Big news for Naturopathy & Western Herbal Medicine!
The “Assuring Safe and Integrated Health Care” Review was soft launched on Sunday 4th May, at the NHAA Naturopathic Symposium in Sydney. (There are plans for a bigger launch later in the year.) The CMA has been actively involved in the development and funding of the “Assuring Safe and Integrated Health Care” Review. This 236…
PHI Rebates Are Back for Naturopathy & Herbal Medicine!
We’re celebrating a major milestone for natural healthcare in Australia! ???? On April 14, 2025, the Hon. Mark Butler officially endorsed the NTREAP expert panel’s recommendations to reinstate Private Health Insurance (PHI) rebates for Naturopathy and Western Herbal Medicine. These rebates were removed in 2019, pending a thorough review of evidence around their effectiveness and…
Wild Cherry Bark peeled off the banned herb list
Exciting Update for Western Herbal Medicine Practitioners We’re pleased to announce that Wild Cherry Bark will soon be released from the TGA’s banned herb list! In cooperation with Integria, and OneCam, we presented proposals in 2022-2023 to lift the ban on Wild Cherry Bark. The TGA had restricted the herb due to its amygdalin content.…
Health Fund rebates for Nat and WHM – Are we there yet?
The journey to restore natural therapies in private health insurance has been long. And it’s not over yet. In 2015, the Government reviewed 16 natural therapies. It found insufficient evidence of effectiveness and removed rebates for treatments like Naturopathy and Western Herbal Medicine. This decision hit our industry hard. Public and professional concern led to…
CMA Grant Opportunity for Full Members: Advance Your Research and Clinical Skills
The CMA is excited to announce a grant opportunity for all FULL Members Eligibility: This is open to all Full Members of the CMA, including Naturopaths, Herbalists, Homeopaths, Nutritionists, and Ayurvedic Practitioners, regardless of whether you hold a degree or not. Focus on Contribution: We encourage candidates to demonstrate a desire to raise this…
Herb-Drug Interactions Database
There is an ever growing number of patients that use pharmaceutical drugs prescribed by their doctor but want to use natural remedies prescribed by their naturopath. Many CMA practitioners have enquired about a reliable database that they can access checking herbal-drug interactions for safe and optimal outcomes. Recently a study compared the performance of eight…
ANC Meets with NT Shadow Health Minister – Bill Yan
ANC (Australian Naturopathic Council) representatives, CMA President Kristy Hollis & Dr Amie Steel had a Zoom meeting with William ‘Bill’ Yan the NT Shadow Minister for Health. “With the ‘Preventative Health Conference 2024 – Building Prevention Success Stories’ being held in Darwin later this month we reached out to Mr William Yan– the NT Shadow…
NHMRC Report on Homeopathy
NHMRC Report on Homeopathy The Australian Government withheld a first report so it could release its second flawed report to say homeopathy is ineffective. We now want to see that first report. Release the First Report Published on 27 Jun 2018 The Australian Government research Institute, NHMRC, made headlines with their…
Australian Complementary Medicine Business Explodes
Australian complementary medicines sales have more than doubled from $2.3 billion to $4.7 billion in just over three years according to Complementary Medicines Australia (CMA) ceo Carl Gibson, who yesterday unveiled the results of the 2017 Australian Complementary Medicines Industry Audit. Gibson was speaking at the Complementary Medicines Australia Innovation Seminar and Supplier Expo yesterday,…
Bayer Urges Herbal Standards
Pharmaceutical giant Bayer has urged the global industry to “look at creating globally accepted standards governing the development of herbal products,” with about 32% of all pharmaceutical drugs currently based on botanicals. The company issued a statement during the 25th United European Gastroenterology (UEG) Week in Barcelona Spain which looked at Bayer’s Iberogast and functional…