Last updated: 8 September 2025
1. Introduction
These Terms and Conditions apply to this website and to the products, services, features, accounts, subscriptions, listings, tools, directories, Materia Medica content, communications, and other resources available through it.
This website, including the Materia Medica, practitioner directory, pharmacy directory, calculators, articles, and related content, is provided for educational and informational purposes only and is not a source of medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Nothing on this website is intended to replace consultation with an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
Please also read our Disclaimer, Privacy Policy, and Cookie Policy, as they form part of these Terms and Conditions.
2. Binding
By registering with, accessing, browsing, or otherwise using this website, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.
If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, you must not use this website.
In some cases, we may ask you to expressly confirm your agreement to these Terms and Conditions before using a particular feature or service.
3. Electronic communication
By using this website or communicating with us electronically, you agree and acknowledge that we may communicate with you electronically, whether by email, through the website, or by other electronic means.
You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, operational messages, account notices, and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.
4. Intellectual property
We or our licensors own and control all copyright, database rights, trademarks, design rights, and other intellectual property rights in the website and in the data, information, content, text, graphics, branding, structure, design, and other resources displayed by or accessible through the website, unless otherwise stated.
4.1 All rights reserved
Unless specific content expressly states otherwise, you are not granted any licence or other right under any copyright, trademark, patent, database, or other intellectual property right.
This means that you must not, without our prior written permission, except where permitted by mandatory law:
- copy, reproduce, republish, or distribute material from this website;
- sell, license, sublicence, commercialise, or monetise material from this website;
- alter, adapt, edit, translate, or create derivative works from website content;
- reverse engineer, decompile, or otherwise attempt to extract source material from any feature, system, or tool on the website;
- systematically scrape, harvest, or extract content, data, listings, practitioner information, Materia Medica content, or other resources from the website.
5. Free online subscription
Certain features of this website may be provided as a free online subscription.
We do not charge money for this subscription. Access is instead provided on the condition that the user remains subscribed to our required communications as set out in these Terms.
By creating an account or using any subscription-based feature of the website, you acknowledge and agree that:
- your subscription is free of charge;
- your access is conditional on your continued subscription to our required communications;
- if you unsubscribe from those required communications, your free subscription will be cancelled immediately; and
- your account will be deleted in accordance with these Terms.
6. Required communications
As a condition of maintaining an active account and free subscription on this website, you must remain subscribed to our email communications, which may include:
- newsletter communications;
- email marketing communications; and
- operational or service-related email communications connected with your account, subscription, listings, or use of the website.
By registering for an account, you agree that continued receipt of these communications is a condition of receiving and maintaining access to the free subscription service.
If you unsubscribe from these required communications, we will treat this as a decision to end your free subscription. In that event:
- your subscription will be cancelled immediately; and
- your account will be deleted immediately.
Where permitted by applicable law, you acknowledge and agree that remaining subscribed to these communications is part of the basis on which this free subscription is offered.
For the avoidance of doubt, forwarding our newsletter in electronic form to others who may be interested in visiting our website is permitted.
7. Third-party property
Our website may include hyperlinks or other references to third-party websites, services, practitioners, businesses, software, tools, or external resources.
We do not monitor or review the content of third-party websites or services linked from this website. Products or services offered by third parties are subject to their own terms and conditions and privacy practices.
Opinions expressed or material appearing on those third-party websites are not necessarily shared or endorsed by us.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, accuracy, availability, or reliability of third-party websites or services. You bear all risks associated with your use of such third-party websites and services.
8. Responsible use
By visiting our website, you agree to use it only for the purposes intended and as permitted by these Terms and Conditions, any additional agreements with us, and applicable laws, regulations, and generally accepted online standards and practices.
You must not:
- use the website for any unlawful, misleading, fraudulent, abusive, or harmful purpose;
- use the website in a way that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or interferes with its performance, availability, accessibility, or security;
- upload, publish, transmit, distribute, or link to malicious software or harmful code;
- conduct systematic or automated data collection activities on or in relation to the website without our prior written consent;
- use data collected from the website for direct marketing or other unauthorised commercial purposes;
- attempt to gain unauthorised access to any restricted area, account, server, system, database, or connected infrastructure;
- use the website in any manner that infringes the rights of any person.
9. Registration
You may register for an account on this website. During registration, you may be required to choose a password and provide account information.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account details and agree not to share them with any other person.
You must not allow any other person to use your account to access the website or its services. You are responsible for all activity that occurs through your account.
You must notify us immediately if you become aware of any unauthorised use of your account, any disclosure of your password, or any compromise of your login details.
After account termination or deletion, you must not attempt to register a new account without our permission.
9.1 Effect of unsubscribe on account
If you unsubscribe from the required communications referred to in these Terms, your account will be deleted immediately and your free subscription will end immediately.
9.2 Listings and submitted directory content
Deletion of your account does not necessarily mean that any listing, directory entry, review, profile content, business information, or other material previously submitted by you will automatically be removed from the website.
Where you have submitted listing-related or directory-related content, we may retain, continue to publish, edit, moderate, suspend, or remove that content at our discretion, subject to these Terms and any applicable law.
10. Content posted by you
We may provide features or tools that allow users to submit, post, upload, publish, or otherwise share content on or through the website, including but not limited to listings, profile details, directory content, descriptions, reviews, comments, messages, and other materials.
It may not be feasible for us to screen or monitor all content submitted by users. However, we reserve the right to review, moderate, refuse, edit, suspend, or remove any content, and to monitor use of the website, at our sole discretion.
By posting or submitting content, you agree that:
- your content will comply with these Terms and Conditions;
- your content will not be unlawful, misleading, defamatory, abusive, infringing, or otherwise objectionable;
- your content will not infringe any intellectual property right, privacy right, or other legal right of any person;
- your content may be stored, displayed, formatted, edited for presentation, moderated, or removed by us.
You remain responsible for the content you submit.
11. Idea submission
Do not submit any idea, invention, work of authorship, suggestion, proposal, or other material that you regard as your own intellectual property unless we have first signed a written agreement relating to that material, such as an intellectual property agreement or non-disclosure agreement.
If you disclose such material to us without such a written agreement, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use, reproduce, store, adapt, publish, translate, and distribute that material in any existing or future media.
12. Termination of use
We may, in our sole discretion, at any time modify, suspend, restrict, discontinue, or terminate access to the website, any account, any subscription, any listing, or any service or feature available through the website, whether temporarily or permanently.
You agree that we will not be liable to you or to any third party for any such modification, suspension, discontinuance, deletion, or termination.
You will not be entitled to compensation or any other payment merely because access to the website, any service, any feature, any account, any submitted content, or any setting is changed, suspended, deleted, lost, or discontinued.
You must not attempt to circumvent or bypass any access restriction, deletion process, security measure, or account limitation applied by us.
13. Warranties and liability
Nothing in this section limits or excludes any warranty or liability that cannot lawfully be limited or excluded.
This website and all content on it are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis and may include inaccuracies, omissions, or typographical errors.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including warranties relating to availability, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, completeness, reliability, and non-infringement.
We do not warrant that:
- this website or any service will meet your requirements;
- this website will be available on an uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free basis;
- any defect or error will be corrected;
- any content will be accurate, complete, current, or suitable for your purposes.
Nothing on this website constitutes, or is intended to constitute, legal, financial, or medical advice of any kind.
This includes, without limitation, the Materia Medica, directories, articles, remedy descriptions, potency discussions, historical references, and practitioner listings, all of which are provided solely for educational and informational purposes.
We make no guarantees regarding the accuracy, completeness, applicability, interpretation, or clinical suitability of any remedy description, potency reference, historical source material, practitioner profile, or treatment-related content.
The inclusion of any remedy, practitioner, pharmacy, modality, article, or resource on the website does not constitute a prescription, recommendation, endorsement, diagnosis, or instruction for use.
If you require advice, diagnosis, or treatment, you should consult an appropriately qualified professional.
You are solely responsible for any decision you make based on content from this website, and any reliance you place on such content is entirely at your own risk.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive loss or damage, including loss of profits, revenue, goodwill, business, opportunity, data, software, database content, or property, arising out of or in connection with your access to, use of, inability to use, or reliance on the website or any content, product, or service made available through it.
Where any additional contract expressly provides otherwise, our maximum aggregate liability to you for all claims arising out of or relating to the website, products, or services will be limited to the total amount paid by you to us, if any, for the relevant product or service.
14. Privacy
To access some parts of the website or its services, you may be required to provide personal information as part of the registration or subscription process.
You agree that any information you provide will be accurate, correct, and up to date.
We take personal data seriously and are committed to protecting your privacy.
Our handling of personal data is governed by our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.
You acknowledge that, where access to a free subscription is conditional on remaining subscribed to required communications, maintaining your account requires you to remain subscribed to those communications.
15. Accessibility
We are committed to making the content we provide accessible to individuals with disabilities.
If you have a disability and are unable to access any part of our website because of that disability, we ask that you notify us and provide a detailed description of the issue you encountered.
If the issue is readily identifiable and reasonably capable of being resolved using standard industry tools, techniques, or adjustments, we will seek to address it promptly.
16. Export restrictions / legal compliance
Access to the website from territories or jurisdictions where the content or use of the website is unlawful is prohibited.
You must not use this website in violation of any applicable law, regulation, sanctions regime, or export control law.
17. Assignment
You may not assign, transfer, subcontract, or otherwise deal with any of your rights or obligations under these Terms and Conditions without our prior written consent.
Any purported assignment, transfer, or subcontract in breach of this section will be null and void.
18. Breaches of these Terms and Conditions
Without prejudice to our other rights under these Terms and Conditions, if you breach these Terms and Conditions in any way, we may take any action we consider appropriate to deal with that breach.
Such action may include suspending or permanently blocking your access to the website, deleting your account, removing your content, refusing future registration, contacting relevant service providers, or taking legal action.
19. Force majeure
Except for obligations to pay money where applicable, no delay, failure, or omission by either party in performing any obligation under these Terms and Conditions will be treated as a breach if, and for so long as, the delay, failure, or omission arises from any cause beyond that party’s reasonable control.
20. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold us harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, and expenses, including reasonable legal expenses, arising out of or relating to:
- your breach of these Terms and Conditions;
- your misuse of the website;
- your violation of any applicable law or regulation;
- your infringement of any intellectual property right, privacy right, or other right of any person;
- any content submitted, posted, uploaded, or shared by you.
You agree to reimburse us promptly for any damage, loss, cost, or expense arising from such claims.
21. Waiver
Failure by us to enforce any provision of these Terms and Conditions, or failure to exercise any right or option available under them, shall not be construed as a waiver of that provision or right.
Any waiver must be in writing to be effective.
22. Language
These Terms and Conditions shall be interpreted and construed exclusively in English.
All notices, correspondence, and communications relating to these Terms and Conditions shall be in English unless we expressly agree otherwise.
23. Entire agreement
These Terms and Conditions, together with our Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, and Disclaimer, constitute the entire agreement between you and Issa Qandil in relation to your use of this website.
24. Updating of these Terms and Conditions
We may update or revise these Terms and Conditions from time to time.
It is your responsibility to check this page periodically for changes.
The date shown at the top of this page is the latest revision date.
Any updated version of these Terms and Conditions becomes effective when posted on this website.
Your continued use of the website after any change has been posted will be treated as acceptance of the revised Terms and Conditions.
25. Choice of law and jurisdiction
These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.
Any dispute relating to these Terms and Conditions or your use of this website shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
Although this website may be accessible worldwide, you agree that it is operated from the United Kingdom and that the legal framework of England and Wales applies to matters arising from your use of the website.