Guest guest Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 The following information was posted elsewhere, and I repost it with permission of it's author: On this day 5/27/04 Tony Young, chief counsel of AHPA, stated that you can sell ma huang in a finished product to licensed healthcare practitioners in the U.S. if you label the product (according to the Federal Register) stating that it is " Traditional Asian Medicine " . The label may not say anything about dietary or herbal supplements in order for this to work. It may not be sold over the counter in the retail marketplace. It may be sold only through distribution to or directly to licensed healthcare practitioners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 , " Rory Kerr " <rorykerr@o...> wrote: > The following information was posted elsewhere, and I repost it > with permission of it's author: > > On this day 5/27/04 Tony Young, chief counsel of AHPA, stated > that you can sell ma huang in a finished product to licensed > healthcare practitioners in the U.S. if you label the product > (according to the Federal Register) stating that it is " Traditional > Asian Medicine " . The label may not say anything about dietary or > herbal supplements in order for this to work. It may not be sold > over the counter in the retail marketplace. It may be sold only > through distribution to or directly to licensed healthcare > practitioners. If that is the only way that it can be sold, then it is of no use to us. We want to be able to sell it to our patients, not to use it on ourselves. Brian C. Allen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 Hi Brian, This statement was directed at herbal manufacturers/distributors selling " finished and labeled " products, not at OM practitioners. In other words, the manufacturers/distributors are once again allowed to sell ma huang to OM practitioners (who may then prescribe them to their patients via herbal prescription), under the caveat that the products are properly labeled as " Traditional Asian Medicine, " but they may not sell them to stores (retail marketplaces) that would resell them directly to the public as supplements. IMHO, this is fantastic news. Kindest Regards, Andrea , " Rory Kerr " <rorykerr@o...> wrote: > The following information was posted elsewhere, and I repost it > with permission of it's author: > > On this day 5/27/04 Tony Young, chief counsel of AHPA, stated > that you can sell ma huang in a finished product to licensed > healthcare practitioners in the U.S. if you label the product > (according to the Federal Register) stating that it is " Traditional > Asian Medicine " . The label may not say anything about dietary or > herbal supplements in order for this to work. It may not be sold > over the counter in the retail marketplace. It may be sold only > through distribution to or directly to licensed healthcare > practitioners. If that is the only way that it can be sold, then it is of no use to us. We want to be able to sell it to our patients, not to use it on ourselves. Brian C. Allen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 29, 2004 Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 , " Ai An Meng " <aianmeng@s...> wrote: > Hi Brian, > > This statement was directed at herbal manufacturers/distributors selling " finished and labeled " products, not at OM practitioners. In other words, the manufacturers/distributors are once again allowed to sell ma huang to OM practitioners (who may then prescribe them to their patients via herbal prescription), under the caveat that the products are properly labeled as " Traditional Asian Medicine, " but they may not sell them to stores (retail marketplaces) that would resell them directly to the public as supplements. IMHO, this is fantastic news. > > Kindest Regards, > > Andrea I hear what you are saying, but until it is spelled out, I do not believe it. Specifically, L.Ac's have no " legal " perscriptive abilities the way MD's do. Therefore, there is no " legal " difference between an L.Ac. selling a patient Ge Gen Tang (contains ma huang) and a retail store, such as an herb shop operated by a non-licensed person, selling Ge Gen Tang to someone. Brian C. Allen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 29, 2004 Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 Acupuncturists have no legal right to prescribe, unless your in Florida. There may be other sates that we have " legal " authority to prescribe. Chris In a message dated 5/29/2004 2:46:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, bcaom writes: , " Ai An Meng " <aianmeng@s...> wrote: > Hi Brian, > > This statement was directed at herbal manufacturers/distributors selling " finished and labeled " products, not at OM practitioners. In other words, the manufacturers/distributors are once again allowed to sell ma huang to OM practitioners (who may then prescribe them to their patients via herbal prescription), under the caveat that the products are properly labeled as " Traditional Asian Medicine, " but they may not sell them to stores (retail marketplaces) that would resell them directly to the public as supplements. IMHO, this is fantastic news. > > Kindest Regards, > > Andrea I hear what you are saying, but until it is spelled out, I do not believe it. Specifically, L.Ac's have no " legal " perscriptive abilities the way MD's do. Therefore, there is no " legal " difference between an L.Ac. selling a patient Ge Gen Tang (contains ma huang) and a retail store, such as an herb shop operated by a non-licensed person, selling Ge Gen Tang to someone. Brian C. Allen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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