R: Kew Gardens

[Guest guest]

Dear Attilio, I thank you so much for your kindness and addresses/links.

About italian laws (and attempts): just last friday was signed between

italian health minister and the chinese science and tchnology minister a

sort of fellowship about TCM. This kind of accord concerns the promotion and

co-operation with China up to develop scientific research, both in

acupuncture and in pharmacology (herbs). This could be a very interesting

point of development, even if there is not yet a law about herbal import;

here, in Italy, there are many import company who distribute herbs and

herbal pills as patented formulas. But there is no control about their

content in metals, pesticides, radioactivity, mycotoxins and so on. In

Europe there's only one pharmaceutical pharm who imports, controls (outside

laboratories) HPLC, the so called " fingerprint " , and look for these

contaminants. Then they sells single herbs (no animal or mineral drug) or

dried extracts from decoction, made as usually. So they have some formulas

(the most important basic formulas) as dried extract or tablets. Tablets are

not so good as powder in dried extract. Then the patient can buy with a

normal prescription in a Pharmacy, add hot, bolied water and obtain the same

as decoction; in my opinion it is not the same, because usual decoction is

just a bit more powerful than dried extract, but it works and herbs are

almost standardized. Patent medicines as pills are only dried drugs mixed

together, not boiled together, and the herbal amount is much rather below

the normal prescription. I send to you and the list the Ministery card about

this new relation with China, but it is in italian language; I summarized

content at the beginning of the mail.

 

Best wishes, Gabriele

-----Messaggio originale-----

Da: Attilio D'Alberto [attiliodalberto]

Inviato: venerdi 14 maggio 2004 10.01

A: Chinese Medicine

Oggetto: RE: Kew Gardens

 

 

Hi Gabriele,

 

You can access Kew's publications via their web site, see

http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/kewscientist/ You can also access the Kew

library,

which has quite a few articles on TCM herbs, see

http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/uhtbin/cgisirsi/KAhyObKkjz/90840002/60/96/X

 

Have a look around the site, there's alot more info there aswell,

http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/data/subjects.html

 

Can you tell me more about relationship between Italy and China regarding

herbal drugs?

 

Kind regards

 

Attilio

 

<Chinese Traditional Medicine>

Chinese Traditional Medicine

 

[gabrielesaudelli]

13 May 2004 17:14

Chinese Medicine

R: Kew Gardens - TCM Herbal Conference

 

 

Very, very interesting! Do you know if it is possible to achieve

abstracts/acta? How to the Society of economic Botany, i.e.?

Thank you very much. Here, in Italy, just a few days ago (friday) the

Health

Minister d an important act with Chinese Government about

developement and research on phytopharmacological chinese herbal drugs

and

formulas.

Best regards at all, , MD in Bologna, Italy, acupuncturer

and herbal (mostly chinese) prescriber.