Dr. Samuel Hahnemann is the originator of homeopathy founded almost 200 years ago. The medicine therapy practitioners or the homeopaths believed that “like cures like”. Being the dark era for medicine the homeopathy was introduced as a light of hope. Homeopathy cures incurable diseases too, as per a few studies “Homeopathic medicine = Energy e.g. E=mc2”
Animal Homeopathy
The human beings with the use of homeopathy were really happy with the result of homeopathy, so the invention was done for animals as well. Animal homeopathy or veterinary homeopathy follows the same principle as in humans. The medicines are available for all the big and small animals. People want side-effect-free medicine and conventional cures with better treatment for their animal families.
The regulatory requirement for the Homeopathy medicines
Homeopathic medicines include drugs that are recorded in Homeopathic proving and whose therapeutic efficacy has been established through long clinical experience as recorded in the authoritative Homeopathic literature of India and abroad. It must be prepared according to the techniques of homeopathic pharmacy and also includes a combination of drugs.
A license needs to be obtained for manufacturing or selling Homeopathic medicines wholesale. In 1973, the Government of India recognized Homeopathy as one of the National systems of medicine and set up the Central Council of Homeopathy (CCH) to regulate its education and practice. Licenses are valid for five years.
Applications are made to the State Licensing Authority for the manufacture of Homoeopathic medicines and to the Central Licensing Authority for the manufacture of NHMs. Drugs may be manufactured in small quantities for tests or analyses if the manufacturer holds the appropriate licenses.
What are Regulatory requirements for over-the-counter (nonprescription) medications?
The D&C Act or the Rules do not specifically mention OTC drugs. The two broad categories envisaged by the Act are prescription and nonprescription drugs. Prescription Drugs are those specified in Schedules H, H (1), and X of the D&C Act, but there is no specific schedule enlisting the nonprescription drugs. There are certain drugs, however, which can be sold in non-drug licensed stores i.e., in non-pharmacies. These drugs are specified in Schedule K of the D&C Act and include drugs such as quinine and other anti-malarial drugs and household remedies such as Aspirin tablets, Paracetamol, and Gripe water.
Do you know? OTC homeopathic drugs can be purchased from the same allopathic chemist shops.
The Centre has amended the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 to allow the sale of homeopathic drugs over the counter from the allopathic chemist shops.
Now, homeopathic medicines can be purchased over the counter (OTC) from the common chemist shop selling allopathic drugs in INDIA. Under the existing laws, the sale of homeopathy and allopathic drugs from the same shop was not allowed.
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