Herbalists and Regulation

I’ve had a research bug that I’ve desperately needed to itch and I’ve been diving into law to start a series of video essays about the wider topics that affect us as herbalists. This is the first of those essays and I wanted to dive into the world of regulation in herbal medicine.

The herbarium blog: https://theherbarium.wordpress.com/

Jim Macdonald
website: https://www.herbcraft.org/about.html
Socials: @herb.craft
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Chapters:
00:00 intro
01:44 definitions
10:10 p1 safety and accountability
27:04 p2 centralised control
37:20 p3 the issue with a regulatory body
43:19 conclusion
48:05 outtro and outtakes

References and further reading:
Master Herbalist Status https://chestnutherbs.com/the-truth-a...

Urquiza-Haas N,. Cloatre E, (2022) Tradition and reinvention: the making and unmaking of herbal medicines in the UK https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...

Regulation of herbal medicines https://researchbriefings.files.parli...

Herbal Medicine & the Law – A Critique https://theherbarium.wordpress.com/20...

UK herbalist regulation: Statutory, voluntary or the status quo? https://www.anhinternational.org/2014...

Restrictions On Herbalism https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1...

UK moves to ensure “access to unlicensed herbal medicines” https://www.thelancet.com/journals/la...

Regulated professions in UK Law: https://www.gov.uk/government/publica...

Cloatre E, Urquiza-Haas N. (2024) Misdirection and the regulation of herbalism in France and England https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...

Reshaping Herbal Medicine: Knowledge, Education and professional culture edited by Catherine O’Sullivan (2005)

No to licensing of herbalists by Susan Weed https://theherbarium.wordpress.com/ca...