Chinese Herbs and Dietary Supplement Regulation
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In 1994, congress passed legislation called the Dietary Supplement Education Health Education Act (DSHEA). This legislation had overwhelming public support, as well as support from professional practitioners of alternative medicine, their professional organizations and their schools. What was congress to do? The public had spoken. Or had they? At the time, I remember being suspicious. While I was concerned about losing access to certain herbs, it also occurred to me that someone with lots of money must have something to gain by this act. Especially since it had strong Republican support, particularly from Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, a man with personal and political interest in the Utah supplement industry. At the time, hype being circulated around TCM schools included claims that ginseng was going to be banned for mimicking...
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