6 stages and 4 levels

Question 1

which yang ming pattern tends to have constipation?

a) organ
b) channel

Answer 1

a) organ

there is more heat in the organ pattern than the channel pattern

Question 2

which yang ming pattern has more heat?

a) organ
b) channel

Answer 2

organ

Question 3

the heat in the tai yang stage is

a) objective hot feeling on the skin
b) always felt subjectively

Answer 3

a) objective hot feeling on the skin

Question 4

which tai yang pattern has more body aches?

a) wind cold w/cold
b) wind cold w/wind

Answer 4

a) wind cold with cold

Question 5

the difference betw yang ming organ and channel is that the former has

a) overflowing pulse
b) intense thirst
c) body fluids injured by heat

Answer 5

c) body fluids injured by heat

Question 6

which tai yang pattern tends to have slt. sweating?

a) wind cold w/wind
b) wind cold w/cold

Answer 6

a) wind cold w/wind

Question 7

which yang ming pattern tends to have more profuse sweating?

a) organ
b) channel

Answer 7

b) channel

Question 8

which tai yang pattern has heat and stasis in the bladder?

a) accumulation of water
b) accumulation of blood

Answer 8

b) accumulation of blood

Question 9

in tai yang wind cold w/wind, what is the relation betw the wei qi and the nutritive qi?

a) both wei qi and ying qi are strong
b) ying qi is weak and wei qi is strong
c) both wei qi and ying qi are weak

Answer 9

b) ying qi is weak and wei qi is strong

Question 10

which yang ming pattern has a thicker tongue coat?

a) channel
b) organ

Answer 10

b) organ

Question 11

all of the following are accurate except?

a) shao yin stage /absence of heat and cold
b) tai yang /simultaneous fever and chills
c) yang ming/fever w/o chills

Answer 11

a) shao yin stage /absence of heat and cold

Question 12

In yang ming channel pattern the heat is

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

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Pt has high fever worse in the afternoon, profuse sweating, sweating on limbs, abd fullness and pain, constipation, dry stools, thirst, dark urine. T = red w/thick dry yellow coat P= deep full slippery pulse. What is the tx principle?

a) drain fire from ST and intestine and move heat downward
b) clear heat above, expel cold below, and harmonize the LV channel

Answer 13

a) drain fire from ST and intestine and move heat downward

Question 14

Pt has high fever worse in the afternoon, profuse sweating, sweating on limbs, abd fullness and pain, constipation, dry stools, thirst, dark urine, red tongue w/thick dry yellow coat and a deep full slippery rapid pulse. Stage?

a) bright yang (yang ming)
b) greater yin (tai yin)
c) lesser yang (shao yang)

Answer 14

a) bright yang (yang ming)

Question 15

what is the stage bright yang called?

Answer 15

yang ming

Question 16

Pt has chills, feels cold, lying w/body curled up, listlessness, back pain, desire to sleep, frequent and pale urination, pale wet tongue w/white coat, deep weak slow pulse. Stage?

a) greater yin (tai yin)
b) lesser yin (shao yin)

Answer 16

b) lesser yin

Question 17

which stage is treated only by clearing ST heat?

a) yang ming organ
b) yang ming channel

Answer 17

b) yang ming channel

Question 18

Pt has acute fever, aversion to cold, sweating, h/a, feeling of heaviness, uncomfortable sensation in the epigastrium, irritability, thirst, red tongue in front, sticky coat, soggy rapid pulse. What level?

a) blood
b) qi
c) defensive qi
d) nutritive

Answer 18

c) defensive qi

This is Summer Heat,

Question 19

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. What is the level?

a) blood
b) nutritive

Answer 19

b) nutritive

dx = heat in the pericardium

Question 20

Pt has high fever, higher in afternoon, constipation, dry stools, burning anus, abd fullness and pain, irritability, delirium, red tongue w/thick yellow dry coat, and a deep full rapid pulse. Level?

a) blood
b) qi
c) nutritive
d) defensive

Answer 20

b) qi

Dx = intestine dry heat

delirium can be the qi level

Question 21

Pt has continuous fever that decreases after sweating but soon increases again, a feeling of heaviness of the body and head, a feeling of oppression of the chest and epigastrium, nausea, loose stools. T= red w/sticky coat P= soggy rapid. What level?

a) blood
b) qi
c) nutritive
d) defensive

Answer 21

b) qi

Dx = damp heat in ST and SP

Question 22

Pt has feeling of cold, cold limbs, bright white complexion, profuse sweating on the forehead, listlessness, a pale swollen and short tongue, and hidden slow scattered pulse. Level?

a) blood
b) qi
c) nutritive
d) defensive

Answer 22

a) blood

Dx = Collapse of Yang which is the blood stage