Eastern Diagnostics for the Modern Herbalist

Eastern Diagnostics for the Modern Herbalist

Chinese Pulse & Tongue Diagnosis for Western Practitioners

with Lola Howell, LAc

January 17 | 1:00–3:30 PM
Cost: $45

Plants listen. Bodies speak.

Chinese medicine offers a way to hear what’s being said beneath the symptoms.

In this hands-on workshop, we’ll explore Chinese pulse and tongue diagnosis as living, relational tools—ones that deepen how you perceive patterns, constitution, and imbalance in the people you work with. Rather than memorizing rules, you’ll learn how to feel and see what’s happening in the body, and how to translate that information into clearer, more intentional herbal formulation.

This class is designed for Western herbalists and students who want to expand their diagnostic confidence, refine their pattern recognition, and weave Eastern perspective into their existing plant-based practice—without abandoning their herbal roots.

Expect practical teaching, embodied learning, and space to ask real clinical questions.

About Lauren

Lauren Howell is a licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, and lifelong student of pattern, pulse, and plants. She has over a decade of clinical experience and holds a Master’s degree in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine alongside a Bachelor of Science in Herbal Science from Bastyr University.

She loves teaching pulse and tongue diagnosis and delights in translating these ancient, intuitive diagnostic arts into something tangible, lived, and useful for Western herbalists—especially those working with local medicine, relationship-based practice, and the wisdom of listening deeply to the body.