Beste Mensen,
In bijlage de brief die namens Benefyt is verzonden naar alle Europarlementairen (klik hier). Binnenkort zullen op basis hiervan nieuwe vragen aan de EC worden gesteld (ondermeer door Bart Staes).
Inmiddels is er ook een rechtszaak geïnitialiseerd in het Verenigd Koninkrijk waarin wij de wettelijkheid van een aantal aspecten van deze directieve betwisten.
Hoewel het misschien wel enige moeite kost, is het toch aan te bevelen de bijgesloten brief even door te nemen. Petitie- campagnes kunnen nooit de nuances en de details van een dergelijke ingewikkelde problematiek weergeven..
Dat kan contra-productief werken. Niettemin zijn er méér dan voldoende redenen tot bezorgheid.
De directieve zal zéker onveranderd doorgevoerd worden, dat is “out of the question”. Het is onze taak om op EU en lidstaat niveau aan te tonen dat deze directieve totaal ongeschikt is om traditionele disciplines te herbergen, zoals de Europese Commissie dat trouwens zelf reeds gesuggereerd heeft.
European Benefyt Foundation
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
bericht van ANVAG mbt petitie oproepen
Beste ANVAG-leden,
Namens de voorzitter van de ANVAG het volgende:
Bij het bestuur stromen mails binnen dat petities getekend moeten worden om
de invoering van een richtlijn vanuit de EU tegen te houden die alle
kruidengeneesmiddelen, waaronder de antroposofische, ayuveda en chinese
kruiden, evenals het verbouwen van bv rozemarijn in je tuin zou verbieden.
Wij hebben hierover navraag gedaan bij o.a. de voorzitter van de NVAA die
zitting heeft in het bestuur van de europese tak van de antroposofische
geneeskunde.
De berichtgeving in de petities over de invoering van genoemde EU-richtlijn
is onjuist en tendentieus.
Hieronder een link met wat uitgebreider de informatie over deze richtlijn.
Het behelst het aflopen van de overgangstermijn om te registreren van
traditionele kruidengeneesmiddelen in Europa.
Deze richtlijn, zie aanhang, is in 2004 ingevoerd voor kruidengeneesmiddelen
die al 30 jaar gebruikt worden, waarvan 15 jaar binnen de EU.
De fabrikanten van deze middelen wisten al jaren dat ze voor 30 april 2011
moesten registreren.
Dat er middelen zijn die ook onder deze richtlijn niet geregistreerd kunnen
worden is bekend.
Daarvoor moeten andere oplossingen komen, maar dat staat los van deze al in
2004 ingevoerde richtlijn.
Petities kunnen het aflopen van een deadline niet veranderen en nu tekenen
heeft dus geen enkel effect.
Europarlementariërs met protesten bombarderen nog minder.
In de eerste evaluatie van deze richtlijn traditionele
kruidengeneesmiddelen, zie aanhang, geeft de Commissie op bladzijde 10 aan
dat de regelgeving in Europa nog niet af is.
In die richting wordt geprobeerd verder te werken.
In de eerste CAM interest group van Europarlementariërs op 16 november 2010
is eea uitgebreid aan de orde geweest.
Europarlementariërs zijn bereid om mee te werken aan de verdere ontwikkeling
en ook de Europese Commissie gaf aan dat ze praktische oplossingen zoekt.
In de hoop hiermee wat objectieve helderheid geschapen te hebben,
Namens de ANVAG
Hartelijke Groet,
drs. Monique Van den Broek
Ayurvedic Practitioner, Yoga Docent, Dorn Therapie
Namens de voorzitter van de ANVAG het volgende:
Bij het bestuur stromen mails binnen dat petities getekend moeten worden om
de invoering van een richtlijn vanuit de EU tegen te houden die alle
kruidengeneesmiddelen, waaronder de antroposofische, ayuveda en chinese
kruiden, evenals het verbouwen van bv rozemarijn in je tuin zou verbieden.
Wij hebben hierover navraag gedaan bij o.a. de voorzitter van de NVAA die
zitting heeft in het bestuur van de europese tak van de antroposofische
geneeskunde.
De berichtgeving in de petities over de invoering van genoemde EU-richtlijn
is onjuist en tendentieus.
Hieronder een link met wat uitgebreider de informatie over deze richtlijn.
Het behelst het aflopen van de overgangstermijn om te registreren van
traditionele kruidengeneesmiddelen in Europa.
Deze richtlijn, zie aanhang, is in 2004 ingevoerd voor kruidengeneesmiddelen
die al 30 jaar gebruikt worden, waarvan 15 jaar binnen de EU.
De fabrikanten van deze middelen wisten al jaren dat ze voor 30 april 2011
moesten registreren.
Dat er middelen zijn die ook onder deze richtlijn niet geregistreerd kunnen
worden is bekend.
Daarvoor moeten andere oplossingen komen, maar dat staat los van deze al in
2004 ingevoerde richtlijn.
Petities kunnen het aflopen van een deadline niet veranderen en nu tekenen
heeft dus geen enkel effect.
Europarlementariërs met protesten bombarderen nog minder.
In de eerste evaluatie van deze richtlijn traditionele
kruidengeneesmiddelen, zie aanhang, geeft de Commissie op bladzijde 10 aan
dat de regelgeving in Europa nog niet af is.
In die richting wordt geprobeerd verder te werken.
In de eerste CAM interest group van Europarlementariërs op 16 november 2010
is eea uitgebreid aan de orde geweest.
Europarlementariërs zijn bereid om mee te werken aan de verdere ontwikkeling
en ook de Europese Commissie gaf aan dat ze praktische oplossingen zoekt.
In de hoop hiermee wat objectieve helderheid geschapen te hebben,
Namens de ANVAG
Hartelijke Groet,
drs. Monique Van den Broek
Ayurvedic Practitioner, Yoga Docent, Dorn Therapie
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Ritucharya kalender
An ayurvedic calendar to promote healthy living
2011-03-25 16:10:00
Varanasi, March 25 (IANS) What's the right lifestyle and diet for the season? To find out, turn to the first-of-its-kind ayurvedic calendar brought out by the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) here.
The faculty of ayurveda at the BHU, a prestigious central university, has come up with a health calendar that would guide people on how to stay fit and healthy round the year.
'Put simply, the calendar would enable people to select the right diet and lifestyle tips in every season for staying fit,' V.K. Joshi, a professor with the varsity's ayurveda faculty, told reporters Friday in Varanasi, some 300 km from Lucknow.
'You can broadly say the calendar has various guidelines in sync with different seasons that would make people stay healthy,' Joshi said.
'The calendar also has other beneficial information. One of them is to make people select the right colour for clothes on a seasonal basis - an exercise that helps in healthy living,' added Joshi, who has conceptualised the calendar.
According to officials, the calendar is based on 'ritucharya', the time-tested ancient seasonal regimen, which helps keep people healthy through proper diet and lifestyle pertaining to the season.
The guidelines and information in the ayurvedic calendar are based on the seasons as traditionally classified by Hindu calendars. The six ritus (seasons) are: Hemant (mid November-mid January), Shishir (mid January-mid March), Basant (mid March-mid May), Grishma (mid May-mid July), Varsha (mid July-mid September), Sharad (mid September-mid November).
'You will get to know every information on how to change your lifestyle according to seasonal fluctuations,' said Joshi.
The BHU has published the calendar with the assistance of Kerala Ayurvedic Ltd, a Kochi-based company.
'Officially, the calendar would be launched before the New Hindu Year 2068, starting April 4. Initially, we would be circulating the calendar free of cost to various government departments, BHU faculties and other institutions,' said Joshi.
'Though initially there will not be any price tag for the calendar, we anticipate that in the coming days the demand for the calendar would increase and we will have to fix a price for it,' he added.
2011-03-25 16:10:00
Varanasi, March 25 (IANS) What's the right lifestyle and diet for the season? To find out, turn to the first-of-its-kind ayurvedic calendar brought out by the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) here.
The faculty of ayurveda at the BHU, a prestigious central university, has come up with a health calendar that would guide people on how to stay fit and healthy round the year.
'Put simply, the calendar would enable people to select the right diet and lifestyle tips in every season for staying fit,' V.K. Joshi, a professor with the varsity's ayurveda faculty, told reporters Friday in Varanasi, some 300 km from Lucknow.
'You can broadly say the calendar has various guidelines in sync with different seasons that would make people stay healthy,' Joshi said.
'The calendar also has other beneficial information. One of them is to make people select the right colour for clothes on a seasonal basis - an exercise that helps in healthy living,' added Joshi, who has conceptualised the calendar.
According to officials, the calendar is based on 'ritucharya', the time-tested ancient seasonal regimen, which helps keep people healthy through proper diet and lifestyle pertaining to the season.
The guidelines and information in the ayurvedic calendar are based on the seasons as traditionally classified by Hindu calendars. The six ritus (seasons) are: Hemant (mid November-mid January), Shishir (mid January-mid March), Basant (mid March-mid May), Grishma (mid May-mid July), Varsha (mid July-mid September), Sharad (mid September-mid November).
'You will get to know every information on how to change your lifestyle according to seasonal fluctuations,' said Joshi.
The BHU has published the calendar with the assistance of Kerala Ayurvedic Ltd, a Kochi-based company.
'Officially, the calendar would be launched before the New Hindu Year 2068, starting April 4. Initially, we would be circulating the calendar free of cost to various government departments, BHU faculties and other institutions,' said Joshi.
'Though initially there will not be any price tag for the calendar, we anticipate that in the coming days the demand for the calendar would increase and we will have to fix a price for it,' he added.
Ayurveda ban bitter pill for state | Deccan Chronicle
Ayurveda ban bitter pill for state | Deccan Chronicle
Ayurveda ban bitter pill for state
With barely a month to go before Ayurveda drugs go off the shelves across European Union, which has imposed a ban from May 1, the Rs.600-crore Ayurveda industry in Kerala, home to the traditional medical system, remains rattled and unprepared to face the situation.
The ban is on the grounds that several of these drugs have tested to contain residues of heavy metals such as lead, zinc and cadmium that can prove hazardous to health.
The industry has to provide sufficient documents based on research to prove that the formulations are not harmful and have been in use in the country for centuries.
Mr Joy Varghese, chief executive officer of the Confederation for Ayurv-edic Renaissance Keralam Pvt Ltd (CARe-Keralam), a cluster of more than 60 Ayurveda drug manufacturing firms, says the ban threat has been in the air for quite some time. Though exports to the EU may account for hardly 5 per cent of the total revenue, there is an added threat of other countries following the EU.
“Already CARe has begun research and documentation of drug formulations at its centre in Koratty. It is in collaboration with Ayush, the central department for traditional medical systems, to support research and provide necessary documents. The industry has also been demanding an ayurveda export council under the Director-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT),” he said.
According to the EU notification, all herbal medicinal products must have prior authorisation before they can be marketed in the EU. This will mean that many medicines which go abroad as extracts and food supplements such as chavanprash, ashwagandha, etc will go out of sale across Europe from May 1.
Dr D. Ramanathan, managing director of Sitaram Ayurveda Pharmacy Ltd and general secretary of the Ayurvedic Medicine Manufacturers Organisation of India (AMMOI), says these medicines have been in use since ages.
Ayurveda ban bitter pill for state
With barely a month to go before Ayurveda drugs go off the shelves across European Union, which has imposed a ban from May 1, the Rs.600-crore Ayurveda industry in Kerala, home to the traditional medical system, remains rattled and unprepared to face the situation.
The ban is on the grounds that several of these drugs have tested to contain residues of heavy metals such as lead, zinc and cadmium that can prove hazardous to health.
The industry has to provide sufficient documents based on research to prove that the formulations are not harmful and have been in use in the country for centuries.
Mr Joy Varghese, chief executive officer of the Confederation for Ayurv-edic Renaissance Keralam Pvt Ltd (CARe-Keralam), a cluster of more than 60 Ayurveda drug manufacturing firms, says the ban threat has been in the air for quite some time. Though exports to the EU may account for hardly 5 per cent of the total revenue, there is an added threat of other countries following the EU.
“Already CARe has begun research and documentation of drug formulations at its centre in Koratty. It is in collaboration with Ayush, the central department for traditional medical systems, to support research and provide necessary documents. The industry has also been demanding an ayurveda export council under the Director-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT),” he said.
According to the EU notification, all herbal medicinal products must have prior authorisation before they can be marketed in the EU. This will mean that many medicines which go abroad as extracts and food supplements such as chavanprash, ashwagandha, etc will go out of sale across Europe from May 1.
Dr D. Ramanathan, managing director of Sitaram Ayurveda Pharmacy Ltd and general secretary of the Ayurvedic Medicine Manufacturers Organisation of India (AMMOI), says these medicines have been in use since ages.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Dr. Lad seminars in Colorado
It is with great excitement that COLORAMA, the Colorado Ayurvedic Medical Association, can announce that Vasant Lad, the director of the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, NM, and one of the foremost experts in Ayurveda, is coming to Colorado on April 29 to May 1, 2011.
The weekend is a fundraiser to support the Ayurvedic professions in Colorado and the Ganesh Ayurveda Ashram in India.
Vasant Lad will be giving some great lectures:
Friday, April 29: 7-9 PM
Ayurveda: the Science of Longevity - Secrets for a Long and Vital Life - OPEN TO ALL
Broomfield Community Center, 280 Lamar Street, Broomfield, CO 80020
$20 ($10 for COLORAMA paying members)
see the flyer here http://www.coloradoayurveda.org/LONGEVITY.pdf
Saturday, April 30, 9 AM - 12 PM
The Reunion of Yoga & Ayurveda - OPEN TO ALL
Solstice Center, 302 Pearl St., Boulder, CO 80302
$75 ($50 for COLORAMA paying members) $85 at the door
see the flyer here http://www.coloradoayurveda.org/YOGAAYURVEDA.pdf
Saturday, April 30: 1.30-5 PM
Integrative & Ayurvedic Approaches to Cancer - OPEN TO ALL
Solstice Center, 302 Pearl St., Boulder, CO 80302
$100 ($75 for COLORAMA paying members) $115 at the door
see the flyer here http://www.coloradoayurveda.org/AYURCANCER.pdf
Saturday, April 30: 7-9 PM
Special Kirtan - OPEN TO ALL
Enjoy a special night of chanting with Vasant Lad, Alakananda Devi, Sadananda, Shanti & Scott Medina, and more
Solstice Center, 302 Pearl St., Boulder, CO 80302
$10 (FREE if you attend Saturday's workshop(s) $15 at the door
Sunday, May 1: 9 AM - 12 PM
Master Class: Special Topics
PranaYoga & Ayurveda Mandala
3333 Federal Blvd., Denver, CO 80211
$75 (professional or student member of COLORAMA required)
Save money by pre-registering and/or signing up as a paying member of COLORAMA http://www.coloradoayurveda.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15&Itemid=9
Student $25
Supporter $50
Professional $75
Pre-registration is recommended. Register before March 15 and save money. Online registration is available http://www.coloradoayurveda.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12&Itemid=6
For more information please call David 970.389.6251 or email colorama.events@gmail.com
We hope that you take advantage of this great opportunity to be in the presence of Vasant Lad and enjoy his vast knowledge on Ayurveda.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Binnenkort belangrijk congres Care for the Future
Georganiseerd door Supplement:
Integrative Care for the Future is an international organization devoted to the support, study and dissemination of evidence-based, complementary therapies that are used to control symptoms associated with cancer and other serious illnesses. (www.IntegrativeCareftFuture.org)
First International Conference on Integrative Care for the Future
Amsterdam
March 11-12, 2011
Integrative medicine faces challenges as it attempts to develop a larger presence.
This First International Conference will address the economic, political, regulatory,
educational and professional health care landscape in a diverse group of nations.
The First International Conference on Integrative Care for the Future will be chaired by Barrie Cassileth, PhD, Chief of the Integrative Medicine Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York. The Conference has been organized in partnership with Mischa Nagel, publisher of Supplement+, a Dutch periodical for health professionals.
Barrie R. Cassileth Mischa P.M. Nagel
CONFERENCE CHAIR
Barrie Cassileth, PhD CONFERENCE ORGANIZER
Mischa P.M. Nagel
Integrative Care for the Future 2011
Integrative Care for the Future is an international organization devoted to the support, study and dissemination of evidence-based, complementary therapies that are used to control symptoms associated with cancer and other serious illnesses. (www.IntegrativeCareftFuture.org)
First International Conference on Integrative Care for the Future
Amsterdam
March 11-12, 2011
Integrative medicine faces challenges as it attempts to develop a larger presence.
This First International Conference will address the economic, political, regulatory,
educational and professional health care landscape in a diverse group of nations.
The First International Conference on Integrative Care for the Future will be chaired by Barrie Cassileth, PhD, Chief of the Integrative Medicine Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York. The Conference has been organized in partnership with Mischa Nagel, publisher of Supplement+, a Dutch periodical for health professionals.
Barrie R. Cassileth Mischa P.M. Nagel
CONFERENCE CHAIR
Barrie Cassileth, PhD CONFERENCE ORGANIZER
Mischa P.M. Nagel
Integrative Care for the Future 2011
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