`herb_search`

Pack: ema-medicines · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ema-medicines/mcp

Search the European Medicines Agency (EMA) herbal medicines inventory — the plant/botanical substances the EMA Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products (HMPC) has assessed or is assessing for use in herbal medicinal products across the EU. Search by common herb name, Latin/botanical name, therapeutic area, or assessment status. Returns each herb’s status (e.g. assessment finalised, ongoing) and whether an EU herbal monograph or list entry exists. Answers “which herbs has the EMA assessed for anxiety”, “is there an EU herbal monograph for chamomile”, “EMA herbal inventory status for ginkgo”.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`name`	string	no	Free text: common name, Latin name, or botanical name (e.g. “valerian”, “chamomile”, “Valeriana officinalis”).
`latin`	string	no	Latin name filter (e.g. “Valerianae radix”).
`botanical`	string	no	Botanical (scientific) species name filter (e.g. “Valeriana officinalis”).
`therapeutic_area`	string	no	Therapeutic area filter, e.g. “anxiety”, “sleep disorders”, “gastrointestinal”.
`status`	string	no	Assessment-status filter: a code (F, P, C, D, R) or text fragment, e.g. “finalised”.
`limit`	number	no	Max records, default 25, max 100.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "name": "valerian"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ema-medicines/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"herb_search","arguments":{"name":"valerian"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('herb_search', {
  "name": "valerian"
});

More examples

{
  "therapeutic_area": "Mental stress and mood disorders",
  "status": "finalised",
  "limit": 5
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ema-medicines": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ema-medicines/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

herb_search