European Herbal & Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association
It was founded in 1993 when it became clear that with the development of the European Union,the legislative framework under which herbal medicine was practised in the UK and Europe was likely to undergo radical change.The main professional herbal practitioner associations in the UK affiliated with Irish and Danish herbal associations to form the European Herbal & Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association (EHTPA).
The medicine of medieval Europe was significantly advanced by herbal skills brought back to Europe by the Crusaders who learnt their medicine from their Arab adversaries who had themselves synthesised the knowledge of ancient Greek and Persian medicine.With the discovery of antibiotics, corticosteroids and other major modern drugs,the vast majority of herbal remedies used by doctors for many centuries became relegated to mere footnotes in the official pharmacopoeias.
For more information, please visit http://www.ehpa.eu