About the IRH

The IRH is a professional body for herbalists who are fully qualified at diploma level or above and who meet the high standards of ethics, stringent criteria and professional conduct the Register demands.

The IRH is the largest professional association of its kind in Ireland and is the only all-Ireland body, representing herbalists throughout the 32 counties. The IRH continues to raise the standard of best practice and fully supports, offers guidance and updates its membership on key developments within the sector while providing representation to government, media and the general public.

• The IRH was founded in 2003, is a bona fide herbal register, and is open to all schools of herbal medicine provided they meet our professional criteria. Our membership includes traditional herbalists, Naturopathic Herbalists, Medical Herbalists and Master Herbalists.
• The Register's aim is to ensure the highest standard for safe, professional and ethical clinical practice of herbal medicine by its members, and to encourage best practice.
• Our main purpose is to support the growth and development of Herbalism in Ireland.
• The IRH remit is to educate all and everyone it makes contact with on the safety, efficacy and importance of herbal medicine as a vital form of health care either through seminars, workshops, publications or through the media.
• The IRH remains focused on its members, whether they are practicing or associate members, ensuring they are highly trained, informed, professional and well supported.
• The IRH remains focused on the importance of ecological issues and sustainability.
• The IRH works alongside other professional groups and organisations, locally and internationally, to promote and preserve the herbal medicine tradition.

For more information on any aspect of the IRH please email us on irh@irh.ie.