How South Africa Regulates Traditional Medicine, Except Its Own
The case for a fair, risk-based regulatory system for traditional and natural health products By Anthony Rees – National Chairman (TNHA) South Africa has a striking contradiction in the way it regulates natural and traditional medicines. On the one hand, products from several foreign healing traditions, namely Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, Unani-Tibb and Western herbal medicine, can be sold within a formal regulatory framework. Their products can carry manufacturer details, batch numbers, expiry dates, dosage... Read More