Ephedra Ban - Harris Office wants our input

[Guest guest]

Hi Everybody!

 

I visited Representative Katherine Harris's office late last week to follow

up on a letter I had sent some time ago. The staffer I spoke with, Connie

McKee, agrees that the FDA Ma Huang/Ban Xia situation is ambiguous.

 

Connie suggested that everyone who lives in the Florida 13th congressional

district who is affected by TCM write a hard-copy letter to Katherine's

local office outlining his/her thoughts. This can be a form letter supplied

by the one or another TCM interest group if that expresses your thought.

 

The address is Rep. Katherine Harris,1991 Main Street Suite 181, Sarasota

FL 34236. Of course, those in other districts should write to their

Representative as well.

 

<http://harris.house.gov/>

 

At 11:13 AM 3/21/2004, Richard Freiberg wrote: Lady Melody<snip>

 

> " Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine National Coalition The FDA rule does

>not exempt ephedrine alkaloids at all - even as used in the practice of

>herbal medicine. Federal law preempts state law. The FDA does not regulate

>the licensure of practitioners, yet the FDA rule will negatively affect

>all practitioners utilizing materia medica. The FDA rule bars the use of

>all botanical sources of ephedrine alkaloids determined by the FDA to be a

>dietary food supplement which is unsafe.

><snip>

>Can I get some clarity here from someone?? Ma Huang and Ban Xia have been

>banned by the FDA with the exception being the scope of Asian medicine

>(TCM) right?

 

Regards,

 

Pete