TCM - Practitioner Call to Action on Ephedra Ban - Honso Newsletter

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Dave,

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then good to go.

In a message dated 3/21/04 5:05:48 PM, Acuman1 writes:

 

 

 

> I'd like ot send this to the TCM groups.

> DAVE

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> In a message dated 3/20/04 5:30:10 AM, susegmen writes:

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> Hi Atillio,

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> I believe that Pete's points here are correct for the time being in the

> U.S.  When I questioned Michael McGuffin of the American Herbal Products

> Association in Washington on this point, he said that the federal rules were

intended

> to follow the state's rules on this.  I'm mainly aware of the rules in

> California, and Michael indicated that these rules and those of other states

would

> be the precedent.  So practitioners can use ma huang and ban xia as crude

> herbs or in finished formulas.  He also indicated that we really wouldn't know

> for sure until a case was tested in court.  But so far, the perspective that

> Pete is presenting is the one that's promulgated by AHPA to the industry.  A

> lot of companies, however, mass market to the natural products industry far

> beyond their practitioner base.  So they would be losing that larger market

> through new federal and state laws. 

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> Respectfully,

> Emmanuel Segmen

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> I agree, Emmanuel. We need to put across stability, clarity, and just plain

> honest discussion when we make propositions to officials, be they elected or

> regulatory, in order to work with them.

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> Our interests as professionals are different from the AHPA's, relative to

> their larger commercial members, but we can also work with them because they

> are interested in supporting some of their members who supply us, and the AAOM

> has been working with Michael and the AHPA for a number of years now on many

> issues we have in common.

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> We are fully aware of and involved in this ephedra discussion of almost

> every level, but our attorney has asked us not to participate in any legal

action

> now in order to continue our discussions and negotiations. It is not our

> position to judge others who may want to pursue other actions, but at this

time,

> we are working on another front that we feel will be just as effective, or

> in our view, more effective for our profession in the long run.

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> We, too enjoy having member support, although we ask students for a small

> membership fee of $25, which covers a percentage of the mailings, which we

> send out. 888-500-7999 or www.AAOM.org for information.

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> David Molony

> Vice President

> American Association of Oriental Medicine (AAOM)

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