Have you ever prescribed herbs to someone, fairly certain they would have a positive effect… and they didn’t? It’s easy to be overwhelmed by complex symptom presentations, misled by biomedical diagnoses, and make false assumptions like fatigue equals deficiency, or hot flashes equal yin deficiency/dry–atrophy. In this class we will find out how to avoid these stumbling blocks, practice basic tongue and pulse diagnosis, and learn how to start making sense of signs and symptoms. You will leave with a useful set of tools that will help you to create successful treatment plans for your family, friends and clients.