Simon Mills on the power of herbs | 5x15 @ the Eden Project

Simon Mills is Herbal Strategist at Pukka Herbs. He has been in herbal practice since 1977 and at the forefront of the modern development of herbal, complementary and integrated medicine. In 1987 he co-founded the world’s first university centre for complementary health in Exeter. Simon is also an acknowledged authority on the therapeutics, safety and regulatory control of herbal medicines. From 1992-95 he coordinated a major European Commission project on herbal medicines and has been Secretary of the European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy (ESCOP) since 1997. Separately and further to managing a large UK government grant from 2008-11 which anticipated the value of social prescribing, Simon has led innovations in self-care, learning that this is better as 'shared care', framing the role of 'health guide'. He is Self-Care Lead at the College of Medicine and has helped set up Our Health Directory as an evidence-based resource for all. He has been listed in Who's Who since 2013.

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