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When do you treat the root only?
When clinical manifestations are few and mild
When do you treat the root and the manifestation?
When the manifestation is producing severe sx
When do you treat the manifestation first and the root later?
When the sx of the manifestation are distressing (acute)
Pt has chrinic h/a in the temple w/mild pain, slt. nausea, dizziness, tinnitus, stiff neck, poor sleep. Waking and unable to fall asleep again. Blurry vision, eye floaters, depression, dry skin, brittle nails. T = slt pale P = slty wiry and weak. Tx strat?
a) nourish LV and KD yin
b) nourish LV blood
b) nourish LV blood
Large ovarian cysts, painful abd. Abd feels hard. Painful periods, alternating betw. heavy and scanty, starting and stopping. Menses are dark w/clots and there is xs vag discharge. P=slippery, firm at deep level T = pale, w/purple tinge, swollen, sticky tongue coat, yellow at root. Dx?
a) blood stasis
b) blood stasis w/phlegm
c) phlegm
a) blood stasis
37 y/o female has Buerger’s disease. All possible dx, except?
a) external trauma
b) damp heat in middle burner
b) damp heat in middle burner
Pt has low grade fever, night sweats, mental restlessness, dry mouth w/desire to sip drinks, 5 palm heat, malar flush, emaciation, dark red tongue, dry w/o coat. Fine rapid pulse. What level?
a) defensive
b) qi
c) nutritive
d) blood level
d) blood level
Pt has acute diarrhea, watery, abd pain and gurgling, feelings of chilliness that improve w/heat. T = pale w/white coat P=deep and slow.
a) cold dampness
b) xu sp yang
c) xu sp and kd yang
a) cold dampness
a child has hasty breathing, discontinuous w/flaring nostrils. This indicates?
a) phlegm heat congesting lungs
b) vacuity and weak LU qi
c) SP damp heat
a) phlegm heat congesting lungs
MAO Inhibitors such as Marplan or Nardil affect the pulse. It becomes?
a) hollow
b) wiry
c) slippery
d) scattered
b) wiry
full heat can arise from all of the following except?
a) empty fire
b) invasion of an exterior pathogen which turns into heat in the body
c) qi level - 4 level patterns
a) empty fire
which organ is the origin of birth and development?
a) HT
b) SP
c) LU
b) SP
If after rubbing the finger towards the body of the child, venules extend into the Gate of Qi, this indicates:
a) interior and rather more severe disease
b) serious life threatening disease
a) interior and rather more severe disease
Sx of dizziness, blurred vision, dry throat, tinnitus, heat in chest, palm and soles, soreness, weakness in lumbar region, knee joint, malar flush, nightsweats, nocturnal emissions. T & P =
a) pale tongue w/thin yellow coat and thready pulse
b) red tongue w/little coat, thready rapid pulse
b) red tongue w/little coat, thready rapid pulse
Dreams about lying under a tree w/o being able to get up w/wafting mushrooms. What organ?
a) SP
b) LV
B) LV
