Midterm

Question 1

• fx: nourish yin and draw heat out
• infant summer fever, pulmonary tuberculosis w/ feeling of heat at night and cool in the morning, red tongue w/ scanty coating, fine and rapid pulse

Answer 1

Qing Hao Bie Jia Tang

Question 2

• fx: clear heat, dispel summer heat, strengthen energy, produce fluids
• summer fever, infant summer fever, symptoms caused by summer heat harming yin (feeling hot, perspiration, thirst, reddish urine, fatigue, deficient and rapid pulse)

Answer 2

Qing Shu Yi Qi Tang

Question 3

• fx: drains excess fire from LV and GB, clears damp-heat from lower burner
• excess LV fire flaring up
• damp-heat in LV channel
• pain in hypochondria, headache, dizziness, red and sore eyes, hearing loss, swelling in ears, bitter taste in mouth, irritability, short temper, wiry-rapid-forceful pulse, red tongue w/ yellow coating
• also for difficult and painful urination w/ sensation of heat in urethra, swollen and pruritic external genitalia, or foul smelling leucorrhea, shortened menstrual cycle w/ reddish-purple blood

Answer 3

Long Dan Xie Gan Tang

Question 4

• fx: clears HT and promotes urination (not severe HT fire, water deficiency w/ fire that is no excessive)
• irritability w/ sensation of heat in chest, thirst w/ desire to drink cold water, red face, possibly sores around mouth, red tongue, rapid pulse
• also for dark, scanty, rough, and painful urination, or even blood in urine

Answer 4

Dao Chi San (guide out the red powder)

Question 5

• fx: drains heat from LU and calms wheezing
• coughing, wheezing, fever w/ skin that feels hot to touch, all of which worsen in late afternoon
• also dry mouth, little or difficult-to-expectorate sputum, thin-rapid pulse, red tongue w/ yellow coating

Answer 5

Xie Bai San (drain the white powder)

Question 6

• fx: drains ST fire, cools blood, nourishes yin
• toothache, facial swelling, fever and bad breath, dry mouth, red tongue w/ little coating, slippery-large-rapid pulse
• also indicated for bleeding and gum sores, swollen and painful tongue, lips, or jaw; painful areas prefer cold, worsen w/ heat

Answer 6

Qing Wei San (clear the ST powder)

Question 7

• fx: clears heat, resolves toxicity, cools blood, alleviates dysenteric disorder
• abdominal pain, tenesmus, burning sensation around anus, diarrhea containing more blood than pus, thirst, red tongue w/ yellow coating, wiry-rapid pulse

Answer 7

Bai Tou Weng Tang

Question 8

• fx: warms middle jiao, strengthens SP and ST
• middle jiao yang deficiency: diarrhea w/ watery stools, nausea and vomiting, no thirst, loss of appetite, abdominal pain, pale tongue w/ white coat, submerged-thin pulse
• bleeding due to middle jiao yang deficiency: nose bleeds, vomiting blood, excessive menstrual bleeding, bleeding from rectum, various types of internal bleeding; in all cases, blood is pale and bleeding is accompanied by cold extremities, wan complexion, pale tongue, frail pulse
• chronic childhood convulsions

Answer 8

Li Zhong Wan (regulate the middle pill)

Question 9

• fx: warms and tonifies middle jiao, moderates spasmodic abdominal pain
• intermittent, spasmodic abdominal pain that prefers warmth and pressure, lustreless complexion, reduced appetite, pale tongue w/ white coating, thin-wiry pulse
• may also have low grade fever, palpitations, irritability, cold and sore extremities w/ nonspecific discomfort, dry mouth and throat

Answer 9

Xiao Jian Zhong Tang (construct the middle decoction)

Question 10

• fx: rescues devastated yang, warms middle jiao, stop diarrhea
• extremely cold extremities, aversion to cold, curling up when lying down, lethargy w/ constant desire to sleep, vomiting, diarrhea w/ undigested food particles, abdominal pain and cold, lack of thirst, pale tongue w/ white slippery coating, submerged-thin or faint pulse

Answer 10

Si Ni Tang (frigid extremities decoction)

Question 11

• fx: augments qi, warms and harmonizes channels, unblocks painful obstruction
• relatively superficial numbness w/o pain, paresthesia and numbness of skin and flesh, faint-choppy-tight pulse

Answer 11

Huang Qi Gui Zhi Wu Wu Tang

Question 12

• fx: enriches yin, nourishes KD
• LV-KD yin deficiency: soreness and weakness of lower back, lightheadedness, vertigo, tinnitus, diminished hearing, night sweats, spontaneous nocturnal emission, red tongue w/ little coating, thin-rapid pulse
• may also present w/ hot palms and soles, chronic dry and sore throat, toothache, wasting and thirsting disorder
• relatively intense fire from deficiency, eye disorders, or weakened SP-ST fx

Answer 12

Liu Wei Di Huang Wan

Question 13

• fx: warms and tonifies KD yang
• KD yang deficiency: lower back pain, weakness of lower extremities, cold sensation in lower half of body, tenseness in lower abdomen, pale swollen tongue w/ thin, white, moist coating, empty or frail pulse
• may also be irritable to point of difficulty in lying down, will breathe more comfortably when leaning against something, urinary difficulty w/ edema, or excessive urination, sometimes to point of incontinence

Answer 13

(Jin Kui) Shen Qi Wan (KD qi pill)