Quiz 1 Flashcards
1
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- A 26-year-old female patient came to the clinic for a cough. She caught a cold a couple of days ago and since then has had a frequent cough, chills, and a slight fever. She also has a mild sore throat. Her tongue has a thin white coating and her pulse is superficial and rapid. Which formula would be the best for this patient?
a. Ma Huang Tang
b. Gui Zhi Tang
c. Sang Ju Yin:
d. Yin Qiao San
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- A 26-year-old female patient came to the clinic for a cough. She caught a cold a couple of days ago and since then has had a frequent cough, chills, and a slight fever. She also has a mild sore throat. Her tongue has a thin white coating and her pulse is superficial and rapid. Which formula would be the best for this patient?
a. Ma Huang Tang
b. Gui Zhi Tang
c. Sang Ju Yin: Diagnosis Wind Heat causing Cough (Early Stage Wind Heat with Cough are the keys to this formula)
d. Yin Qiao San
2
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- Which of the following would be the best treatment for uterine bleeding with insomnia?
a. PC 4, PC 6 (needle) SP 1 (moxa), Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan
b. HT 7, Yintang, Gui Pi Tang:
c. PC6, HT 7, Suan Zao Ren Tang
d. Yintang, Anmian (needle), Ren 4, (moxa), Gan Mai Da Zao Tang
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- Which of the following would be the best treatment for uterine bleeding with insomnia?
a. PC 4, PC 6 (needle) SP 1 (moxa), Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan
b. HT 7, Yintang, Gui Pi Tang: SP Qi Xu and Heart Xue Xu causing insomnia, SP Xu causing chronic bleeding.
c. PC6, HT 7, Suan Zao Ren Tang
d. Yintang, Anmian (needle), Ren 4, (moxa), Gan Mai Da Zao Tang
3
Q
- How can you modify Long Dan Xie Gan Tang (Gentiana Longdancao Decoction to Drain the Liver) for coughing up blood due to Liver fire injuring the Lungs (the fire of wood attacking metal)?
a. Add Mu Dan Pi (cortex Moutan Radicis) and Ce Bai Ye (Cacumen Biotae Orentalis) (
b. Add Gou Teng (Ramulus cum Uncic Uncariae) and Chuan Bei Mu (Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae)
c. Add Chi Shao (Radix Paeoniae Rubrae and Lian Zi (Stamen Nelumbinis Nuciferae)
d. Add Ju Hua (Flos Chrysanthemi Morifolii) and Sang Ye (Folium Mori Albae)
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- How can you modify Long Dan Xie Gan Tang (Gentiana Longdancao Decoction to Drain the Liver) for coughing up blood due to Liver fire injuring the Lungs (the fire of wood attacking metal)?
a. Add Mu Dan Pi (cortex Moutan Radicis) and Ce Bai Ye (Cacumen Biotae Orentalis) (Mu Dan Pi – cools the xue, clears lurking fire from Xue – Ce Bai Ye – inhibits bleeding due to blood heat).
b. Add Gou Teng (Ramulus cum Uncic Uncariae) and Chuan Bei Mu (Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae)
c. Add Chi Shao (Radix Paeoniae Rubrae and Lian Zi (Stamen Nelumbinis Nuciferae)
d. Add Ju Hua (Flos Chrysanthemi Morifolii) and Sang Ye (Folium Mori Albae)
4
Q
- Which pair of herbs are effective to alleviate seafood poisoning?
a. Sheng Di Huang, Xuan Shen
b. Sheng Jiang, Zi Su Ye
c. Huang Qin, Huang Bai
d. Zi Cao, Mu Dan Pi
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- Which pair of herbs are effective to alleviate seafood poisoning?
a. Sheng Di Huang, Xuan Shen
b. Sheng Jiang, Zi Su Ye: (Sheng Jiang because it resolves toxicity)
c. Huang Qin, Huang Bai
d. Zi Cao, Mu Dan Pi
5
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- Which herb treats jaundice and resolves blood stasis?
a. Yu Jin:
b. Mu Dan Pi
c. Qin Jiao
d. Yin Chen Hao
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- Which herb treats jaundice and resolves blood stasis?
a. Yu Jin: Materia Medica Page 271. Invigorates the blood and breaks up blood stasis; Promotes the movement of Qi; Clears and cools the blood; Benefits the gallbladder and reduces Jaundice. (invigorate Blood)
b. Mu Dan Pi (cool the blood category with no mention of Jaundice)
c. Qin Jiao (reduces jaundice but is under Dispel Wind Damp)
d. Yin Chen Hao (Drain Damp Category and reduces Jaundice and according to Ann is the number ONE herb to treat Jaundice!)
6
Q
- Which herb treats redness and swelling of the eyes along with menstrual irregularities caused by blood heat?
a. Chi Shao
b. Yi Mu Cao
c. Chuang Xiong
d. Ze Lan
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- Which herb treats redness and swelling of the eyes along with menstrual irregularities caused by blood heat?
a. Chi Shao: Materia Medical Page 277, Handbook of OM. Page 349 (red peony – invigorate blood and stop pain – cools heat in the blood) [Sour, Bitter, slightly Cold – Liver/Spleen]
b. Yi Mu Cao
c. Chuang Xiong
d. Ze Lan
7
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- Which herb treats Wind Cold with fever and a deep pulse as well as cold in the Shao Yin meridian?
a. Du Huo
b. Qiang Huo
c. Xi Xin
d. Zhi Mu
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- Which herb treats Wind Cold with fever and a deep pulse as well as cold in the Shao Yin meridian?
a. Du Huo
b. Qiang Huo
c. Xi Xin: Materia Medica. Page 35 (also, powerfully opens the nose – Shao Yin is Heart and Kidney which Xi Xin enters as well as the Lung) [Disperse Wind Cold]
d. Zhi Mu
8
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- Which herb is contraindicated with anticoagulants?
a. Dang Gui
b. Sheng Ma
c. Ai Ye
d. Ge Gen
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- Which herb is contraindicated with anticoagulants?
a. Dang Gui: Invigorating blood, promote blood circulation (this is noted in the American Dragon section under contraindications)[Sweet, Acrid, Warm – Heart Liver, Spleen]
b. Sheng Ma
c. Ai Ye
d. Ge Gen
9
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- Which of the following herbal formulas can treat a patient who has nasal bleeding and irritability after taking Gui Zhi Tang for a cold caused by Wind Heat?
a. Bai Hu Tang
b. Yin Qiao San
c. Tao He Cheng Qi Tang
d. Da Cheng Qi Tang
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- Which of the following herbal formulas can treat a patient who has nasal bleeding and irritability after taking Gui Zhi Tang for a cold caused by Wind Heat?
a. Bai Hu Tang: Chinese Formulas and Strategies Page 70. Overdose of Gui Zhi Tang may manifest similar to 4 Bigs (symptoms), use Bai Hu Jia Ren Shen Tang. [Bai Hu Tang is used because it is for Yangming channel disorder or Qi level heat] Gui Zhi Tang is contraindicated is cases where there is Exterior Cold and Internal Heat
b. Yin Qiao San
c. Tao He Cheng Qi Tang
d. Da Cheng Qi Tang
10
Q
- Herbs that expel wind dampness should be used with caution for which of the following conditions?
a. Qi and Xue Xu
b. Yin and Xue Xu
c. Abdominal pain and diarrhea due to deficient cold
d. Difficult urination
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- Herbs that expel wind dampness should be used with caution for which of the following conditions?
a. Qi and Xue Xu
b. Yin and Xue Xu: Most of the substances that dispel wind dampness are aromatic and warm, and are therefore drying in nature. For this reason, they may injure the yin and blood and should be used with caution in patients with blood or yin Xu.
c. Abdominal pain and diarrhea due to deficient cold
d. Difficult urination
11
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- Which of the following herbs can guide other herbs to the YangMing channel to treat YangMing type headache?
a. Qing Huo
b. Chai Hu
c. Du Huo
d. Bai Zhi
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- Which of the following herbs can guide other herbs to the YangMing channel to treat YangMing type headache?
a. Qing Huo
b. Chai Hu
c. Du Huo
d. Bai Zhi: DU Huo to Shao Yin HA: Qiang Huo to Tai Yang HA; Chai Hu to Shao Yang HA; Ge Gen/Bai Zhi to YangMing HA.
12
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- Which of the following herbs should be added to Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang when a Qi deficient type headache is severe?
a. Gou Qi Zi, Ju Hua
b. Qiang Huo Niu Xi
c. Man Jing Zi, Chuan Xiong
d. Wu Zhu Yu, Chuan Xiong
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- Which of the following herbs should be added to Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang when a Qi deficient type headache is severe?
a. Gou Qi Zi, Ju Hua
b. Qiang Huo Niu Xi
c. Man Jing Zi, Chuan Xiong: Man Jing Zi is good for Wind Damp Bi and is a good herb for Headache Eye Pain. Chuan Xiong is just good for HA.
d. Wu Zhu Yu, Chuan Xiong
13
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- A 50-year-old female patient caught a common cold a few days ago. Now he has coughing with copious thick, and yellow sputum, labored breathing, a greasy, yellow tongue coating, and a slippery, rapid pulse. Which formula would you select for this case?
a. Zhi Sou San
b. Sang Ju Yin
c. Bei Mu Gua Lou San
d. Ding Chuan Tang
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- A 50-year-old female patient caught a common cold a few days ago. Now he has coughing with copious thick, and yellow sputum, labored breathing, a greasy, yellow tongue coating, and a slippery, rapid pulse. Which formula would you select for this case?
a. Zhi Sou San
b. Sang Ju Yin
c. Bei Mu Gua Lou San
d. Ding Chuan Tang: Diagnosis: Wind Cold constraining the exterior and phlegm heat smoldering in the interior. (this formula is used to treat exterior Wind Cold with phlegm heat in the interior causing coughing and wheezing)
14
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- How many grams are in one Qian?
a. 0.03g
b. 0.3g
c. 3g
d. 30g
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- How many grams are in one Qian?
a. 0.03g
b. 0.3g
c. 3g: 1 liang 30g, 1 qian 3 g, 1 fen 0.3g, 1 Li 0.03g
d. 30g
15
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- What does Gui Zhi Tang (Cinnamon twig decoction) treat?
a. Wind Cold with deficiency and sweating
b. Wind Cold with constrained protective qi and no sweating
c. Wind Cold with chronic water metabolism problems and floating edema
d. Initial stage of externally contracted wind cold or wind heat
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- What does Gui Zhi Tang (Cinnamon twig decoction) treat?
a. Wind Cold with deficiency and sweating: Fever and chills unrelieved by sweating, headache, aversion to wind, stiff neck, nasal congestion, dry heaves, no particular thirst. Tongue: Thin, White, Moist coating Pulse: Floating and either lax or frail.
b. Wind Cold with constrained protective qi and no sweating
c. Wind Cold with chronic water metabolism problems and floating edema
d. Initial stage of externally contracted wind cold or wind heat