4/6 and tx principles

Question 1

Pt has fever @ night, mental confusion, delirium, incoherent speech, hot body w/cold hands and feet, macules, a red tongue w/no coat, fine rapid pulse. Level?

a) nutritive
b) blood

Answer 1

a) nutritive

Question 2

In Bright Yang (yang ming) channel pattern the heat is

a) on the interior only
b) on surface of body and projected into the interior
c) only on surface of the body
d) in the interior and projected on the surface of the body

Answer 2

d) in the interior and projected on the surface of the body

the external pathogenic factor (wind-cold) xforms to Heat and lodges itself in the ST; from there the heat is projected outward to the surface of the body

Question 3

What is the diagnosis for move HT qi, open the chest, calm the mind?

Answer 3

HT Qi Stagnation

Question 4

Lump in the throat is a key indicator for what dx?

Answer 4

qi stagnation

Question 5

What is the diagnosis for move qi in the chest, regulate the PC and HT, calm the mind?

Answer 5

Qi stagnation in the PC

Question 6

What is the diagnosis for move HT qi and blood, eliminate stasis, open chest, resolve phlegm, expel cold, calm the mind?

Answer 6

HT Vessel Obstructed

Question 7

What is the diagnosis for smooth the LV and move the qi?

Answer 7

LV Qi Stagnation

Question 8

What is the diagnosis for move ST qi, eliminate stagnation, restore the descending of ST qi?

Answer 8

ST Qi Stagnation

Question 9

What is the diagnosis for move qi in LI?

Answer 9

Qi Stagnation in the LI

Question 10

What is the diagnosis for subdue rebellious qi and stimulate the descending of ST qi?

Answer 10

ST Qi rebelling upwards

Question 11

What is the diagnosis for resolve retention of food and stimulate the descending of ST qi?

Answer 11

Retention of food in the ST

Question 12

What is the dx for nausea and vomiting, belching poor appetite, anorexia, epigastric fullness, insomnia?

Answer 12

Retention of food in the ST

Question 13

What is the diagnosis for resolve damp and expel cold?

Answer 13

cold damp in the SP

Question 14

What is the diagnosis for resolve dampness and phlegm, restore the descending of LU qi?

Answer 14

Damp Phlegm in the LU

Question 15

What is the diagnosis for resolve phlegm, tonify SP, LU, KD yang?

Answer 15

Phlegm fluids obstructing the LU

Question 16

What is watery sputum associated with – dampness or phlegm?

Answer 16

Phlegm

Question 17

What is the diagnosis for resolve phlegm, expel cold, warm yang, restore descending of LU qi?

Answer 17

Cold phlegm in the LU

Question 18

Fever, irritability, insomnia, dry mouth and throat, scanty dark urine, red tongue w/o coating and a thready rapid pulse would be diagnosed as what stage?

a) yang ming
b) shao yang
c) shao yin

Answer 18

c) shao yin

Question 19

What type of pulse is always associated with a HT d/o?

a) knotted
b) soggy
c) soggy
d) leather

Answer 19

a) knotted

Question 20

What type of pulse feels like it is broken in to tiny dots?

a) scattered
b) minute
c) leather
d) fine

Answer 20

a) scattered

Question 21

which type of pulses signify yang xu?

a) leather, deep, weak
b) weak, deep, hidden

Answer 21

b) weak, deep, hidden

Question 22

which pulse signifies the presence of phlegm?

a) soggy
b) wiry

Answer 22

b) wiry

Question 23

Besides the empty pulse, which other pulse signifies xu qi?

a) short pulse, scattered pulse
b) scattered pulse, choppy pulse

Answer 23

a) short pulse, scattered pulse