern, Bon Appetit, 24 Apr. 2017
  • Cannabis coming on the scene is a reemerging of herbalism back into our culture.
    — Johnny Diaz, Sun-Sentinel.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • For me, herbalism is about changing my relationship to my body.
    — Jenna Wortham, The Cut, 9 Jan. 2018
  • Others feel called to devote years to this work, to step into herbalism as a vocation.
    — Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Until now, herbalism hasn’t had that kind of infrastructure.
    — Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
  • These recipes, written by someone who speaks the language of food, wouldn’t be out of place in a cookbook that had nothing to do with herbalism.
    — Mackenzie Fegan, Bon Appétit, 15 Apr. 2020
  • Learn from teachers, businesses and plant-minded locals about herbalism, healthy living and more.
    — oregonlive, 29 July 2022
  • The bottle, in clever fashion, is even meant to look like a medicine bottle from an apothecary, also a nod to traditional herbalism.
    — Essence, 28 Jan. 2022
  • So the teen turned to traditional herbalism, the study or practice of medicinal and therapeutic use of plants, to heal.
    — Gabrielle Bunton, The Courier-Journal, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Hawthorne’s feed made herbalism feel accessible — necessary, even.
    — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2020
  • The shop offers regular classes on herb/plant magic and spiritual herbalism.
    — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Often, people in the past who practiced things like magic, herbalism, and healing didn't call themselves witches, as the term was seen as pejorative.
    — Sarah Lyons, Teen Vogue, 13 Oct. 2017
  • These techniques, such as herbalism – treatments made of plants – later became associated with court physicians.
    — Alessandro Poletto, The Conversation, 1 Mar. 2024
  • There’s a watercolor class every Thursday in June and an herbalism course on June 22.
    — Max Falkowitz, New York Times, 5 June 2019
  • Through our hair and its many rituals, remain the herbalism of our foremothers in the new world, passing down their ingenuity of homemade balms, creams, and oils for hair growth.
    — Eshe Ukweli, refinery29.com, 4 May 2023
  • Through our hair and its many rituals, remain the herbalism of our foremothers in the new world, passing down their ingenuity of homemade balms, creams, and oils for hair growth.
    — Eshe Ukweli, refinery29.com, 7 June 2023
  • During the intensives, participants learn herbalism skills and knowledge centered around a seasonal theme through two to three months of weekly classes.
    — Jenna Watson, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Feinberg will talk about the folk tradition of herbalism centered around the wisdom of the natural world as a portal to understanding how plants can support people.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2023
  • For her, that means dimensionalizing cannabis beyond smoking, but also bringing together her culinary skills and love of herbalism.
    — Siraad Dirshe, refinery29.com, 20 Apr. 2021
  • For her, that means dimensionalising cannabis beyond smoking, but also bringing together her culinary skills and love of herbalism.
    — Siraad Dirshe, refinery29.com, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Frustrations over the Western appropriation of herbalism are shared among many Black herbalists.
    — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2020
  • In the future, that's looking like finding ways to offer free virtual herbalism classes and building more of an educational platform.
    — Aliza Abarbanel, Bon Appétit, 6 Aug. 2020
  • That was one of his first memories of turning to nature to self-heal, and now, Monzel and his partner, Colleen Donahoe, have made herbalism and plant medicine their lives.
    — Jenna Watson, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Sep. 2022
  • HoneyBee Sage aimed to be that space to share knowledge as well as a business prototype for other entrepreneurs interested in herbalism.
    — La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • It's located in the Catskills in New York and offers classes in everything from meditation and yoga to herbalism.
    — Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Rosie Warren-Thomas began her journey into herbalism and gardening out of personal necessity.
    — Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2025
  • The protagonists of Comyns’s books are evident alter egos, skilled in cunning lore, herbalism and potions, traditionally viewed as domestic, female arts.
    — Marina Warner, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2018
  • Then, a new moon in Capricorn on Friday, December 23, gives you a fresh boost of inspiration to learn a new skill, perhaps a language or natural study like herbalism or botany.
    — Kirah Tabourn, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Nestled within the lush mangroves, and inspired by the legends of the Mayan gods, the spa offers treatments that combine traditional Mexican herbalism and healing techniques with modern science and tech.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Today, herbalism has gained traction as more and more people, especially Black herbalists on TikTok, share testimonies of herbalism’s non-toxic healing abilities.
    — Celeste Polanco, refinery29.com, 7 Sep. 2021

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