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The URHP is a professional association and register of qualified herbal practitioners. It is unique in that it embraces the diversity of the herbal world, with members trained in different herbal traditions: Western Herbal Medicine, Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tibetan Medicine and Unani Tibb.
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Upcoming Events

URHP & AMH Summer Gathering 2023
JULY 7TH - 9TH 2023
The Purley Chase Centre, Atherstone, CV9 2RQ

"Celebrating our Unity and Powerful Future"

A Conference for Qualified Herbalists & Herbal Students

We are excited to announce this year’s joint URHP & AMH summer conference. A celebration of our herbal families from our historical roots to the present day and our future together in our communities.

An opportunity to meet new and old friends, informative and inspirational talks, market stalls, herbal walks, fire ceremony and a forum together with the People’s Health Alliance, exchanging creative visions and action in our fields of wellness and health care. This is an opportunity to learn and share from the wealth of wisdom, knowledge and experience in our herbal community. The conference begins from Friday 4pm and finishes after lunch on Sunday at 2pm.

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Latest News

Obituary: Dr Jacqui Manwaring

It is with great sadness that I let you know that Dr Jacqui Manwaring passed away after a short period of illness on Friday 12th May 2023. Jacqui was a long standing member of the herbal community and she was a member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists since the 80's I think she qualified in about 1986. Jacqui wrote a BSc Herbal Degree which was sadly never rolled out and for those that remember her she spent some years lecturing in New Zealand (she loved her time there very much). I first met Jacqui in 2000 while I was a student and she was one of our lecturers at the University of Central Lancashire.  We became good friends and for those that had the pleasure of meeting Jacqui they will know that she was a gentle, caring and loving soul who was always exploring herbs and natural healing. There is much love shared for Jacqui and she was a wonderful herbalist, teacher, guide and friend to so many. Jacqui will be very sadly missed.

- Lynn Rawlinson

A Working Herbal Dispensary: Respecting Herbs as Individuals by Lucy Jones

A beautifully illustrated guide on how to understand and engage with medicinal herbs.

In her fascinating second book, full time medical herbalist Lucy Jones shares the characters and medicinal virtues of 108 herbs that she works with in her practice. Each herb is written as an individual that she knows and respects, rather than simply a list of conditions it treats or the constituents it contains.

Guided by Lucy's engaging and thoughtful prose, readers will journey through the physiological actions, energetic qualities, and emotional resonances of individual herbs, as well as qualities according to Tibetan Medicine, where they apply. Also included are historical views, magical associations, recipes for the home apothecary and many informal case studies to illustrate the virtues of the herbs.

Beautifully illustrated with colour photographs throughout, A Working Herbal Dispensary is more than your run of the mill herbal; it is an insight into a holistic practice where herbs and herbalist are working in partnership for the benefit of those that need help.

"The book is a rare gem, as it is not just re-writing every other herb book but comes from the heart of a busy practitioner who uses herbs clinically every day. Lucy doesn't just 'use' the herbs to 'fix what's broken', rather she understands how they holistically heal the whole person. These monographs are not just short paragraphs of what conditions the plants are 'good for', but a top-notch interweaving of tradition and experience that capture the medicinal essence of the plants. 'The binding of this book is going to become well-worn over the years."
Sajah Popham, founder of 'The School of Evolutionary Herbalism'

"Another wonderful herbal from Lucy, rich in ancient lore and insights from the Tibetan tradition brilliantly interwoven with wisdom, experience, and practical tips from a working herbalist and a self-sufficient one too! With fascinating and detailed descriptions of over one hundred herbs, enlivened by photos of herbs lovingly grown and foraged by Lucy, this book is testimony to the living tradition of herbalism in England and a great opportunity to learn how a clinical herbalist implements the tools of their trade. Thank you, Lucy!"
Anne McIntyre, medical herbalist (FNIMH) and author of 'The Complete Herbal Tutor' and 'Healing with Flowers'

"This work will undoubtedly go on to become canon in the arena of herbal medicine. It does not just provide information, with Lucy's deep understanding and long clinical practice, it's also experiential.  A Working Herbal Dispensary takes us on a journey into the plant kingdom; a journey where we experience and really connect with the energies, and magic, we encounter when we work with healing plants."
Karen Stone, founder of the Arura Healing Centre and practitioner of Traditional Tibetan Medicine

A Working Herbal Dispensary is published by Aeon Books, and will be available from the end of May 2023.

Herbal Alliance

At the end of 2019, Sebastian Pole, member of the APA, RCHM and honorary member of the URHP, reached out to all the heads of the herbal practitioner’s associations in the UK, to organise a 'Unity Day' with an objective to focus on our connectedness as a herbal community, to coordinate our efforts together to raise awareness and build confidence in the safety, efficacy and sustainability of herbal medicine as well as creating a unifying voice. [ Read more ]

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