9^th Asian Herbal and Traditional Medicine summit

Biography

Karin Kraft is currently the Chair of Naturopathy at the University Medicine Rostock in Germany since 2002. She has published more than 140 papers in reputed journals and is the President of the German Society on Phytotherapy since 2010.. Herbal Medicinal Drugs (HMPs) and food, including food supplements, have different legal definitions. They therefore must be clearly separated. HMPs have pharmacological effects and are used for therapy, relief, prevention or diagnosis of diseases. They are subdivided into HMPs with the status well-established use (proven efficacy by at least one sufficient clinical study, proven quality and tolerability and indications for mainly mild diseases) and HMPs with the status traditional use (proven quality and tolerability and indications for minor health problems).

Research Interest

Naturopathy