The herbalist is the one who works in the fields of cultivation, harvesting, stabilization, conservation, quality control and trade of plant drugs, up to the formulation of the products that contain them (food supplements, cosmetics, herbal medicines, liqueurs, etc.).
Not necessarily those who work in a "herbalist's shop are actually a herbalist. Anyone, in fact, can open one regardless of the qualification they possess; it is in fact sufficient to attend the appropriate courses set up by the Chamber of Commerce in their area. that officinal plants are assimilated to food supplements, therefore to traditional foods, anyone can market them. The preparation and sale of herbal mixtures starting from single plant drugs is the exclusive competence of the graduated or qualified herbalist (as well as the pharmacist); any person can therefore sell a prepackaged herbal tea, but only the herbalist has the right to prepare it in his workshop by mixing the most suitable ingredients for his taste or particular health needs. The herbalist, even if he is a graduate, cannot in any case sell herbal products that are considered to all intents and purposes of medicines.
The various phytotherapy courses promoted by private institutes, while increasing the cultural background of those who market these products, do not in any way enable the full exercise of the herbalist profession, reserved only for graduates or former graduates (see below).
Obviously, it would be advisable for those who work in a "herbalist's shop to have an adequate professional qualification. In fact, natural is not always synonymous with healthy; medicinal plants, even those commonly found in herbal medicine, can for example be contraindicated in particular physiological conditions (pregnancy, breastfeeding, young age, etc.) or pathological conditions; not to mention the possible interactions with drugs taken at the same time. To successfully practice the herbalist profession, therefore, extensive knowledge of botany, human physiology, pharmacology, pharmacognosy is required , pathology and in numerous other fields of science.An analogous discourse when dispensing advice online.
Today, to become a full-fledged herbalist it is necessary to attend and pass one of the many three-year degree courses activated at many Italian universities. In the past, however, it was enough to obtain a diploma as a herbalist after having attended the homonymous course of study, no longer established for about twenty years now. This course lasted no more than one month, therefore absolutely insufficient to prepare an expert herbalist in modern phytotherapy.
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