HERB - OnHealth herbal index

LYNETTE LAFONTAINE lklc at prodigy.net
Thu May 4 14:36:10 PDT 2000


Thank you, Jeanne.
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From: "Jenne Heise" <jenne at tulgey.browser.net>
To: <herbalist at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 7:46 AM
Subject: RE: HERB - OnHealth herbal index


> > Now, I have a question.  What is the Commission E.?
> >
>
> According to the Natural Pharmacist Website:
> http://www.tnp.com/def.asp?referrer=glossary.asp&ID=13
>
> "Germany's Commission E
>
> Germany's Commission E is an official government agency that performs a
> job similar to that of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), only
> it's specifically focused on herbs. In 1978, the Bundesgesundheitsamt
> (Federal Health Agency) organized a special commission to evaluate the
> safety and efficacy of medicinal herbs. The Commission E monographs, the
> outcome of this effort, consist of over 300 brief articles on the most
> medically important herbal preparations. These monographs serve as the
> basis for the medical usage of herbs within the German health care system
> and outline acceptable manufacturing processes on the basis of available
> scientific and clinical evidence. "
>
>
> Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka Jennifer Heise       jenne at tulgey.browser.net
> disclaimer: i speak for no-one and no-one speaks for me.
> "Oh it's all too much, too grim, too lovely, too -- how should
> I put this? It's general chaos." -- Edward Gorey
>
>
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