Plant Monographs to Unite World Health | Featuring Roy Upton

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Roy Upton about the significance of plant monographs and their impact on global health and herbalism.

This week on Herbal Radio, host Lucretia Van Dyke is joined by the founder of American Herbal Pharmacopoeia and man behind the modern monograph: Roy Upton. Join us as we explore: The purpose and importance of plant monographs Integrating traditional medicine into primary healthcare Learning about plants before the digital age The rise and dangers of AI herbalism books Roy's adventures hunting for old herbal books How AHP monographs influence legislature on a global scale As always, we thank you for joining us on another botanical adventure and are so honored to have you tag along with us on this ride. Remember, we want to hear from you! Your questions, ideas, and who you want to hear from are an invaluable piece to our podcast. Email us at podcast@mountainroseherbs.com to let us know what solutions we should uncover next within the vast world of herbalism. 🎥 Check out the video interview to this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6gOU9JJnFQ4 Learn more about Roy below! 🌿 Roy Upton founded the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AHP) in 1995 to bring the knowledge base of herbal medicine into one monograph system as a way to allay consumer and practitioner fears about using herbal…

People in this episode

Host: Lucretia Van Dyke

Guest: Roy Upton

Topics covered

• plant monographs
• traditional medicine
• herbalism
• AI in herbalism
• legislation
• botanical knowledge

Keywords

• herbal medicine
• plant monographs
• Roy Upton
• American Herbal Pharmacopoeia
• AI herbalism
• traditional medicine
• botanical knowledge

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Herbal Pharmacopoeia

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