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Integrative Medicine: Useful Online Resources

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Key resources recommended by your lecturers:

House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology, Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Sixth Report
2000
HMSO
Recommendations on the regulation of herbal practitioners in the UK
Report from the Herbal Medicine Regulatory Working Group
A joint consultation on the Report to Ministers from the DH Steering Group on the Statutory Regulation of Practitioners of Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Other Traditional Medicine Systems Practised in the UK
A Department of Health Document

Complementary Health Reference Resources - Plants and Medicines

Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) - Kew Royal Botanical Gardens
A freely available database - useful for identifying medicinal plant names and their uses.

Regulation of Herbal Medicines and Herbal Practitioners - Related reports and News

European Herbal & Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association (EHTPA)
Latest Press Release, 8th December 2015.
Department of Health Report - Advice on regulating herbal medicines and practitioners 26 March 2015
Department of Health report and accompanying documents
Response to the Recommendations of the Report on the Regulation of Herbal Medicines and Herbal Practitioners 27 March 2015 - European Herbal Practitioners Association (EHTPA)
European Herbal Practitioners Association (EHTPA) response to the Department of Health Report Recommendations