The German Commission E is a scientific advisory board of the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices formed in 1978.
The commission gives scientific expertise for the approval of substances and products previously used in traditional, folk and herbal medicine.
[1] The monographs are a collection of official documents compiled over nearly two decades by a committee composed of twenty four scientific experts that was set up in 1978 to evaluate the safety and efficacy of herbal medicines by reviewing the extant literature.
"Certainly worth studying, the Commission E monographs detail which herbs are approved or disapproved, along with their uses, dosages, contraindications, adverse effects, drug interactions, and pharmacologic actions.
.."[3] One critic of Commission E is Jonathan Treasure, a UK-licensed medical herbalist[4] and author of numerous herbalism monographs.