RE: South African Association of Herbal Practitioners

[Guest guest]

Dear Craig

That is so good to hear a success story. How long has the Uni of Western Cape been running a course for Phytotherapy?

Would be great to understand how the regulation work there and how the herbal practitioners are finding it?

Best wishes Niki

Niki Lawrence

Senior Lecturer & Clinic Tutor

University of Westminster

Herbal Medicine Course

School of Life Sciences

3rd Floor Copland Building

115 New Cavendish St, London W1W 6UW

Tel: 020 7911 5000 ex 64591

Email: lawrenn@...

To: ukherbal-list CC: leoniecurtolo@...From: craigdwright@...Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 14:45:04 +0200Subject: South African Association of Herbal Practitioners

Dear Herbalists

Please visit the new FaceBook page of the South African Association of Herbal Practitioners, the professional association for Phytotherapists in South Africa and say hello, or you can visit our website at www.herbalpractitionerssa.co.za. Phytotherapy is a statutorily recognised and regulated profession in SA. Phytotherapists are trained as primary-contact physicians through a double baccalaureate programme at the University of the Western Cape. We are planning out first annual conference in Cape Town in September this year and would always like to hear from our colleagues in other parts of the world.

With best wishes

Craig

[Guest guest]

HiAnd is there the same opposition to alternative medicine that there is in the UK.UEL here has just dropped their acupuncture and their herbal medicine courses, University of Lincoln has moved their courses out to the college of further education, other courses are under continuing pressure, a cancer conference in Totnes was targeted by the anti-alternative medicine movement and then cancelled by Trading Standards.As herbs are now restricted and presumably fewer herbalists will be produced, are we seeing the end of herbal medicine in the UK? All that fuss to regulate fewer and fewer peopleRegardsDr GascoigneMedical doctor, acupuncturist, herbalistClinics in Bath & Tetbury, UKTel: +44 (0) 79 88 05 92 01Also, Bandon, Co. Cork, IrelandTel: +353 (0) 87 9266234Website: www.drgascoigne.comOn 17 May 2012, at 19:13, niki lawrence wrote:

Dear Craig

That is so good to hear a success story. How long has the Uni of Western Cape been running a course for Phytotherapy?

Would be great to understand how the regulation work there and how the herbal practitioners are finding it?

Best wishes Niki

Niki Lawrence

Senior Lecturer & Clinic Tutor

University of Westminster

Herbal Medicine Course

School of Life Sciences

3rd Floor Copland Building

115 New Cavendish St, London W1W 6UW

Tel: 020 7911 5000 ex 64591

Email: lawrenn@...

To: ukherbal-list CC: leoniecurtolo@...From: craigdwright@...Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 14:45:04 +0200Subject: South African Association of Herbal Practitioners

Dear Herbalists

Please visit the new FaceBook page of the South African Association of Herbal Practitioners, the professional association for Phytotherapists in South Africa and say hello, or you can visit our website at www.herbalpractitionerssa.co.za. Phytotherapy is a statutorily recognised and regulated profession in SA. Phytotherapists are trained as primary-contact physicians through a double baccalaureate programme at the University of the Western Cape. We are planning out first annual conference in Cape Town in September this year and would always like to hear from our colleagues in other parts of the world.

With best wishes

Craig