8 Principles

Question 1

Defined the exterior of the body and explain what it means by an exterior pattern

Answer 1

The exterior is a space between the skin and the muscles were defensive tree and sweat are located and the channels and exterior pattern refers to the location of the disease in the exterior

Question 2

What are the two most characteristic clinical manifestations arising from invasion of exterior by a pathogenic factor

Answer 2

AVersion to cold and fever

Question 3

What are the main signs the differentiate a hot or cold character of an exterior pattern

Answer 3

thirst (hot) or is absents (cold) 
And tight (cold) or rapid (hot) pulse 

Question 4

How am I you tell whether next to your pattern is full or empty

Answer 4

Three factors: sweating (empty) or it’s absence (Full), pulse ( slow in empty and tight in full) , Severity of body aches (severe is full less so in empty)

Question 5

What symptom would you tell that a pathogenic factor had progressed into the interior

Answer 5

Aversion to cold would change to aversion to heat

Question 6

Give three clinical manifestations of an internal condition of full heat

Answer 6

Any three of: thirst, a feeling of heat, some mental restlessness, red face, dry stool, scanty dark urine, a full rapid pulse, read tongue with yellow coat

Question 7

How do you mental emotional symptoms characterizing full heat differ from those of empty heat

Answer 7

Full heat causes severe mental restlessness agitation anxiety and insomnia with agitated sleep. Empty heat causes a big mental restlessness that is worse in the evening anxiety with fidgeting and waking up frequently during the night

Question 8

Give as many clinical manifestations of internal full cold as you can

Answer 8

Any of the following: feeling cold, cold limbs, lack of thirst, pale face, abdominal pain aggravated on pressure, desire to drink warm liquid, loose stools, clear abundant urination, a deep full tight pulse and a pill tongue with thick white coating

Question 9

Patient presents a feeling of cold with loose stool a pale and swollen tongue and a deep slow pulse what pattern do you suspect and what is its nature in terms of hot cold and full and empty

Answer 9

Spleen yang deficiency. This is an example of empty cold

Question 10

How would you describe the following clinical manifestations in terms of the eight principles: thirst, irritability, sour regurgitation, bitter taste, mouth ulcers, loose stools, Borborygmi And profuse pale urine

Answer 10

The symptoms are an example of heat above and cold below

Question 11

Define the full and empty conditions

Answer 11

A full condition is characterized by the presence of a pathogenic factor (interior or exterior) and by the fact that the body’s qi is relatively intact. An empty condition is characterized by the weakness of the bodies qi In the absence of a pathogenic factor

Question 12

Give three general signs of an empty condition

Answer 12

Any three of the following signs are a sign of an empty condition: a week voice, a doll lingering pain, a very pale face, slight sweating, listlessness, curling up in bed, quiet disposition

Question 13

Do you have three manifestations of empty blood

Answer 13

Any three of the following: a dull pale face, pale lips, blurred vision, dry hair, tiredness, poor memory, numbness or tingling, insomnia, scanty periods or amenorrhoea, A fine or choppy pulse and a pale thin tongue

Question 14

Regarding hot and cold exterior conditions which statement is incorrect
A) The clinical manifestations of an exterior full pattern include fever, no sweating, severe bodyaches and aversion to cold
B) an exterior empty pattern manifest as a slight or no fever, sweating, aversion to wind and slight bodyaches
C) an exterior heat pattern presents with aversion to cold, fever, slight sweating, thirst, a floating rapid pulse and a thin white tongue coating
D) High fever, but pronounced aversion to cold and severe aches in the body, indicates an exterior cold pattern
E)Aversion to cold, fever, aching body, a stiff neck and flooring pulse are all signs of an exterior pattern

Answer 14

D

Question 15

Empty heat arises from Yin Deficiency. Which group of signs is the manifestation of empty heat
A) Feeling of heat in the afternoon/evening, a dry mouth and throat at night, night sweating, five palm heat, Drey stools, scanty dark urine, a floating empty pulse and rapid pulse and red peeling tongue
B) thirst, feeling of heat, mental restlessness, red face, dry stool, scanty dark urine, Rapid full pulse, red tongue with yellow coat
C) no thirst, pale face, abdominal pain aggravated on pressure, desire to drink warm water, loose stools and clear abundant urination
D) feeling cold, cold limbs, a dull pill face, no thirst, listlessness, sweating, loose stool, clear abundant urination, deep slow pulse and pale tongue with thin white coat
E) fever with aversion to cold, no sweating, a headache and stiff neck, aches throughout the body and irritable and thirst

Answer 15

A

Question 16

In terms of cases mixed with hot and cold which pattern do the symptoms belong to: fever with aversion to cold, sore throat, thirst, headache, floating rapid pulse, loose stools, chilliness and profuse pale urination
A) heat on the exterior, cold on the interior
B) called on the exterior, heat on the interior
C) heat above cold below
D) combination of heat and cold patterns
E)True cold, false heat and true heat, false cold

Answer 16

A

Question 17

Regarding full and empty conditions which symptoms indicate an empty yang condition
A) acute onset, restlessness, irritability
B) slight Shortness of breath, tiredness lack of appetite
C) chilliness A bright pale face, cold limbs, no thirst
D)Double pale face, pale lips, blurred vision, Dry hair, tiredness
E)Feeling of heat in the afternoon or evening, a dry throat at night, night sweating, thin body

Answer 17

C

Question 18

Which of the following symptoms indicate collapse of yin 
A) skin hot to touch
B) short and dry tongue
C) floating empty and rapid pulse
D) abundant perspiration
E)All of the above

Answer 18

E

Question 19

In differentiation of exterior and interior is made on the basis of what caused the disharmony, not the location of disease true or false

Answer 19

False

Question 20

And false heat and false cold, but the appearance is false i.e. there is no heat or cold respectively true or false

Answer 20

True

Question 21

In cases of false heat and false cold tongue diagnosis shows it most useful aspect as the tongue body colour nearly always reflect the true condition true or false

Answer 21

True

Question 22

Collapse of yin or yang is always followed by death true or false

Answer 22

False