I was wondering if anybody here knows more about the law on this than me. I know there are now regulations in place preventing people from selling preparations and pills made from wild plants - you aren't allowed to sell unregulated herbal remedies.
I'm not a medical herbalist - I'm a mushroom expert and becoming an expert in wild plants. Today I found something that turned out to be called "Pellitory of the Wall", and it is listed in several reference books as being medicinally useful for kidney complaints. Now...I already sell wild mushrooms and edible weeds to people, and there's no law against that. Is there a law preventing me from selling a non-edible weed to somebody because they've got a kidney complaint and want to try a herbal remedy?
In other words, can I be just a legal "seller of weeds" who claims only to have botanical knowledge rather than medical knowledge? Can I sell somebody a weed knowing that they intend to use it medicinally and yet still claim that I was merely selling them a weed?
I'm not a medical herbalist - I'm a mushroom expert and becoming an expert in wild plants. Today I found something that turned out to be called "Pellitory of the Wall", and it is listed in several reference books as being medicinally useful for kidney complaints. Now...I already sell wild mushrooms and edible weeds to people, and there's no law against that. Is there a law preventing me from selling a non-edible weed to somebody because they've got a kidney complaint and want to try a herbal remedy?
In other words, can I be just a legal "seller of weeds" who claims only to have botanical knowledge rather than medical knowledge? Can I sell somebody a weed knowing that they intend to use it medicinally and yet still claim that I was merely selling them a weed?