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Victoria Wright

Victoria Wright

Medical herbalist, functional medicine practitioner, and founder of The Living Herb; PhD in Particle Physics from University of Liverpool who transitioned to herbal medicine after managing chronic health conditions.

Aug 7, 2026

RosieHOST
2:06
all the way back.
2:07
When I was four, I wanted to be a nurse because I wanted to help people.
2:11
And then when I was about three months later, my grandparents asked me and I said I wanted to be a doctor because they had more money.
2:18
And then I wanted to be a vet.
2:20
And then I went to school and I kind of forgot all about that.
2:26
And went to study physics and became a research scientist.
2:30
But that need to help people, that wish to help people, kind of continued.

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RosieHOST
14:59
So what are some of the biggest misconceptions about supporting our hormones in terms of what we're told to do?
5:19
So for anybody who's listening who isn't quite sure, what exactly is a medical herbalist? OK,
5:26
so in the UK, a medical herbalist can give primary diagnosis.
5:32
So if you're talking to a Western medical herbalist, they have had training in Western medicine.
5:40
So I like it a bit like going to see your GP.
5:44
So we will ask the same sort of questions, do the same sort of physical examinations.
5:53
speak the same sort of language as your GP.
5:56
We learn the same structure of medicine as going to do a medical degree in the UK.
9:44
simple.

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