Robert & Shannon Nelson wrote:
May I ask - what is the origin of your "understanding"?
I see no law that states it? (Even if there was such a crazy law - and I
have yet to find one - it could very easily be challenged as having no
basis.)
I have not got a HPUS (Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States
for those not familiar with HPUS) to check what's listed in it - but I
do know the criteria for listing a remedy in the HPUS.... The
application to list a remedy canm be made by anyone but must have a
"clearly stated use in a self-limiting condition" as the reason to be
listed!
[This is the FDA rule about it; don't ask me where this "logic" came
from, I have no idea!)
So - This is why in USA-made remedies and sometimes those imported
for use in USA (as in Dolisos remedies before they closed) the
"self-limiting condition usage" which was on the application to get a
remedy listed in the HPUS - is always on the label of the USA-made remedy.
So for example, using a few remedies I grabbed at random here:
Arsen alb 3LM (and all potencies of Ars-alb) say "Exhaustion" on the
label as the intended self-limiting-condition usage, this having been
the "self-limiting condition" used to get Ars-alb into the HPUS on the
ARs-alb aplication.
Caladium seguinum has "motion sickness" listed.
Asterias rubens has "neuralgic pains" listed.
Aloe socotrina has "hemorrhoids" listed.
and so on.
You must have seen specified usage on remedies you have bought?
This is why.
The same reason is the reason for example Carcinosinum is not in the
HPUS. Nobody has come up with a self-limiting condition for which
carcinosinum is appropriate, to put forward to get it in there.
Most homeopathic remedy suppliers you speak to, do not know all this.
You have to dig for someone who has jumped hoops to know what's
involved. I wanted to get Carcin listed and this was my finding after a
lot of investigation.
When Boiron took over from Dolisos they CHOSE to not carry imported
remedies (and I chose to not support Boiron as a result) and Boiron
only carries those that can be made in USA and called "homeopathic
remedies" - in other words only those in the HPUS. [It is specifically
illegal to make and name a remedy a "homeopathic remedy" in USA unless
it is in the HPUS and made by the HPUS recipe for it. Other phrases like
"homeopathic product" or "homeopathics" can be yused - but the specific
term "homeopathic remedy" is reserved for HPUS items. Imported items ned
not comply - just USa-made ones.
Till Boiron took over Dolisos, Dolisos was a great source as they
simply imported whatever was needed, including gemmotherapy and sarcode
remedies and nosodes etc etc - and supplied it to qualified homeopaths.
Boiron uses the approach that any remedy not in the HPUS needs a
physician's prescription.
So there is a who9l;e bunch of nonsense and politics around the HPUS,
but basically the above is the bottom line - to be in there, it needs an
application showing its use for a self-limiting condition - and if not
in there, it needs to either be imported or get a physician's
prescription in USA.
From there is gets complicated as "Physician" is defined differently
in different states. For example in WA state it includes Advanced
Registered Nurse Practitioners (ARNPs) and Naturopaths (NDs).
Ain't true.
They are not allowed to keep remedies that contain a controlled
substance as an ingredient.
There's a subtle but relevant difference.
Asking a pharmacy will not get you the true answer - only their
interpretation from a position of ignorance and "play safe on what you
do not know-ism" - the truth is in the letter of the law:-)
Namaste,
Irene
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Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."
