Help to save Herbal medicine in the UK – Write to your MP

“Shortly after the Department of Health’s publication consultation on our statutory regulation closed on November 16th, we were told that the DH had received an unprecedented 4000 replies. A fortnight or so later, this number was reassessed at 5000 and just before Christmas the DH told us that they had actually received over 6000 replies. We understand that the usual haul for a DH consultation like this is between ten and 80 responses. The DH spokesperson said “they would have to hire extra staff to deal with the huge response”. Given the extraordinary complexity of the consultation document, the number of replies is truly extraordinary!”

“the delay in conferring statutory regulation is will seriously reduce patient choice and will undermine many small and medium businesses in the herbal practitioner and supply sector.”
(European Herbal & Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association)

Write to your MP now using this document template in order to keep up the pressure. Please feel free to personalise it a little in order to give it more impact.

Winter Lifestyle Tips

Winter is the time of the year where the aspect of Yin is abundant: the weather is cold, the days are short, the nights are long, beings begin to hibernate. It is a time of storing and preserving. In the Winter, it is recommended that we do the following:

• Go to bed early, get up late
• Remain peaceful and quiet
• Eat warming dishes like soups, stews and caseroles. Include foods like lamb, fish, honey, polenta, peas, lentils, broad beans and apples. Use warming herbs such as ginger, cinnamen, cloves, aniseed, coriander and cardamon.
• Carefully avoid Wind and Cold, by wearing suitable clothing that covers you up, particularly your lower back and neck.
• Avoid drafts at home
• Avoid excessive warmth (i.e. don’t turn the heating up too high, it can make you ill!)
• Try not to over-exercise, it is a time for conserving and storing your reserves

Department of Health consultation ‘complex and difficult’: ePolitix.com

Department of Health consultation ‘complex and difficult’: ePolitix.com.

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