The Position Now

In April 2011, European legislation which has already been PASSED will come into force which will effectively mean that ALL Herbal medicines will disappear from the UK. No Ayurvedic (Indian) herbs, no Chinese herbs, no Western herbs, no Tibetan herbs, NO MEDICINAL HERBS WHATSOEVER. You will only have access to treatments which are Pharmaceutical Drugs based in order to treat your own and your families ailments. No access to ANY MEDICINAL HERBS. With no access to the full range of Herbal treatments, Herbalists, Ayurvedic doctors, TCM Practitioners and other Herbal traditions will OVERNIGHT, disappear from UK as well.

Please be clear, this issue is NOT about whether herbs work or not, the evidence is out there for all to determine this for themselves (we have links to resources on this web site), this is about YOUR FUNDAMENTAL BASIC HUMAN RIGHT to have a CHOICE. As things stand right now, your right to choose from a range of choices DISAPPEARS in April 2011.

This Group was formed at the House of Lords on the 12th November 2009 in response to a “call to arms” by Amarjeet S Bhamra, supported by Lord King, Andrew Keen (MP), and David Tredinnick (MP). Amarjeet, a long time champion of Complimentary and Alternative Medicines and a Lecturer on Ayurvedic Sciences called representatives of ALL alternative healing and medicinal traditions who are active in the UK.

Proceedings commenced with standing room only. ALL speakers from ALL bodies present had one demand of the Government—”FULFILL YOUR PROMISE—INTRODUCE STATUTORY REGULATION AND PROTECT THE HUMAN RIGHT TO CHOOSE ONES OWN MEDICINE”. The meeting passed one single resolution overwhelmingly with NO objections  and this Group was formed with the mandate of the meeting and on the authority of that resolution.

Edmund Burke the famous Parliamentarian is often quoted as saying “All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing” Our legislators have done nothing to prevent this for 10 years, so it is truly up to us to act now and save our herbal choices! We welcome and thank you for your support!

Lord King of West Bromwich                  Alan Keen MP                            David Treddnick MP

Our Mission

To do everything possible to ensure that our legislators act to prevent this loss of freedoms and act to preserve our access to ALL traditional Herbal Medicines. This can be achieved by requiring the Government to fulfill its promise of Statutory Regulation of the Herbal and Traditional Medical Sciences sector long before April 2011.  We are an unpaid group of committed volunteers who were unable to just stand by and watch whilst the Herbal Medicines industry in the UK just disappeared. MP's and Government officials were being bombarded by a cacophony of trade associations and diverse but segmented and occasionally hostile sub groups but the message was being lost in the "noise". This group was established by Amarjeet Bhamra who managed to get the vast majority of the significant groups to gather at the House of Lords and to agree to present Government with ONE VOICE. That's what we aim to do.

If you would like to support us, please contact us and let us know - we are always looking for support! 

Contact Information

Since we are part time volunteers, amateurs as well, email is the best way to get in touch with us. If your call is one promising lots of support and encourage or fee publicity or a bucket load of money to help with our campaign costs, please do try and call the telephone number below and if unattended, please leave a message. If you do email us we will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible!. Thanks for visiting our website!