Quiz 18 Flashcards
1
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- A 26-year-old female patient has a chronic cough with sparse sputum that is difficult to expectorate. She also has shortness of breath, spontaneous sweating and dry mouth and tongue. Which of the following herbal formulas would be the best to treat these symptoms?
a. Si Jun Zi Tang
b. Gui Pi Tang
c. Shi Quan Da Bu Tang
d. Sheng Mai San
A
- A 26-year-old female patient has a chronic cough with sparse sputum that is difficult to expectorate. She also has shortness of breath, spontaneous sweating and dry mouth and tongue. Which of the following herbal formulas would be the best to treat these symptoms?
a. Si Jun Zi Tang
b. Gui Pi Tang
c. Shi Quan Da Bu Tang
d. Sheng Mai San: Diagnosis: Concurrent Qi and Yin Xu, primarily of the Lung (This is in the Stabilize and Bind Category - Chronic cough with sparse sputum that is difficult to expectorate, shortness of breath, spontaneous sweating, a dry mouth and Tongue, a pale red tongue with a dry, thin coating and a deficient, rapid or deficient, thin Pulse.
2
Q
- Which of the following conditions are contraindications of Si Wu Tang for blood Xu?
a. Diabetes, acute severe blood loss
b. Severe weakness, labored breathing
c. Poor Appetite, loose stool
d. Hypotension, amenorrhea
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- Which of the following conditions are contraindications of Si Wu Tang for blood Xu?
a. Diabetes, acute severe blood loss
b. Severe weakness, labored breathing: This formula should not be used in treating acute, severe blood loss or other problems of blood deficiency characterized by severe weakness and labored breathing. Due to the cloying nature of its main ingredients, the formula is inappropriate for treating patterns characterized by an overabundance of dampness with abdominal fullness, poor appetite, and loose stools
c. Poor Appetite, loose stool
d. Hypotension, amenorrhea
3
Q
- All of the following are actions of Dang Gui except?
a. Stop bleeding
b. Regulate menstruation
c. Tonify Blood
d. Moisten the Intestine
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- All of the following are actions of Dang Gui except?
a. Stop bleeding: This is the Answer
b. Regulate menstruation
c. Tonify Blood
d. Moisten the Intestine
4
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- Which herb should be added near the end of decoction?
a. Huang Qi
b. Mu Xiang
c. Chuan Xiong
d. Shan Yao
A
- Which herb should be added near the end of decoction?
a. Huang Qi
b. Mu Xiang: Add at the last five minutes of cooking – Handbook of OM Pg. 347.
c. Chuan Xiong
d. Shan Yao
5
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- Which herbs can be deleted out of Chai Ge Jie Ji Tang when a patient has an aversion to cold and muscle pain but no headache?
a. Qiang Huo, Bai Zhi
b. Bai Shao, Jie Geng
c. Ge Gen, Huang Qin
d. Bai Shao, Gan Cao
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- Which herbs can be deleted out of Chai Ge Jie Ji Tang when a patient has an aversion to cold and muscle pain but no headache?
a. Qiang Huo, Bai Zhi: This is the Answer
b. Bai Shao, Jie Geng
c. Ge Gen, Huang Qin
d. Bai Shao, Gan Cao
6
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- Which herb should be cooked one hour prior to adding other ingredients to the decoction?
a. Dai Zhe Shi
b. Mu Li
c. Long Gu
d. Shi Jue Ming
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- Which herb should be cooked one hour prior to adding other ingredients to the decoction?
a. Dai Zhe Shi
b. Mu Li
c. Long Gu
d. Shi Jue Ming: Dai Zhe Shi, Mu Lin and Long Gu should be cooked at least 20-30 minutes. (Shi Jue Ming cooks 60 minutes first)
7
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- What herbs are contraindicated for pregnant woman?
a. Hung Qin, Huang Lian
b. Da Huang, Zhi Shi
c. Ze Xie, Gui Zhi
d. Tao Ren, Mu Tong
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- What herbs are contraindicated for pregnant woman?
a. Hung Qin, Huang Lian
b. Da Huang, Zhi Shi
c. Ze Xie, Gui Zhi
d. Tao Ren, Mu Tong: Tao Ren: Contraindicated in those with blood deficiency or during pregnancy Mu Tong: Use cautiously during pregnancy. This herb also promotes LACTATION.
8
Q
- Which herb is the best for removing membranes from the conjunctiva?
a. Chan Tui
b. Sang Ye
c. Ju Hua
d. Mu Zei
A
- Which herb is the best for removing membranes from the conjunctiva?
a. Chan Tui
b. Sang Ye
c. Ju Hua
d. Mu Zei: Disperses wind heat and eliminates superficial visual obstruction: for wind heat affecting the eyes and causing redness, pain, swelling, cloudiness, blurred vision, pterygium, or excessive tearing. (Not yet outlined)
9
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- Which of the following combinations of formulas can treat such symptoms as chills and fever, spontaneous sweating, tiredness, and an empty pulse?
a. Zhi Sou San + Ma Huang Tang
b. Sheng Mai San + Yu Ping Feng San
c. Yu Ping Feng San + Gui Zhi Tang
d. Sheng Mai San + Ren Shen Bai Du San
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- Which of the following combinations of formulas can treat such symptoms as chills and fever, spontaneous sweating, tiredness, and an empty pulse?
a. Zhi Sou San + Ma Huang Tang
b. Sheng Mai San + Yu Ping Feng San
c. Yu Ping Feng San + Gui Zhi Tang: Both formulas treat sweating, Yu Ping Feng San – Exterior deficiency induces sweating; Gui Zhi Tang – Exterior contraction with chills and fever induces sweating. VS. Yu Ping Feng San/Sheng Mai San combination – Lung Yin and Qi Xu coughing and Heart Xu.
d. Sheng Mai San + Ren Shen Bai Du San
10
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- Which of the following formulas is the best to treat a patient with a stuffy feeling around the hypochondrium and chest, a sensation of oppression, a vertex headache with nausea, and acid regurgitation with vomiting?
a. Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang
b. Ping Wei San
c. Wu Zhu Yu Tang
d. Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang
A
- Which of the following formulas is the best to treat a patient with a stuffy feeling around the hypochondrium and chest, a sensation of oppression, a vertex headache with nausea, and acid regurgitation with vomiting?
a. Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang
b. Ping Wei San
c. Wu Zhu Yu Tang: (Warm Interior Cold Category)
d. Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang
11
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- A 45-year-old female patient was diagnosed with hepatitis and ever since the diagnosis, she hasn’t done any housework. She is easily fatigued with movement, so for the five years since her diagnosis, she has only watched TV and eaten. She also has an afternoon fever which lasts until she goes to bed and night sweats, but she feels chilly in the morning when she wakes up. Which of the following formulas will best suit this case?
a. Liu Wei Di Huang Wan
b. Si Wu Tang
c. Qing Hao Bie Jia Tang
d. Xiao Yao San
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- A 45-year-old female patient was diagnosed with hepatitis and ever since the diagnosis, she hasn’t done any housework. She is easily fatigued with movement, so for the five years since her diagnosis, she has only watched TV and eaten. She also has an afternoon fever which lasts until she goes to bed and night sweats, but she feels chilly in the morning when she wakes up. Which of the following formulas will best suit this case?
a. Liu Wei Di Huang Wan
b. Si Wu Tang
c. Qing Hao Bie Jia Tang: Yin Xu with heat in Ying level due to hepatitis. (Latent Heat) Night fever and morning coolness with no sweating as the fever recedes, emaciation with no loss of appetite, a red tongue with little coating, and a fine, rapid pulse.
d. Xiao Yao San
12
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- A college student, Jody, visited the clinic for skin eruptions which broke out on the arm after a spring vacation to Jamaica. At first, the eruption started along the lateral side of the ring finger, was red in color, painful with touch, and there was a burning sensation of the affected area. Now there is a feverish sensation of the body and the tongue is red with a yellow coating. Her pulse is slippery and rapid. Which formula is the best formula for this patient?
a. Huang Lian Jie Du Tang: Diagnosis
b. Xiao Feng San
c. Long Dan Shi Gan Tang
d. Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin
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- A college student, Jody, visited the clinic for skin eruptions which broke out on the arm after a spring vacation to Jamaica. At first, the eruption started along the lateral side of the ring finger, was red in color, painful with touch, and there was a burning sensation of the affected area. Now there is a feverish sensation of the body and the tongue is red with a yellow coating. Her pulse is slippery and rapid. Which formula is the best formula for this patient?
a. Huang Lian Jie Du Tang: Diagnosis: Fire toxin by excessive heat in the three Jiao. High fever, irritability, a dry mouth and throat, incoherent speech, insomnia, dark urine, a red Tongue with a yellow coating, and a rapid, forceful Pulse. Also, for nosebleed or vomiting of blood due to heat excess; carbuncles, deep rooted boils, and other toxic swellings; and dysenteric disorders or jaundice due to damp heat.
b. Xiao Feng San
c. Long Dan Shi Gan Tang
d. Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin
13
Q
- What herb is the best to reduce fever?
a. Ge Gen
b. Ju Hua
c. Chi Hu
d. Sheng Ma
A
- What herb is the best to reduce fever?
a. Ge Gen
b. Ju Hua
c. Chi Hu: Resolves lesser yang disorders and reduces fever – Spreads Liver Qi and relieves constraint – Raises and lifts the Yang Qi, specifically the clear Qi of the Stomach and Gallbladder
d. Sheng Ma
14
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- What is the primary action of Dang Gui Bu Xue Tang?
a. Qi and Blood are equally tonified
b. Tonify Qi and generate blood
c. Tonify blood and generate Qi
d. The qi is strongly tonified
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- What is the primary action of Dang Gui Bu Xue Tang?
a. Qi and Blood are equally tonified
b. Tonify Qi and generate blood (This is under the ‘actions’ section from Bensky – Tonify Blood Category Actions: Tonifies the qi and generates blood)
c. Tonify blood and generate Qi
d. The qi is strongly tonified
15
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- What is the purpose of frying with ginger juice?
a. Facilitates pulverization
b. Increase potency
c. Improves flavor
d. Protects the stomach from cold, bitter substances
A
- What is the purpose of frying with ginger juice?
a. Facilitates pulverization
b. Increase potency
c. Improves flavor
d. Protects the stomach from cold, bitter substances: This is the Answer