Herbal medicine under threat in Sveriga and EU
Below are five links that provide information about the new EU directive that threatens ban the herbal medicine in Sweden. Also read the article that explain the impact of these directives, which will come into force on 30 April 2011. Further information here, www.savenaturalhealth.eu
http://www.anh-europe.org/news/anh-intl-press-release-eu-herb-directive-keeps-consumers-in-the-dark
http://www.anh-europe.org/news/75-days-days-before-eu-lock-out-for% 3Fnon-european-herbal tradition 's
http://www.anh-europe.org/news/frequently-asked-questions-about-eu-herbal-registrations-and-bans
European law herb challenge page:
http://www.anh-europe.org/node/3113
UK herbal practitioners may Also be interested in our news item the FOLLOWING link:
Consequences of THMPD
by Lars Nilsson
On April 30, 2011, a new legislation from the EU concerning Traditional herbs to take effect. This new regulatory framework THMPD (Traditional Herbal Medicine Products Directive) is intended to simplify and provide good consumer safety. The most affected products exist in Chinese and Ayervedisk medicine. Its customers are a rapidly growing band of Eu `s population who receive help with problems from symptoms that are often within the existing health care system can not find the cure.
Often it's well-known plants and örtkombinationer which has a long history of safe use for thousands of years in traditional medicine in Asia. Many of these herbs that are used by therapists in herbal therapy, we see today on the shelves of supermarkets including
Jobs tears, goji berries, cinnamon bark, cardamom, fresh ginger. How to control their health with diet and thereby stay healthy is a given and should, in my opinion, be a human right. In practice it is this incentive that deprived the citizen of this law.
If THMPD applied in full and this proposal looks like today, all trading of these products will be severely limited. Örtformler containing more than 4-6 ingredients will not be sold, the costs of analysis of individual herbs is skyrocketing for distributors and in practice impossible to implement.
The exact impact is a bit early to speculate about, because all EU member states have some opportunity for harmonization of the law. This has also contributed a lot of rumors and their own interpretations of what will happen. The producer and distribution, many have chosen to package their herbal products with a different text that allows the product to be seen as a food supplement which may be a way to rescue the remaining part of these products. But no doubt it will affect many people today get help for their problems this way, however, for therapists who have their livelihood thereby.
The certainty and clarity in the law aims at risk of a TVE edged sword, and will create a new market which is many times harder to control than before. Britain is one of the countries in Europe that has the most users of Chinese and Ayervedisk medicine. This has led to great public opposition to the British Parliament and its members, which apparently heeded. The situation in Britain is different, however, by the registration of certified herbalists RCHM required to work with herbs, creating a certain quality to both the authorities and patients.
At best, we in Sweden take advantage of the wave that has shaken things up in the UK and get a rational and sensible adjustment to the law of our country. I personally believe that the agencies and policy makers generally have to show an interest in Traditional Chinese Medicine as a whole, as it undoubtedly has an enormous potential to fill a big vacum in our Swedish health care system as a cheap, effective and popular method of treatment. Perhaps this current matter on THMPD be a blast to get a public opinion to form a manifesto which can arouse this interest, as it affects gemeneman.
Compiled by Lars Nilsson
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