Physic

A physic is a potion for the purpose of healing or recovery. Variants of the term include: physik, fisik, fysike, fisike, fisic, fysic. The study of physic is that of the natural sciences, the mechanisms of plants, rocks, animals, and substances and their properties. Such study, more broadly, whether with education or not, is called lechcraft, leechcraft.
One educated to administer physics is called a physician, fisicien, fisitien, phisicien. They are a practiceur of the university, either a magister or doctor of physic [magister of physic? or did you have to have attained the level of doctor to practice?].
The broadest term for a healer is nestando. Anyone knowledgeable as a healer with herbs and potions is called simply a leche, lech, leech, leeche, lacnister {f}; or formally, an asar, asaro. To be precise, a physician is termed an asarta.
Eldarin distinguishes a physic made of herbs, asëa, from a physic made of any sort of substance (still including herbs), haswa.
There are various techniques and disciplines incorporated in lechcraft:
* Nestad: magical healing
* Aseasta: herbology
* Alchemy: substances (in this case, excepting herbs)
* Physike: knowledge of the body
* Surgery: cutting into the body, amputation (not performed by a physician, but a barber)
== Terminology ==
Ancient (yára)
* Lechcraft / Nesta
** Nestad
** Lechcraft / Herbcraft / Haswa / Witchcraft
Current
* Nesta
** Nestad (nestando)
** Lechcraft (leche, asar)
*** Physike (asarta)
*** Haswa
**** Herbology (witch, herbologist)
**** Alchemy (alchemist)
== Nestad ==
See Healing
== Lechcraft ==
Examples:
* Bogmoss to staunch wounds
== Sources ==
https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=physic
https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=physician
Category:Medicine