Media Centre

Our media team works with journalists across the UK. We can provide expert comment on a range of issues relating to herbal medicine and also have a bank of media volunteers with personal experience of herbal issues both as practitioners and patients.

 

More about the Institute

The National Institute of Medical Herbalists is the UK’s leading professional body representing herbal medicine practitioners.

First established as the National Association of Medical Herbalists in 1864, today the National Institute of Medical Herbalists has more than 700 members across the UK and beyond.

The Institute promotes the benefits of herbal medicine and oversees the provision of the best patient care through the work of its members.

Our members undergo a lengthy training programme before they can register as qualified medical herbalists. Practitioners train for at least three years and adhere to a strict code of conduct before they can gain MNIMH or FNIMH after their name. Recently qualified practitioners have been trained to degree standard. All our members are fully insured, and follow a strict code of conduct.

Our registered medical herbalists are trained in the same diagnostic skills as mainstream doctors but take a more holistic approach to treating illness. Herbalists treat a wide range of acute and chronic conditions and frequently work in collaboration with GPs and consultants to achieve the best combination of treatments for individual patients.