Portal registration form – Herbal Alliance

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
WE ARE CURRENTLY UPDATING THE WEBSITE AND REGISTRATION PROCESS FOR THE RELAUNCH DUE IN APRIL/MAY.

Please feel free to sign up today, however, there will be delays for new applications until the Portal has been fully updated. Please ensure you ensure accurate data to speed up your application process when validation begins.

Practitioner Member Application

Welcome to the Herbal Alliance Registration

Submit this form to apply for membership and set up your Professional Portal account.

Eligibility: This portal is exclusively for Professional Herbalists and Student Herbalists on a practitioner course in the UK and Ireland. (If you represent an organisation, such as a Professional Association, Supplier, or Publisher, please click here to apply instead).
Approval Timeline: To maintain the integrity of our network, we carefully review all applications. Please allow 7 to 14 days for manual approval before your portal access is granted.

First Name

Last Name

Username

Password

Confirm Password

Please select your registration type (UK/IE practitioners and students only):

Registered Professional Herbalist (Member or Fellow belonging to a dedicated Herbal Medicine Professional Association).

Independent Professional Herbalist (Not belonging to a dedicated Herbal Medicine Professional Association).

Herbalist Emeritus (Retired & no longer a member of a Professional Association)

Student of a Professional Course operating in the UK or Ireland.

None of the above.

Only tick this box if you do not wish to receive participatory updates, event invitations, and partner discounts. (You can always change your preferences later in your dashboard).

Registered Professional Herbalist

You are a Professional Herbalist registered to a dedicated UK or Irish Professional Association. Please ensure details are accurate to void delays in your application.

Select your Primary Professional AssociationDropdown

While you may belong to multiple PAs, please add a primary association for your profile.

How do you want to confirm your membership?

Link to my public PA profile

Upload my Certificate

I cannot do either (this will delay your application)

Link to my public PA profile. Please enter the full direct link to your profile, not the generic link to your PA’s directory)

IMPORTANT: You must ensure that this link works and shows your profile with a matching name and preferably a matching email.
Pasting the generic “Find a Herbalist” page of your Professional Association will not suffice and will delay your application.

Professional Association Certificate of Membership (this may be validated directly with your association).

This can be in the form of an image (e.g. jpg, png etc…) or a PDF. Please ensure that it is accurate & up to date or your application will be delayed.
DO NOT upload your diploma or insurance or your application will not be accepted. If you are not registered with a PA, use the “Independent Professional Herbalist” choice on this application.

Upload my Certificate

Please enter your Membership Number or Registered Email linked to your Professional Association as we will need wait for a response from your Professional Association.

We will need to contact your Professional Association directly to validate your membership. This will delay your application and access to the portal.

Independent Professional Herbalist

You are an independent Herbalists who does not belong to a dedicated Herbal Medicine Professional Association. This requires you to prove you are qualified, insured and running a practice in the UK or Ireland.

Please ensure details are accurate to avoid delays in your application.

Please enter the website of your clinic

Not required if you do not have a website. Leaving this empty may slow your application.

Please enter the address of your Clinic. Required to validate your residency. This must either match your clinic address as per your website OR the address on your insurance policy if using an unpublished home address.

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

County

Postcode / Eircode

Country

Name of any Professional Association(s) you belong to (optional).

Do you hold a recognised practitioner qualification in Herbal Medicine and a current Professional Indemnity/Malpractice Insurance allowing you to practice in the UK or Ireland?

Yes

Please upload copies of your qualification certificate and your current insurance schedule.

We accept BSc, MSc, PhD, or Professional Diplomas (minimum Level 6 UK / Level 8 IE standards) in Herbal Medicine. We also recognise equivalent industry-standard qualifications leading to professional practitioner status in the UK or Ireland.
Note: Your insurance must specifically cover the practice of Herbal Medicine (e.g., Western Herbal Medicine, Ayurveda, TCM, Unani Tibb, or Tibetan Herbal Medicine).

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Herbalist Emeritus (Retired)

You are a retired herbalist who does not belong to a Herbal Medicine Professional Association. This requires you to prove you practised previously in the UK or Ireland.

Note: If you are a fellow or an associate member of a Professional Association, please use the “Registered Professional Herbalist” option.

Please ensure details are accurate to avoid delays in your application.

Please upload proof that you were in practice. This should include your herbalist qualification, an expired insurance policy and/or an old membership certificate.

We accept BSc, MSc, PhD, or Professional Diplomas (minimum Level 6 UK / Level 8 IE standards) in Herbal Medicine. We also recognise equivalent industry-standard qualifications leading to professional practitioner status in the UK or Ireland.
Note: Your proof of insurance must specifically cover the practice of Herbal Medicine (e.g., Western Herbal Medicine, Ayurveda, TCM, Unani Tibb, or Tibetan Herbal Medicine).

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Industry Work Verification

To maintain the integrity of our network, please provide two professional references who can verify you worked as a Professional Herbalist. We suggest choosing a peer or contacts belonging to a herbalist Professional Associations from the UK or Ireland.

Please ensure they are aware that we will contact them. We will email them through info@herbalalliance.org (otherwise it is worth asking them to add this email as a contact or to frequently check their SPAM folder).

Reference 1:

Full Name

Capacity of Work

Reference 2:

Full Name

Capacity of Work

Student of a Professional Course

You are a Student of a Professional Herbalist accredited course operating in the UK or Ireland.
Please ensure details are accurate to void delays in your application.

Professional Course Confirmation

IMPORTANT: Foundation or Hobbyist courses are NOT accepted. Membership is strictly for students of an accredited course to become a Professional Herbalist in the UK or Ireland.

I confirm that my course is accredited to a Professional Association in the UK or Ireland and will train me to become a Professional Herbalist.

My course is not a recognised Professional Herbalist Qualification in the UK or Ireland

Please upload a photograph or a digital copy of proof that you are on a Professional Herbalist Course. Limited up to 2 files.

To facilitate and speed up your Account Approval, please upload a PDF, screenshot, or photograph of your Practitioner Training Enrolment or a Confirmation Letter from your school. You may contact your course coordinator to request this confirmation. The document must clearly state your full name and the professional title of the course you are attending.
We cannot approve applications submitted with screenshots of bank payments, student finance letters, or online school account dashboards. This portal is strictly for students of Professional Practitioner Courses (excluding foundation, hobbyist, or community courses in herbalism).

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Sorry! You are not currently eligible to join the Herbal Alliance.

We appreciate your interest in the Herbal Alliance. Based on the information provided, you do not currently meet our eligibility criteria for a professional account.

Registration is currently limited to practitioners practicing within the UK or Ireland, or those who maintain active membership with a recognised UK or Irish Herbal Medicine Professional Association. This ensures we can maintain our manual verification standards across the portal.

If you believe you should be able to get an account or you want to contact us, please get in touch with us.

Please click here to return to the Herbal Alliance website

Sorry! You are not currently eligible to join the Herbal Alliance.

We appreciate your interest in the Herbal Alliance. However, student membership is only for students on an industry-recognised professional herbalist practitioner course (Level 6 UK / Level 8 IE or BSc equivalent).

Unfortunately we cannot accept students from foundation or hobbyist courses.

If you believe you should be able to get an account or you want to contact us, please get in touch with us.

Please click here to return to the Herbal Alliance website.

Sorry! You are not currently eligible to join the Herbal Alliance.

To ensure the professional integrity of our network, account eligibility is currently limited to herbalists practicing within the UK or Ireland. Applicants based outside these regions are eligible only if they maintain active membership with a UK or Irish-based Herbal Medicine Professional Association.

This policy allows our team to manually verify qualifications, clinical standards, and documentation against local regulatory frameworks. Consequently, we are unable to accept applications from international practitioners at this time.

If you believe you should be able to get an account or you want to contact us, please get in touch with us.

Please click here to return to the Herbal Alliance website

By submitting this form, your application will be sent to our team for approval. This can take between 7 to 14 days, or longer if you are a non-registered professional herbalist.

Your account will be created upon validation of your details. You will not be able to access the Portal until your account has been approved by a member of our team. An email will be sent to you once your account is active.

If you need to get in touch with us, please click here.

I have read and agree to the Community Guidelines.
I confirm that this is a personal account and I will not post on behalf of an organisation (as there are dedicated account types for Professional Associations and organisations).

I have read and agree to the Terms and Conditions and acknowledge the Privacy Policy.

I consent to my details being stored to process this application and, where applicable, shared with my selected Professional Association solely to validate my membership status.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:WE ARE CURRENTLY UPDATING THE WEBSITE AND REGISTRATION PROCESS FOR THE RELAUNCH DUE IN APRIL/MAY.

Registered Professional Herbalist

Independent Professional Herbalist

Herbalist Emeritus (Retired)

Industry Work Verification

Reference 1:

Reference 2:

Student of a Professional Course

Sorry! You are not currently eligible to join the Herbal Alliance.

Sorry! You are not currently eligible to join the Herbal Alliance.

Sorry! You are not currently eligible to join the Herbal Alliance.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
WE ARE CURRENTLY UPDATING THE WEBSITE AND REGISTRATION PROCESS FOR THE RELAUNCH DUE IN APRIL/MAY.