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Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in herbal medicinal products: risk assessment and minimizationDrug regulatory authorities currently request the suppliers of herbal medicinal products in Europe to provide risk assessments and measures
Health Canada is proposing changes to regulations on Natural Healthcare Products. These proposed changes would impact everyone: therapist, manufacturer and consumer. If we want to continue to have
The CPP Council - The College of Practitioners of Phytotherapy has released a list of possible replacements for PA-generating herbs that are used internally. PA-generating herb Action Possible replacementsComfrey leaf/root VulneraryGotu kola,
Abstract: This article discusses the CM energetic properties of antibiotics, how to deal with them from a completely CM point of view, including acupuncture point selections and herbal
How are NHPs regulated?In Canada, Natural Health Products (NHPs) are regulated by the Natural and Non-prescription Health Products Directorate (NNHPD) under the Natural Health Products Regulations (NHPR), which came into
What Is An Apothecary? From Past To PresentWhen I first heard the term “apothecary”, I struggled to understand it’s meaning and what it had to do with being
Further reading on these topicsCaldecott, Todd, Food as MedicineMase, Guido, The Wild Medicine SolutionTierra, Lesley, Healing with the Herbs of LifeTierra, Michael, Planetary HerbologyWood, Mathew, The Practice of
Why use Western Herbs?Western herbs represent a treasure-trove of effective traditional medicines and the collected and refined experience of practitioners for over 2,500 years.Three big advantages of Western
Just to apply the principles of Chinese medicine to Western herbs is to ignore over 2,500 years of tradition of herbal theory in the West.WESTERN HERB THEORY IS