Clinical Herbalist
Richard DeSylva (RH, DNM) has been in professional practice as a clinical herbalist for over 40 years and started The Herb Works in 1977 which provided premium quality herbs and herbal formulae to clientele, natural food stores, and distributors around the world. He is also a founding member of both the Ontario Herbalists Association (OHA) and the Canadian Council of Herbal Associations (CCHA). With many years of experience organizing national & international lobby efforts and navigating legal challenges to counter the spread of CODEX-type regulations, in addition to having been the provincial correspondent for the Health Legislation Review in the late 1980’s, Richard has a wealth of first-hand knowledge about the past 45 years of government regulations of herbal medicine in Canada and how the practice of herbal medicine has changed over the years.