hello from new member and herb regulation

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

I am finishing my final year of school at Midwest College in Chicago.

I am fascinated by the field of Chinese herbs and plan to take the

national herbal boards soon.I first became interested in TCM via the philosophy

(and its epistemologic similarity to ecology-which I majored in) and a Qigong

class

at my college. Then I studied abroad in Shanghai for a semester focusing

on TCM and language. I continued language study for a few years and have

a decent working knowledge of TCM chinese vocab, but am getting rusty.

I'd like to try my hand at translating, as Wiseman called for more of us to do

in his Pacific Symposium talk recently. Any suggestions on works in dire need

of translation?

 

Also, I'd like to say that has an excellent point in his article on

the

online blue poppy journal that we herbalists should push for regulation of

Chinese herbs as by practitioner prescription only. This may avoid herbs being

singled out one by one for regulation and also protects the public from

self-medicating

and also insures our access to the herbs and to patients. During the

aristolochic acid

scare, some people at my school thought it may be detrimental for us to send

letters

requesting unrestricted access to herbs. I wrote letters urging access be

restricted to practitioner prescription only. I was glad to read someone else

agreed.

Does anyone know the acu/om organizations take on this ? I imagine manufacturers

would be against it.

 

Nicole

 

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[Guest guest]

on 11/22/00 11:52 AM, Nicole Hohmann at nicolehohmann wrote:

 

> I'd like to try my hand at translating, as Wiseman called for more of us to do

> in his Pacific Symposium talk recently. Any suggestions on works in dire need

> of translation?

>

 

I've got a great shopping list for you. . . .how much time do you have?

 

 

> Also, I'd like to say that has an excellent point in his article on

> the

> online blue poppy journal that we herbalists should push for regulation of

> Chinese herbs as by practitioner prescription only. This may avoid herbs

> being

> singled out one by one for regulation and also protects the public from

> self-medicating

> and also insures our access to the herbs and to patients. During the

> aristolochic acid

> scare, some people at my school thought it may be detrimental for us to send

> letters

> requesting unrestricted access to herbs. I wrote letters urging access be

> restricted to practitioner prescription only. I was glad to read someone else

> agreed.

> Does anyone know the acu/om organizations take on this ? I imagine

> manufacturers

> would be against it.

>

 

 

Nicole,

This has been my position for years, that most Chinese herbs should be

regulated by our profession and available only by prescription, except for

the class of more 'over-the-counter' herbs, such as gou qi zi, xi yang shen,

etc, digestive patents and the like.

I am not aware of any coherent policy on this from any organizations. . .

..if anyone else is, please share with us.

 

 

[Guest guest]

online blue poppy journal

>>>What this?

alon

[Guest guest]

wrote:

 

> This has been my position for years, that most Chinese herbs should be

> regulated by our profession and available only by prescription, except for

> the class of more 'over-the-counter' herbs, such as gou qi zi, xi yang shen,

> etc, digestive patents and the like.

 

I'd support this, but everytime I mention it, the usual argument is that

it'll never happen because of the millions of dollars at stake by

companies such as GNC and so on.

 

Any ideas on how to deal with this?

 

--

Al Stone L.Ac.

<AlStone

http://www.BeyondWellBeing.com

 

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

 

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[Guest guest]

I'd support this, but everytime I mention it, the usual argument is thatit'll never happen because of the millions of dollars at stake bycompanies such as GNC and so on.>>>>The real problem it classification. If we classify herbs as meds that we have to go though fda evaluation on each herb.

alon