> if I offered a mother an herbal preparation for which I was not
>trained to prescribe, had no license to prescribe, etc.

Kathleen,
Is is considered "prescribing" to suggest something that is available
over the counter, especially when it is not classified as a medicine?  I,
too, would sincerely like to know what the legal distinctions are in this
issue.

-Lisa Marasco, BA, IBCLC