Quiz 11 Flashcards

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  1. Which of the following herbs can cause abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting when there is an overdose?
    a. Cang Er Zi
    b. Da Huang
    c. Mang Xiao
    d. Mu Xiang
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  1. Which of the following herbs can cause abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting when there is an overdose?
    a. Cang Er Zi: Over dosage can lead to vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Several Materia Medica texts discourage the eating of pork while taking this herb. Disperse Wind Cold Category
    b. Da Huang
    c. Mang Xiao
    d. Mu Xiang
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  1. A 42-year-old female patient, Becky, came to the clinic for irritability and palpitations with anxiety. These symptoms started about 6 months ago all of a sudden and now she has new complaints of anxiety, fatigue, insomnia with very restless sleep, inability to think or concentrate, forgetfulness and dry stool. Her tongue is red with little coating and the pulse is thin and rapid. Which of the following formulas can best treat this patient?
    a. Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan
    b. Gui Pi Tang
    c. Suan Zao Ren Tang
    d. Gan Mai Da Zao Tang
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  1. A 42-year-old female patient, Becky, came to the clinic for irritability and palpitations with anxiety. These symptoms started about 6 months ago all of a sudden and now she has new complaints of anxiety, fatigue, insomnia with very restless sleep, inability to think or concentrate, forgetfulness and dry stool. Her tongue is red with little coating and the pulse is thin and rapid. Which of the following formulas can best treat this patient?
    a. Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan: Heart and Kidney Yin and Blood Deficiency with deficient fire. Irritability, palpitations with anxiety, fatigue, insomnia with very restless sleep, inability to think or concentrate for even short periods of time, nocturnal emissions, forgetfulness, dry stools, a red tongue with little coating, and a thin, rapid pulse. There may also be sores of the mouth and tongue, low grade fever, and night sweats.
    b. Gui Pi Tang
    c. Suan Zao Ren Tang
    d. Gan Mai Da Zao Tang
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  1. What kind of taste do most of the tonifying herbs have?
    a. Sour
    b. Bitter
    c. Sweet
    d. Pungent
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  1. What kind of taste do most of the tonifying herbs have?
    a. Sour: Astringent, prevent leakage of fluids and energy
    b. Bitter: Drain and dry
    c. Sweet: tonify, harmonize, moisten -This is the Answer
    d. Pungent: Acrid/Pungent- disperse and move (Salty: purge and soften – Bland: drain damp and promote urination
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  1. Which herb can be used for breast abscesses and insufficient lactation?
    a. Dan Dou Chi
    b. Gua Lou
    c. Pu Gong Ying
    d. Tian Hua Fen
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  1. Which herb can be used for breast abscesses and insufficient lactation?
    a. Dan Dou Chi
    b. Gua Lou
    c. Pu Gong Ying: It reduces abscesses and dissipates nodules, Promotes lactation especially for insufficient lactation due to heat. Bitter, Sweet, Cold - Liver, Stomach
    d. Tian Hua Fen
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  1. Which herb enters the Lung and Large Intestine, stops diarrhea, dissolves phlegm, and benefits the throat with its strong descending qi function?
    a. Jie Geng
    b. Wu Mei
    c. He Zi
    d. Hai Piao Xiao
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  1. Which herb enters the Lung and Large Intestine, stops diarrhea, dissolves phlegm, and benefits the throat with its strong descending qi function?
    a. Jie Geng
    b. Wu Mei
    c. He Zi: Stabilize and Bind: Sour, Astringent, Neutral - Lung, Stomach, Large Intestine Directs the Lung Qi downward and transforms phlegm to stop coughs and benefit the throat; restrains the Spleen and Intestinal qi to stop chronic diarrhea
    d. Hai Piao Xiao
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  1. Which of the following herbs is contraindicated for Intestinal parasites?
    a. Wu Zhu Yu
    b. Gan Cao
    c. Wu Wei Zi
    d. Da Zao
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  1. Which of the following herbs is contraindicated for Intestinal parasites?
    a. Wu Zhu Yu
    b. Gan Cao
    c. Wu Wei Zi
    d. Da Zao: This herb aids dampness, generates heat, and may readily induce fullness in the middle burner, it is contraindicated in cases of excess dampness, food stagnation, intestinal parasites, or damp phlegm disorder with such symptoms as epigastric distention and bloating. (Tonify Qi Category: Sweet, Warm - Spleen, Stomach
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  1. Which herb redirects rebellious Qi downward, stops vomiting and should be placed in cheesecloth bag when decocting?
    a. Xuan Fu Hua
    b. Kuan Dong Hua
    c. Hong Hu
    d. Bo He
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  1. Which herb redirects rebellious Qi downward, stops vomiting and should be placed in cheesecloth bag when decocting?
    a. Xuan Fu Hua:– This is Inula Flower and is in the Transform Cold Phlegm Category - Bitter, Acrid, Salty, slightly Warm - Liver, Lung, Stomach, Spleen directs qi downward to stop cough, softens hardened phlegm to break up clumped accumulations, promotes the dissipation of pathogenic water
    b. Kuan Dong Hua
    c. Hong Hu
    d. Bo He
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  1. Which herb is the best for treating cough due to externally contracted disorders?
    a. Bai Bu
    b. Xing Ren
    c. Zi Wan
    d. Kuan Dong Hua
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  1. Which herb is the best for treating cough due to externally contracted disorders?
    a. Bai Bu
    b. Xing Ren: Xing Ren is best for exterior contracted dry cough, and help to stop wheezing in Ma Huang Tang. This is Apricot Seed and is in Relieve Cough and Wheezing Category - Bitter, slightly Warm, slightly Toxic - Lung, Large Intestine
    c. Zi Wan
    d. Kuan Dong Hua
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  1. Which of the following formulas is most appropriate for a patient who has alternating chills and fever, a bitter taste in the mouth, hypochondriac and epigastric distention, dry mouth, nausea and reduced appetite?
    a. Yue Ju Wan
    b. Xiao Chai Hu Tang
    c. Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
    d. Suan Zao Ren Tang
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  1. Which of the following formulas is most appropriate for a patient who has alternating chills and fever, a bitter taste in the mouth, hypochondriac and epigastric distention, dry mouth, nausea and reduced appetite?
    a. Yue Ju Wan
    b. Xiao Chai Hu Tang: Shao Yang stage syndrome in Shang Han Lun – Actions: Harmonizes and releases lesser yang warp disorders. Alternating fever and chills, dry throat, bitter taste in the mouth, dizziness, irritability, sensation of fullness in the chest and hypochondria (often experienced as difficulty in taking deep breaths), heartburn, nausea and vomiting, being downcast with no desire to eat, a thin, white tongue coating, and a Wiry pulse. There may also be palpitations, coughing, or urinary dysfunction.
    c. Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
    d. Suan Zao Ren Tang
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  1. Which herbs should be added to Li Zhong Wan for bleeding?
    a. Huang Qi, Dang Gui, E Jiao
    b. Gan Jiang, Xi Xin, Wu Wei Zi
    c. Shan Zhu Yu, Shu Di Huang
    d. Dang Shen, MU Xiang
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  1. Which herbs should be added to Li Zhong Wan for bleeding?
    a. Huang Qi, Dang Gui, E Jiao: For bleeding due to yang deficiency, substitute quick fried pao Jiang for gan jiang, and add Huang Qi, Dang Gui and E Jiao (this is found in the Qpuncture section under variations.) Actions: Warms the middle burner and strengthens the Spleen and Stomach
    b. Gan Jiang, Xi Xin, Wu Wei Zi
    c. Shan Zhu Yu, Shu Di Huang
    d. Dang Shen, MU Xiang
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  1. Which herb is contraindicated for exterior disorders?
    a. Du Zhong
    b. E Jiao
    c. Shu Di Huang
    d. Dang Gui
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  1. Which herb is contraindicated for exterior disorders?
    a. Du Zhong
    b. E Jiao: it also antagonizes Da Huang and should be used with caution in Spleen and Stomach Xu - : Because of its heavy, cloying effect on the digestion, it is contraindicated in those with Spleen and Stomach deficiency, focal distention in the epigastrium or diarrhea.
    c. Shu Di Huang
    d. Dang Gui
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  1. Which herbs should be omitted from Wen Jing Tang for more severe lower abdominal cold pain?
    a. Mai Men Dong, Mu Dan Pi
    b. E Jiao, Dang Gui
    c. Chuan Xiong, Bai Shao
    d. Mu Dan Pi, Bai Shao
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  1. Which herbs should be omitted from Wen Jing Tang for more severe lower abdominal cold pain?
    a. Mai Men Dong, Mu Dan Pi: Formulas and Strategies Pg. 326. (This is indicated in the Qpuncture section of the formula)
    b. E Jiao, Dang Gui
    c. Chuan Xiong, Bai Shao
    d. Mu Dan Pi, Bai Shao
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  1. Which of the following herbs should be used as a substitution for Jing Mi in Bai Hu Tang for a patient with stomach qi deficiency?
    a. Shi Gao
    b. Zhi Gan Cao
    c. Shan Yao
    d. Zhi Mu
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  1. Which of the following herbs should be used as a substitution for Jing Mi in Bai Hu Tang for a patient with stomach qi deficiency?
    a. Shi Gao
    b. Zhi Gan Cao
    c. Shan Yao: Sweet, Neutral, Kidney, Lung, Spleen - Tonifies and augments the Spleen and Stomach – Tonifies the Lung qi and augments the Lung yin – Tonifies the Kidneys and also stabilizes and binds
    d. Zhi Mu
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  1. Which of the following formulas is included in Shen Ling Bai Zhu San?
    a. Si Jun Zi Tang
    b. Er Chen Tang
    c. Si Wu Tang
    d. Liu Jun Zi Tang
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  1. Which of the following formulas is included in Shen Ling Bai Zhu San?
    a. Si Jun Zi Tang: Shen Ling Bai Zhu San is for Spleen Qi deficiency with dampness. This formula consists of Si Jun Zi Tang + Shan Yao, Yi Yi Ren, Bai Bian Dou, Lian Zi, Sha Ren, Jie Geng.
    b. Er Chen Tang
    c. Si Wu Tang
    d. Liu Jun Zi Tang
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  1. Which of the following lists one or more actions of Lian Zi?
    a. Expel Phlegm, stop wheeze, eliminate dampness and stabilize the lower burner
    b. Tonify spleen, astringe the Kidney and calm the spirit
    c. Stop sweating caused by deficiency
    d. Stabilize the menses and stop bleeding
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  1. Which of the following lists one or more actions of Lian Zi?
    a. Expel Phlegm, stop wheeze, eliminate dampness and stabilize the lower burner
    b. Tonify spleen, astringe the Kidney and calm the spirit - Tonifies the Spleen and stops diarrhea – Tonifies the Kidneys and stabilizes the Essence – Nourishes the Heart and calms the spirit
    c. Stop sweating caused by deficiency
    d. Stabilize the menses and stop bleeding
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  1. Which of the following is an action of Hua Shi?
    a. Absorbs dampness, apply topically for damp skin lesions
    b. Promotes lactation, unblocks blood vessels
    c. Expels parasites and stops itching
    d. Treats pediatric sleep disorders
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  1. Which of the following is an action of Hua Shi?
    a. Absorbs dampness, apply topically for damp skin lesions - Clears heat and facilitates the resolutions of dampness, (Formula: Ba Zheng San) – Clears summerheat and facilitates the resolutions of dampness, (Formulas: Liu Yi San, Huang Qin Hua Shi Tang) – Absorbs dampness.
    b. Promotes lactation, unblocks blood vessels
    c. Expels parasites and stops itching
    d. Treats pediatric sleep disorders
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  1. Which of the following is contained in Shen Ling Bai Zhu San?
    a. Si Wu Tang
    b. Si Jun Zi Tang
    c. Liu Jun Zi Tang
    d. Er Chen Tang
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  1. Which of the following is contained in Shen Ling Bai Zhu San?
    a. Si Wu Tang
    b. Si Jun Zi Tang: Shen Ling Bai Zhu San is for Spleen Qi deficiency with dampness. This formula consists of Si Jun Zi Tang + Shan Yao, Yi Yi Ren, Bai Bian Dou, Lian Zi
    c. Liu Jun Zi Tang
    d. Er Chen Tang
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  1. What are the actions of Tian Ma?
    a. Soothes the liver and releases the exterior
    b. Clears heat from the liver and regulates liver qi
    c. Clams the liver, extinguishes wind and controls spasms and tremors: Sweet, Neutral - Liver
    d. Drains heat, stops spasms and unblocks the channels and collaterals
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  1. What are the actions of Tian Ma?
    a. Soothes the liver and releases the exterior
    b. Clears heat from the liver and regulates liver qi
    c. Clams the liver, extinguishes wind and controls spasms and tremors: Sweet, Neutral - Liver
    d. Drains heat, stops spasms and unblocks the channels and collaterals
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  1. What is the category of Yue Ju Wan?
    a. Tonify the Qi
    b. Tonify the Blood
    c. Regulate the Qi
    d. Invigorate the Blood
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  1. What is the category of Yue Ju Wan?
    a. Tonify the Qi
    b. Tonify the Blood
    c. Regulate the Qi: Actions – promotes the movement of qi and releases constraint. Mild cases of constraint due to stagnant Qi or Qi stagnation with blood, phlegm, fire, dampness, and food stagnancies
    d. Invigorate the Blood
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  1. What are the ingredients of Wei Ling Tang?
    a. Wei Ling Xian and Fu Ling
    b. Fu Ling and Ping Wei San
    c. Wu Ling Zhi and Ping Wei San
    d. Wu Ling San and Ping Wei San:
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  1. What are the ingredients of Wei Ling Tang?
    a. Wei Ling Xian and Fu Ling
    b. Fu Ling and Ping Wei San
    c. Wu Ling Zhi and Ping Wei San
    d. Wu Ling San and Ping Wei San: This is the Answer - Not on the Formula list
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  1. What is the primary indication of Wen Dan Tang?
    a. Internal clumping of phlegm heat
    b. Disharmony between the gallbladder and the stomach with phlegm heat
    c. Liver Qi stagnation leading to heat from constraint
    d. Yang type damp heat jaundice
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  1. What is the primary indication of Wen Dan Tang?
    a. Internal clumping of phlegm heat
    b. Disharmony between the gallbladder and the stomach with phlegm heat:. Actions: Regulates the qi, transforms phlegm, clears the Gallbladder, and harmonizes the Stomach. Has Er Chen Wan in it (Chen Pi, Ban Xia, Fu Ling, Gan Cao. Dizziness, vertigo, nausea or vomiting, insomnia, dream-disturber sleep with strange or unusual dreams, palpitations, anxiety, indeterminate gnawing hunger, or seizures accompanied by copious sputum, focal distention of the chest, a bitter taste in the mouth, slight thirst, a greasy, yellow tongue coating, and a rapid pulse that is either slippery or wiry.
    c. Liver Qi stagnation leading to heat from constraint
    d. Yang type damp heat jaundice
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  1. What is the dosage of Fan Xie Ye when it is taken with a cup of tea?
    a. 0.5-1.5g
    b. 1.5-3g
    c. 3-5g
    d. 3-6g
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  1. What is the dosage of Fan Xie Ye when it is taken with a cup of tea?
    a. 0.5-1.5g
    b. 1.5-3g: (this is noted under the American Dragon section) This is a purgative (Senna Leaf Sweet, Bitter, Cold - Large Intestine - Drains downward and guides out stagnation
    c. 3-5g
    d. 3-6g
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  1. How do you decoct Mu Xiang, Bo He, and Bai Dou Kou?
    a. Decoct in gauze
    b. Add at the end
    c. Decoct separately
    d. Dissolve in the strained decoction
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  1. How do you decoct Mu Xiang, Bo He, and Bai Dou Kou?
    a. Decoct in gauze
    b. Add at the end: Add at the last 5 min.
    c. Decoct separately
    d. Dissolve in the strained decoction
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  1. Which formula would be the best one to treat severe dizziness as if everything is spinning around?
    a. Si Wu Tang
    b. Zhi Sou San
    c. Liu Wei Di Huang Wan
    d. Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang
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  1. Which formula would be the best one to treat severe dizziness as if everything is spinning around?
    a. Si Wu Tang
    b. Zhi Sou San
    c. Liu Wei Di Huang Wan
    d. Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang: it is for internal wind phlegm rising upward causing dizziness and vertigo. dizziness or vertigo (possibly severe), headache, a stifling sensation in the chest, nausea or vomiting, copious sputum, a white, greasy tongue coating, and a wiry, slippery pulse.
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  1. Which is the correct function of Gu Jing Wan
    a. To tonify the Qi and strengthen the spleen, stabilize the Chong channel and stop uterine bleeding
    b. To nourish the Yin, clear heat and stop uterine bleeding
    c. To warm the Yang, strengthen the Spleen, nourish the Blood and stop uterine bleeding
    d. To invigorate the Blood, reduce stasis and stop uterine bleeding
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  1. Which is the correct function of Gu Jing Wan
    a. To tonify the Qi and strengthen the spleen, stabilize the Chong channel and stop uterine bleeding
    b. To nourish the Yin, clear heat and stop uterine bleeding: Enriches the yin, clears heat, stops bleeding and stabilizes the menses (under the Stabilize and Bind Category).
    c. To warm the Yang, strengthen the Spleen, nourish the Blood and stop uterine bleeding
    d. To invigorate the Blood, reduce stasis and stop uterine bleeding
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  1. The pathogenesis of the Bu Yang Huan Wu Tang syndrome is:
    a. Phlegm obstruction in the channels and collaterals
    b. Fluids deficiency that fails to nourish the tendons and sinews
    c. Liver Yang rising leading to internal wind
    d. Qi Deficiency with Blood stagnation
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  1. The pathogenesis of the Bu Yang Huan Wu Tang syndrome is:
    a. Phlegm obstruction in the channels and collaterals
    b. Fluids deficiency that fails to nourish the tendons and sinews
    c. Liver Yang rising leading to internal wind
    d. Qi Deficiency with Blood stagnation: (This is in Invigorate Blood Category – used to treat Qi Xu with Xue Yu often as a sequela of stroke)
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  1. All of the following formulas can stop bleeding EXCEPT?
    a. Huang Tu Tang
    b. Xiao Ji Yin Zi
    c. Shi Hui San
    d. Dao Chi San
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  1. All of the following formulas can stop bleeding EXCEPT?
    a. Huang Tu Tang
    b. Xiao Ji Yin Zi
    c. Shi Hui San
    d. Dao Chi San: Formulas and Strategies Pg. 95. Dao Chi San is to drain Heart heat through urination.
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  1. A 55-year-old female patient came in with strong fever and chills. She also has light headedness, dizziness, red and sore eyes, nasal congestion with thick and sticky nasal discharge and saliva, a bitter taste in the mouth, constipation, and dark urine. The tongue has a yellow greasy coating and the pulse is flooding and rapid. Which formula should be chosen to treat this patient?
    a. Ge Gen Huang Lian Huang Qin Tang
    b. Shi Gao Tang
    c. Wei Rui Tang
    d. Fang Feng Tong Sheng San
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  1. A 55-year-old female patient came in with strong fever and chills. She also has light headedness, dizziness, red and sore eyes, nasal congestion with thick and sticky nasal discharge and saliva, a bitter taste in the mouth, constipation, and dark urine. The tongue has a yellow greasy coating and the pulse is flooding and rapid. Which formula should be chosen to treat this patient?
    a. Ge Gen Huang Lian Huang Qin Tang
    b. Shi Gao Tang
    c. Wei Rui Tang
    d. Fang Feng Tong Sheng San: For Heat excess in both interior and exterior, either from wind heat invading a patient with preexisting internal accumulation of heat, or from an invasion of wind heat which cause heat to lodge in strong fever and chills are a sign of exterior wind heat. This is a variation of Liang Ge San and is used to clear heat from both the internal and external layers.
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  1. An overdose of Fan Xie Ye can cause which of the following symptoms?
    a. Abdominal fullness and distention
    b. SOB and palpitations
    c. Cold extremities and low back pain
    d. Nausea and vomiting
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  1. An overdose of Fan Xie Ye can cause which of the following symptoms?
    a. Abdominal fullness and distention
    b. SOB and palpitations
    c. Cold extremities and low back pain
    d. Nausea and vomiting: Materia Medica. Pg. 118: Overdose may result in abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. (this is found in the American Dragon section under contraindications) – Purgatives. This is Senna Leaf