Herbal Cultivation and Safety

Question 1

What dynasty did Chinese Herbalism texts begin being produced?

Answer 1

Han Dynasty

Question 2

Zang is often translated as:

Select one:

a. Viscera
b. Solid Organs
c. Internal Organs
d. All of the above

Answer 2

d. All of the above

Question 3

For every Zang organ there is an associated:

Answer 3

Fu

Question 4

What classical text is studied to understand the core of the Five Organs?

Answer 4

Neijing

Question 5

Which organ is considered the “lid” of all the other organs?

Answer 5

Lung

Question 6

What is the goal in cultivation of plants?

Answer 6

To try and reproduce the conditions found in the natural environment

Question 7

What is polyculture growing?

Answer 7

Herbs placed in association with other plants

Question 8

Medicinal pinyin names

Answer 8

describe only the processed medicinal herb par

Question 9

GMPs (Good Manufacturing Processes)

Answer 9

do not deal with an herb effectiveness.

Question 10

According to Chinese Herbal Medicine, what is traditional indicator of good herbal quality?

Answer 10

Good Qi and good taste

Question 11

Of the 365 herbs the Shen-nong Ben Cao Jing describes, how many are wu du “without poison”?

Answer 11

120

Question 12

The best outcomes in clinical herbal trials have been in the patients who were given:

Answer 12

An individualized herbal prescription

Question 13

What is the main reason for most reports of herbal toxicity?

Answer 13

Self-medicating without proper professional guidance

Question 14

What organ first metabolizes pharmacologically active drugs?

Answer 14

Liver

Question 15

What Western pharmaceutical is Salvia miltiorrhize (dan shen) known to interact with?

Answer 15

Warfarin