Regulation of herbal medicines.

摘要

David Holmes's World Report on herbal statutory regulation (April 30, p 1479) characterises the UK's Royal College of Physicians (RCP) as being opposed to the statutory regulation of herbal practitioners when, in fact, the RCP is divided about it. For 9 years, the RCP ran an Integrated Health Committee, attended by eminent RCP members, which throughout remained in favour of the statutory regulation of herbal practitioners and resulted in the RCP's backing of the statutory regulation of herbalists in apublicconsultation about this in 2004. In 2008, Sir Ian Gilmore, as RCP President, wrote to the UK Government urging action on the statutory regulation of this sector.