Guest guest Posted July 26, 2000 Report Share Posted July 26, 2000 Anybody need an acupuncturist to cover for them while they go on a vacation during the month of August? I am willing to travel and am available only for the month of August. Liz leel [zrosenberg] Tuesday, July 25, 2000 7:46 PM Re: Re: clematis I do believe that David Kessler has agendas, not just public safety. . .he did single out Chinese herbs as dangerous and in need of regulation, not just aristochlia. There is no doubt that some type of regulation of Chinese herbs needs to be done. . . .and if we don't swiftly come up with a proposal for the profession, it will be done for us or to us, by the FDA or in the interests of the 'nutraceutical' firms, or the pharmaceutical firms. Just today, I got a brochure for Metabolife ( of the stimulant diet formulas) for their new line of Chinese herb formulas, called Chinac, designed by someone at Shenyang University, available through multimarketing. This trend will only continue, and lead to an inevitable clash with government regulation. Last night on the news, some self-serving physician 'expert' was asked to comment on a product available in health food stores, called " Horny Goat Weed " (i.e. yin yang huo/hb. epimidium). This 'expert' said that the product was useless for its claims of sexual potency (perhaps, being ground up in capsules, it was), and that the evidence of seeing goats mating after eating it was not grounds for its use 'without scientific evidence'. All in all, we are stuck in the middle, and need to have a voice in all this while we can. Kudos to Todd for digging up and compiling the aristolochia information posted earlier today. A great job. on 7/25/00 6:31 PM, herb-t at herb-t wrote: > , acuman1@a... wrote: >> >> In a message dated 7/25/00 12:11:48 PM, herb-t@s... writes: >> >> << Hopefully David Kessler will get off our backs > for >> a while. >> >> Kessler left his FDA position several years ago. He had nothing to > do >> with this ruling. >> >> >> Kessler wrote in to the NEJM, I think, > > but as a private citizen, not FDA commissioner. Are you arguing that > public safety shouldn't be our concer?. Most chinese herbs are sold > in health food stores, not acupuncture offices. do you want people > with profit motive only to make public health decisions? I don't. I > support government regulation to control corporate greed, one of the > few legitmiate and necessary purposes of gov't in my opinion. > > > > > > > Chinese Herbal Medicine, a voluntary organization of licensed healthcare > practitioners, matriculated students and postgraduate academics specializing > in Chinese Herbal Medicine, provides a variety of professional services, > including board approved online continuing education. > > > > Chinese Herbal Medicine, a voluntary organization of licensed healthcare practitioners, matriculated students and postgraduate academics specializing in Chinese Herbal Medicine, provides a variety of professional services, including board approved online continuing education. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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