Guest guest Posted November 24, 2002 Report Share Posted November 24, 2002 <<<These herbs are also restricted in the US with the exception that one can prove that one has identified the correct species and tested for AA<< This may be stated in the law but is not often followed in practice. I think there is a lot of wrong species around. Maybe they are not the AA-species, but they are not the species on the label (see a post a while back concerning Evergreen (formerly Lotus) about Qi Ye Lian) Furthermore, even if the law states that the correct species has to be used, thee are several questions: 1) what is the correct species (is the Zhong Yao Da Ci Dian the standard, or the Oriental Materia Medica, or Bensky; all list sometimes different species) 2) how to prove postitive identification. We are currently working with the Swiss government trying to establish the rules and regulations for the use of Chinese herbs. This gives us a lot of potential input. But if they come and say that they want definite idetification, you pretty quickly come to some difficulties. For example, as far as I know, there is only very limited English information available as far as monographs arre concerned (even less in German, but the Swiss Government would accept English literature as well). If anyone knows of some good sources for GOOD monographs, possibly even for granule monographs (mostly via TLCs), I'd would be very happy to hear. Stephen, does the AHP have monographs? Sincerely Simon Becker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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