About medical herbalists and herbal medicine
What Medical Herbalists do
- INTRODUCTION
- WELL VERSED IN PLANT MEDICINES
- MANY DRUGS ARE CREATED FROM MEDICINAL PLANTS
- WHO AND WHAT DOES A MEDICAL HERBALIST TREAT?
- THIRD AGE, CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS
- THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
- ALLERGY
- AUTOIMMUNE CONDITIONS
- ENERGY AND STAMINA
- FATIGUE SYNDROMES
- EMOTIONAL HEALTH
- HORMONAL HEALTH
- FERTILITY PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH
- DIGESTION
- NUTRITION AND NOURISHMENT
- SKIN
- HEART AND CIRCULATION
- JOINTS AND BONES
Consultation with a Medical Herbalist
About Herbal Medicine
Frequently Asked Questions
- FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
- HOW LONG WILL HERBAL TREATMENT TAKE?
- CAN HERBS AND DRUGS BE USED TOGETHER?
- WILL A HERBALIST USE HERBS TO DECREASE THE SIDE EFFECTS OF DRUGS?
- SHOULD I TELL MY GP AND SPECIALISTS THAT I'M TAKING HERBS?
- IS MORE NECESSARILY BETTER?
- ARE THERE SITUATIONS WHERE TREATMENT WITH HERBS IS INAPPROPRIATE?
- WHAT HAPPENS DURING A CONSULTATION WITH A MEDICAL HERBALIST?
- WHAT IS YOUR POLICY ON ANIMAL TESTING?
- ARE HERBS CLINICALLY TESTED?
- DOES HERBAL FIRST AID EXIST?
Membership
About Membership
Join the Institute
About the nimh
Ethics and Practice
Education and Students
Training and Accreditation
Professional Development
Regulation
- WHERE WE ARE IN THE REGULATORY PROCESS
- INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
- UK LAW
- EUROPEAN LAW
- EXPLANATION OF THE CONTINUED VALIDITY OF SECTION 12(1) OF THE MEDICINES ACT OF 1968
- AUTHORISED HEALTH PROFESSIONAL STATUS
- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN TERMS OF GOVERNMENT PAPERS
- OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTATION
- LIST OF UK AND EUROPEAN MEDICINES LEGISLATION
- EXTERNAL BODIES AND LINKS
