About the IRCH

The General Council and Register Of Consultant Herbalists (GCRCH) was founded in 1960 by the directors of the British Herbal Union with the aim of ensuring that anyone consulting one of its members would experience skilled, ethical and professional care. In 1997, because of its international spread and the equal status of both the Herbal and Homœopathic Faculty, the GCRCH was re-named as the International Register of Consultant Herbalists and Homœopaths. All registered members have received extensive academic and practical clinical training and passed examinations set by the Faculty of Herbal Medicine and the Homœopathic Foundation. Members of the Register of Herbalists and Homœopaths operate to a strict code of ethics and professionalism, are subject to a rigid disciplinary procedure and required to hold relevant indemnity insurance. Members may use the initials DBTh (Diploma in Botano Therapy) or DHoM (Diploma in Homœopathic Medicine) and the designated letters MIRCH (Member of the International Register of Consultant Herbalists and Homœopaths) or FIRCH (Fellow of the International Register of Consultant Herbalists and Homœopaths). Use of these terms is limited by law to members of the Register in order that the public may be aware that those using these letters are fully qualified Members of the International Register of Consultant Herbalists and Homœopaths.