more on ephedra ban

[Guest guest]

As you probably have heard, the FDA has proposed a ban of ephedra (Ma Huang)

and several other herbs containing trace amounts of ephedrine alkaloids

including, but not limited to, pinellia (Ban Xia) and sida cordifolia (an

Ayurvedic herb). The FDA says it will exempt Chinese medicinals from this

ban, however, the actual text of the resolutions banning ephedra and other

ephedrine alkaloid containing herbs currently before the house and senate do

_not_ address nor include any sort exemption for Chinese medicinal herbs. I

urge you to contact your legislators regarding H.Res.435 (house) and

S.Res.260 (senate) as soon as possible.

 

Email is good, hardcopy letters and/or phone calls are better. The more

people that speak out out, the more impact we can have. Nothing will

change unless we as individuals pick up the phone and/or pick up a pen and

use a stamp. Do it now!

 

You can find your legislators via these links:

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/

http://www.house.gov/writerep/

http://www.senate.gov/

 

* For information regarding H.Res.435, see this webpage. A link to details

and the full text of the resolution is at the bottom of the page. You will

need to 'unwrap' these URLs.

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/bills/?billnum=H.RES.435 & congress

=108

OR

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/webreturn/?url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi

-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h.res.435:

 

* H.Res.435 is being dealt with by the House Committee on Energy and

Commerce Subcommittee on Health. Find members of this committee here

http://energycommerce.house.gov/108/subcommittees/Health.htm

 

* For information regarding S.Res.260, see this webpage. A link to details

and the full text of the resolution is at the bottom of the page. You will

need to 'unwrap' these URLs.

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/bills/?billnum=S.RES.260 & congress

=108

OR

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/webreturn/?url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi

-bin/bdquery/z?d108:s.res.260:

 

* S.Res.260 is being dealt with by the Senate Committee on Health,

Education, Labor, and Pensions. Find members of this committee here

http://labor.senate.gov/

 

* Find your local FDA contact here -

http://www.fda.gov/ora/fed_state/dfsr_activities/dfsr_pas.html

 

* Related legislation - you will need to 'unwrap' these links also:

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/bills/?billnum=H.R.3377 & congress=

108

 

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/bills/?billnum=S.AMDT.2101 & congre

ss=108

 

(this one is vague and gives sweeping power - read full text)

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/bills/?billnum=S.1538 & congress=10

8

 

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/bills/?billnum=H.R.1075 & congress=

108

 

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/bills/?billnum=H.R.724 & congress=1

08

 

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/bills/?billnum=H.R.725 & congress=1

08

 

* Labeling issues:

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/bills/?billnum=H.R.2699 & congress=

108

 

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/bills/?billnum=S.722 & congress=108

 

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/bills/?billnum=H.R.1495 & congress=

108

 

* information web sites:

http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/ds-ephed.html

 

http://www.fda.gov/oc/initiatives/ephedra/december2003/

 

 

Judy Saxe, L.Ac.

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QingTing Acupuncture & Chinese Herbal Medicine

Denver, Colorado

303-964-1996

http://www.QingTingAcupuncture.com