Advanced Level Class (1.5 hr): This talk focuses on the adverse health effects due to mental and emotional stress. Particular emphasis is on the ill-effects that stress has on endocrine and gastrointestinal function. Dysglycemia, cortisolemia, cytokine abnormalities and gastrointestinal mucosal immunity are among the effects discussed. Specific herbal management of these stress-induced effects are considered in this class.