Errant Empire Herbal Medicine Dispensary
David Shaw
Medical Herbalist – c.N.C
David is the founder of Errant Empire Herbal Medicine Dispensary and is a practising Medical Herbalist within the greater Victoria area. He began his holistic health journey after graduating from the 2 year Holistic Nutrition program at Bauman College in 2015. After immigrating to Canada, David completed the Diploma of Phytotherapy at Pacific Rim College in the Spring of 2019.
More about David
David’s Diploma of Phytotherapy included:
- 500+ clinical practice hours
- 750+ hours herbal medicine educational hours &
- 480 hours of biomedical sciences
Currently David’s practice revolves around working with family’s including: parents, grandparents and children as well as with people who have chronic health conditions.
David is a Registered Herbal Therapist (RHT) with the Canadian Herbalist’s Association of British Columbia, the oldest regulating body of Herbal Medicine in North America.
David’s newest creation is the Dispensary & Clinic on 1316 Esquimalt Road in Victoria, BC. Opening a modern western herbal medicine dispensary is the dream of so many herbalists. David’s next plans are to share his experience of this process, developing classes and workshops to help new herbalist have an advantage in starting their own shop in a new emerging market.
Each person has a starting point that led them from where they were to where they are currently. David’s path began with helping specific family members through chronic health conditions. He worked alongside conventional medicine practitioners with the goal to increase the family member’s optimal health. His passion for herbal medicine and holistic care is rooted in returning the sovereignty back in the hands of the patient.
We are designed to heal, nature invites us to do so; plants help facilitate this process.
