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Medicines
and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)Their
purpose is to make available up-to-the-minute information
about all aspects of the medicines regulation process in the
UK, together with news about initiatives in Europe and beyond. |
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ESCOP
was founded in June 1989 as an umbrella organisation representing
national phytotherapy associations across Europe, especially
in their discussions with European medicines regulators. Since
1996 it has been a company limited by guarantee in the United
Kingdom. |
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World
Health Organisation
To access for free all three volumes of the WHO monographs, click here. |
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The
European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA)
In January 1995, a new European system for the authorisation
of medicinal products came into effect. The European Agency
for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA) was established
by the European Council and London was chosen as its seat.
The new European registration system is an outstanding step
towards the establishment of a unified market for medicinal
products. It intends to promote the free circulation of pharmaceuticals
within the EU while reinforcing the protection of public health.
"The Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products (HMPC) was established in September 2004, replacing the CPMP Working Party on Herbal Medicinal Products. The Committee was established in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 and Directive 2004/24/EC, which introduced a simplified registration procedure for traditional herbal medicinal products in EU Member States.
The HMPC's activities aim at assisting the harmonisation of procedures and provisions concerning herbal medicinal products laid down in EU Member States, and further integrating herbal medicinal products in the European regulatory framework.
As part of these objectives, the HMPC provides EU Member States and European institutions its scientific opinion on questions relating to herbal medicinal products. Other core tasks include the establishment of a draft 'Community list of herbal substances, preparations and combinations thereof for use in traditional herbal medicinal products', as well as the establishment of Community herbal monographs. |
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TOPRA
After opening the TOPRA page click on 'Consultants Directory' and then check the tick box for herbals to find a list of Regulatory Consultants with an interest / experience in herbals.
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Veterinary
Medicines Directorate (V.M.D.)
The VMD aim is to protect public health, animal health, the
environment and promote animal welfare by ensuring the safety,
quality and efficacy of all aspects of veterinary medicines
in the UK. In doing so they support Defra's objectives to
promote a sustainable, competitive and safe food supply chain
which meets consumers' requirements and to ensure high standards
of animal health and welfare. They also support the aim of
the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to protect and improve the
safety of food people eat. |
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U.S.
Food and Drug Administration
The Food and Drug Administration
is a team of dedicated professionals working to protect, promote
and enhance the health of the American people. FDA is responsible
for ensuring that:
- Foods are safe, wholesome and sanitary; human and veterinary
drugs, biological products, and medical devices are safe
and effective; cosmetics are safe; and electronic products
that emit radiation are safe.
- Regulated products are honestly, accurately and informatively
represented.
- These products are in compliance with the law and FDA
regulations; noncompliance is identified and corrected;
and any unsafe or unlawful products are removed from the
marketplace.
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The object of Plant Medicine CIC is to "provide information, education, knowledge, research and innovation in the field of plant medicine for the benefit of the community." |
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Royal
Botanic Gardens, Kew
The mission of the Royal Botanic
Gardens, Kew is to enable better management of the earth's
environment by increasing knowledge and understanding of the
plant kingdom. |
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The Eden Project
The Eden Project was constructed in a 160-year-old exhausted china clay quarry at Bodelva, near St. Austell, in Cornwall.
Home to around 1 million plants of just under 4,000 taxa (species and cultivars). Most are not rare, except for the few that tell stories of the need for conservation, neither were they taken from the wild. Many were grown from seed in their nursery, others came from botanic gardens, research stations and supporters, mostly in Europe and the UK. |
New Vitality Tuition |
Discovering Herbal Medicine Course
"This one-year, distance-learning course is a fascinating introduction to medicinal plants, their properties and uses. The pathological changes in the body associated with ill-health and their diagnosis are dealt with in some detail, as are the philosophy and principles of Herbal Medicine.
Although this is non-practitioner course, it is of a sufficiently high standard to have been accredited by the BHMA." |
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The Herb Society
The Herb Society is an internationally-renowned educational charity dedicated to encouraging the appreciation and use of herbs, bringing together those interested in herbs whether they are professionals or amateurs.
The majority of members are in the UK but they have members worldwide including the USA, Thailand, South Africa and Europe. |
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Herbal Medicine - Professional Organisations |
European
Herbal and Traditional medicine Practitioners Association (EHTPA)
The EHTPA exists to foster unity within the herbal profession, to promote the availability of professional herbal treatment and to raise standards of training and practice within the profession. It campaigns for the legalisation of professional herbal practice throughout the EU as a speciality in its own right.
EHTPA, 25 Lincoln Close, Tewkesbury, Glos, GL20 5TY
Tel: +44 (0)1684 291605
The College of Practitioners of Phytotherapy
The Registrar, Oak Glade, Hythe Close, POLEGATE, East Sussex,
BN26 6LQ
Tel: +44 (0)1323 484353
The
National Institute of Medical Herbalists
Elm House, 54 Mary Arches Street,
EXETER, Devon, EX4 3BA
Tel: + 44 (0)1392 426 022 |
Useful Journals |
British
Medical Journal
The Lancet
Journal
of Ethnopharmacology
Herbalgram
- journal of the American Botanical Council
Phytomedicine
PubMed - a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 18 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources. |
Other links for
Herbal Medicine |
Dr. James
Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical
Databases
The
Alternative Medicine Homepage - good database links
American
Botanical Council
attn. Mr. M. Blumenthal, P.O. Box 201660,
Austin, Texas 78720, USA, Tel: +1 512 331 8868, Fax:+1 512
331 1924.
Herb
Research Foundation
1007 Pearl Street, Suite 200, Boulder,
Colorado, 80302, USA.
Tel: +1 303 449 2265.
The American
Herbal Pharmacopoeia
National Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
US National Institute of Health
Research-based information on treatments and conditions
www.phytotherapies.org - this site is a resource for herbal practitioners. It includes
editorial content, articles and an extensive searchable and
hyperlinked herbal database on current herbal therapeutics
A Modern Herbal by Mrs Grieves www.botanical.com/botanical/ |
Other links |
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The
Cosmetic Toiletry & Perfumery Association ( CTPA) is an association of manufacturers of cosmetic, toiletry and perfumery products, and is the public voice of the industry in the UK. Representing cosmetic and personal care companies of all sizes involved in sourcing of ingredients, manufacturing, packaging, labelling and distribution, the CTPA provides members with comprehensive scientific and technical advice.
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DrugWatch.com is a comprehensive Web site database featuring extensive information about thousands of different medications and drugs currently on the market or previously available worldwide. DrugWatch.com includes up-to-date information about prescription and over-the-counter medications and includes details about associated side effects to aid in the protection of patients and consumers. |