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Herbs that Clear Heat Flashcards

1
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What is the function of Zhi Mu?
A. Clear heat, purge fire
B. Nourish Yin
C. Lubricate dryness
D. All of the above
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D. All of the above

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What is the common function of Shi Gao and chi Mu?
A. Moisten intestines
B. Clear deficient heat
C. Nourish yin and generate fluids 
D. Clear heat and purge fire
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D. Clear heat and purge fire

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Which herb do you choose in order to clear heat, resolve irritability, cools the blood and stops bleeding?
A. Shi Gao
B. Zhi Mu
C. Lu Gen
D. Zhi Zi
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D. Zhi Zi

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Which herb is best for patents who has fever, irritability, thirst and dysuria?
A. Shi Gao
B. Zhi Mu 
C. Lu Gen 
D. Dan Zhu Ye
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D. Dan Zhu Ye

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Which herb can clear heat reduce swelling, dispel pus, and generate body fluids?
A. Tian Hua Fen
B. Zhi Mu 
C. Lu Gen 
D. Dan Zhu Ye
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A. Tian Hua Fen

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What are the characters of heat in the Qi Level?
A. Fever, slight aversion to cold and wind, reddish tongue tip, whitish thin or slightly yellow tongue coating, floating an rapid pulse, usually accompanied by headache, cough, dry mouth, slight thirst, and swelling pain of the throat
B. Fever, aversion not to cold but to heat, vexation and thirst, sweating, reddish urine, reddish tongue, yellowish tongue coating, and rapid pulse
C. Severe fever in the night, ming thirst, vexation and insomnia, or even delirium, appearance of macule and eruption, deep-red tongue with scanty coating, and thin and rapid pulse.
D. Worsened fever at night, restlessness, or even delirium, mania, appearance of purplish or blackish macule and eruptions, or hematemesis, epistaxis, hematochezia, hematuria, deep-red tongue and rapid pulse.

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B. Fever, aversion not to cold but to heat, vexation and thirst, sweating, reddish urine, reddish tongue, yellowish tongue coating, and rapid pulse

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Which of the following herbs can be used for toothaches due to Stomach fire and topically for eczema, burns, and ulcerated sores?
A. Shi Gao
B. Zhi Mu
C. Lu Gen
D. Dan Zhu Ye
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A. Shi Gao

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Which of the following herbs can be used for both Lung heat and Lung yin deficiency coughing and bleeding gums?
A. Shi Gao 
B. Zhi Mu 
C. Lu Gen
D. Dan Zhu Ye
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B. Zhi Mu

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Which of the following herbs can be used for wasting and thirsting disorder?
A. Zhi Mu 
B. Lu Gen
C. Tian Hua Fen
D. All of the above
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D. All of the above

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Which of the following herbs can be used for insomnia or irritability due to excessive Heart Fire?
A. Shi Gao 
B. Lian Zi Xin
C. Lu Gen 
D. Dan Zhu Ye
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B. Lian Zi Xin

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Which of the following herbs can be used for summer heat patterns, especially those with significant thirst and dark, scanty urine and dry heaves?
A. Xi Gua Pi
B. Lian Zi Xin 
C. Lu Gen 
D. Dan Zhu Ye
A

A. Xi Gua Pi

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Which of the following herbs can promote urination?
A. Lu Gen, Lian Zi Xin 
B. Lu Gen, Ya Zhi Cao 
C. Dan Zhu Ye, Tian Hua Fen 
D. Xi Gua Pi, Zhi Zi
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B. Lu Gen, Ya Zhi Cao

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Which of the following herbs can be used for steaming bone disorder irritability, afternoon or low-grade fevers, heat in the five centers, also for spermatorrhea, nocturnal emissions, and abnormally elevated sex drive?
A. Zhi Zu 
B. Xi Gua Pi 
C. Lu Gen
D. Zhi Mu
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D. Zhi Mu

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Which of the following herbs is good for heat in the blood with such symptoms as nosebleed, vomit blood, or blood in the stool or urine?
A. Zhi Zi 
B. Lu Gen 
C. Tian Hua Fen 
D. Lian Zi Xin
A

A. Zhi Zi

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Which of the following herbs is good for heat in the Small Intestine channel with the above symptoms pulse irritability and dark red tip on the tongue?
A. Dan Zhu Ye
B. Lu Gen 
C. Tian Hua Fen 
D. Lian Zi Xin
A

A. Dan Zhu Ye

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Which of the following herbs is good for red, swollen, and painful eyes due to heat or wind-heat in the Liver Channel?
A. Dan Zhu Ye
B. Lu Gen 
C. Xiong Dan 
D. Lian Zi Xin
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C. Xiong Dan

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Which paired herbs are common to use for Lung Abscess?
A. Lu Gen, Lian Zi Xin 
B. Lu Gen, Tian Hua Fen
C. Dan Zhu Ye, Tian Hua Fen
D. Xi Gua Pi, Zhi Zi
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B. Lu Gen, Tian Hua Fen

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Which paired herbs are common to use for Heat in the Qi Level?
A. Shi Gao, Zhi Mu 
B. Lu Gen, Tian Hua Fen
C. Dan Zhu Ye, Tian Hua Fen 
D. Xi Gua Pi, Zhi Zi
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A. Shi Gao, Zhi Mu

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Which herb can clear Blood-heat, nourish yin and generate body fluids?
A. Sheng Di Huang
B. Shui Niu Jiao 
C. Mu Dan Pi 
D. Zi Cao
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A. Sheng Di Huang

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Which herb can activate blood, remove stasis, and also clear deficient heat?
A. Sheng Di Huang
B. Shui Niu Jiao
C. Mu Dan Pi 
D. Zi Cao
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C. Mu Dan Pi

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What herb is bets for a patient who is suffering from severe heat-toxin, with an inability of dark-purple rashes to erupt?
A. Shui Niu Jiao 
B. Sheng Di Huang
C. Mu Dan Pi 
D. Zi Cao
A

D. Zi Cao

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What are the indications of Xuan Shen 
A. Swollen, painful, dry throat
B. Lump or limp due to phlegm fire
C. Warm disease, heat in the blood causing purpura 
D. All of the above
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D. All of the above

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Xia Ku Cao clear Liver fire and?
A. Eliminates Dampness
B. Moistens Dryness
C. Cools Blood
D. Disperses Nodulation
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D. Disperses Nodulation

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Which herb can lower blood pressure?
A. Tian Hua Fen 
B. Jue Ming Zi 
C. Lu Gen 
D. Dan Zhu Ye
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B. Jue Ming Zi

25
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Which herb is good at red, swollen, and painful eyes due to heat or wind-heat in the Liver channel and also for eye problems such as photosensitivity, night blindness, and loss of vision without visible physical changes to the eyes?
A. Shui Niu Jiao 
B. Sheng Di Huang
C. Mu Dan Pi 
D. Jue Ming Zi
A

D. Jue Ming Zi

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Which herbs can induce dilation of the pupils and may affect eye pressure and therefore contraindicated in patient with dilated pupils or elevated eye pressure, as in glaucoma?
A. Qing Xiang Zi 
B. Ye Ming Sha 
C. Only A 
D. Both of them
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D. Both of them

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Which herbs need to be wrapped for decoction?
A. Qing Xiang Zi 
B. Ye Ming Sha 
C. Only A
D. Both of them
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D. Both of them

28
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Jue Ming Zi Clears Liver and brightens eyes and 
A. Moistens intestines
B. Prevents atherosclerosis 
C. Subdue Liver Yang
D. All of them
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D. All of them

29
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Which herb can clear heat to cool blood and clears heat to arrest tremor?
A. Xi Jiao 
B. Shui Niu Jiao 
C. Sheng Di Huang 
D. Xuan Shen
A

A. Xi Jiao

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Which of the following herbs is incompatible with Wu Tou?
A. Xi Jiao 
B. Shui Niu Jiao 
C. Sheng Di Huang 
D. Xuan Shen
A

A. Xi Jiao

31
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Which of the following herbs is incompatible with Li Lu?
A. Xi Jiao 
B. Shui Niu Jiao 
C. Sheng Di Huang 
D. Xuan Shen
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D. Xuan Shen

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Which of the following herbs can clear heat and cool blood, moves blood and stops pain, and clears Liver fire?
A. Shui Niu Jiao 
B. Sheng Di Huang 
C. Xuan Shen 
D. Chi Shao
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D. Chi Shao

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Which of the following herbs can be used for a patient with constipation, irritability, sore throat, bleeding, fever, dry mouth, and purplish tongue due to the epidemic febrile disease at the Ying Level?
A. Sheng Di Huang, Xuan Shen, Xi Jiao
B. Shi Gao, Zhi Mu, Zhi Zi
C. Bo He, Niu Bang Zi, Sang Yê,
D. Xia Ku Cao, Jue Ming Zi, Qing Xiang Zi

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A. Sheng Di Huang, Xuan Shen, Xi Jiao

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Which of the following herb should be wrapped decoction?
A. Qing Xiang Zi 
B. Ye Ming Sha
C. Both of them
D. None of them
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C. Both of them

35
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Which of the following herbs can treat hypertension?
A. Xia Ku Cao 
B. Jue Ming Zi 
C. Qing Xiang Zi 
D. All of the above
A

D. All of the above

36
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Which of the following herb can not only cool blood but also move blood?
A. Mu Dan Pi 
B. Chi Shao 
C. Both of them
D. None of them
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C. Both of them

37
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Which of the following herbs can not only cool blood but also generates Yin?
A. Sheng Di Huang
B. Xuan Shen
C. Both of them 
D. None of them
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C. Both of them

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What is the flavor and properties of Sheng Di Huang?
A. Salty, Cold
B. Bitter, Salty, Cold
C. Sweet, Bitter, Cold
D. Salty, Sweet, Bitter, Cold
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C. Sweet, Bitter, Cold

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Which of the following herbs is the best one for intestinal abscess?
A. Pu Gong Ying
B. Ban Lan Gen
C. Bai Jiang Cao 
D. Yu Xing Cao
A

C. Bai Jiang Cao

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Which of the following herbs is the best one for Lung abscess?
A. Ju Hua
B. Ban Lan Gen 
C. Bai Jiang Cao 
D. Yu Xing Cao
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D. Yu Xing Cao

41
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Which of the following herbs is the best for breast abscess?
A. Pu Gong Ying
B. Ban Lan Gen 
C. Bai Jiang Cao 
D. Yu Xing Cao
A

A. Pu Gong Ying

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Which of the following herbs has the functions of clearing heat and relieving fire toxicity, expelling external wind-heat and clearing damp-heat from the lower-jiao, and is one of the best for skin sores, carbuncles and epidemic febrile diseases at Wei level?
A. Jin Yin Hua
B. Da Qing Ye
C. Pu Gong Ying
D. Bai Jiang Cao
A

A. Jin Yin Hua

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Ban Lan Gen is one of the best herbs for
A. Sore and swollen throat due to toxic heat
B. Skin sores, carbuncles and internal abscesses
C. The heat in the Ying and blood Level during the epidemic febrile disease
D. Dysentery due to damp-heat

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A. Sore and swollen throat due to toxic heat

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Da Qing Ye is one of the best herbs for which of the following?
A. Sore and swollen throat due to toxic head
B. Skin sores, carbuncles and internal abscesses
C. The heat in the Ying level and early blood level during the epidemic febrile disease
D. Dysentery due to damp-heat

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C. The heat in the Ying level and early blood level during the epidemic febrile disease

45
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Ye Ju Hua has the function of which of the following?
A. Clearing deficient heat
B. Clearing heat and relieving toxicity 
C. Clearing heat and cooling the blood 
D. Purging downward
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B. Clearing heat and relieving toxicity

46
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Chuan Xin Lian is the best herb for which of the following?
A. Breast abscess
B. Lung abscess
C. Dysentery due to damp-heat or fire toxin
D. Cough, sore throat due to Lung-heat

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C. Dysentery due to damp-heat or fire toxin

47
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Which of the follow herbs has all the following functions: clearing heat and relieving toxicity, expelling external wind-heat and dissipating nodules?
A. Jin Yin Hua
B. Lian Qiao 
C. Da Qing Ye
D. Ban Lan Gen
A

B. Lian Qiao

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Bai Tou Weng is one of the very effective herbs for?
A. Intestinal abscess
B. Summer-heat syndrome
C. Lung abscess
D. Blood dysentery due to damp-heat of fire toxin

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D. Blood dysentery due to damp-heat of fire toxin

49
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Which of the follow herbs is an important herb for chronic cold stagnation dysenteric disorder that wax and wane, or alternating hard and soft stools?
A. Bai Tou Weng
B. Ya Dan Zi 
C. Ma Chi Xian 
D. Hong Teng
A

B. Ya Dan Zi

50
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Which of the following herb can resolve fire toxicity, cools the blood, clears damp-heat, stops bleeding and unblocks painful urinary dribbling and also used as an antidote for the pain and swelling of wasp string and snakebites?
A. Bai Xian Pi 
B. Ban Zhi Lian 
C. Ban Bian Lian 
D. Ma Chi Xian
A

D. Ma Chi Xian

51
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Which of the following herb can be not only used for intestinal abscess and skin lesions with heat, swelling, and pain but also for trauma, dysmenorrhea, and joint pain?
A. Ban Bian Lian 
B. Ban Zhi Lian 
C. Hong Teng
D. She Gan
A

C. Hong Teng

52
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Which of the following herb can clear damp-heat to stop itching and use for vaginal pruritus with discharge?
A. She Gan
B. Ma Bo 
C. Shan Dou Gen
D. Bai Xian Pi
A

D. Bai Xian Pi

53
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What is general caution/contraindication for heat-clearing and toxicity-resolving herbs?
A. Sp yang deficiency 
B. Weak patients
C. Without heat signs 
D. All of the above
A

D. All of the above

54
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Charley, 7 year old boy; was diagnosed with mumps by his pediatrician 3 days prior. Currently he presents with a sore throat and slight thirst, his face is still swollen beneath the ears, with some local heat and tenderness. His tongue is red, yellow coat, and his pulse is flowing and rapid. What are your herbal prescriptions?
A. Sang Ye, Ju Hua
B. Da Qing Ye, Ban Lan Gen 
C. Jin Yin Huan, Lian Qiao
D. Ma Huang, Gui Zhi
A

B. Da Qing Ye, Ban Lan Gen

55
Q 
What is the common action between Ban Zhi Lian and Ban Bian Lian?
A. Clear heat and resolve toxicity 
B. Promote urination and reduce edema 
C. Both A and B
D. Only A
A

C. Both A and B

56
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Which herb does not benefit the throat? 
A. She Gan
B. Ban Lan Gen 
C. Shan Dou Gen 
D. Yu Xing Cao
A

D. Yu Xing Cao

57
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Which of the following statement is correct?
A. She Gan can transform phlegm and clear the lungs, while Ma Bo can stop bleeding
B. Ma Bo should be wrapped in cheesecloth decocted in water for an oral dose
C. Both can clear heat, resolve toxicity and improve the condition of throat
D. All of the above

A

D. All of the above

58
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Which of the following herb is not toxic?
A. Ya Dan Zi 
B. Bai Guo
C. Lu Dou 
D. Xi Xin
A

C. Lu Dou

59
Q 
Which of the following herb can astringe Lung, stop wheezing, stop excessive vaginal discharge and stabilize essence and control urination?
A. Bai Guo
B. Bai Lian 
C. Lu Dou
D. Ya Dan Zi
A

A. Bai Guo

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