Quiz 2

Question 1

action: nourishes blood, calms spirit, clears heat, eliminates irritability
indications: irritability, inability to sleep, palpitations, night sweats, dizziness and vertigo, dry throat and mouth, dry tongue, and wiry-thin, rapid pulse

Answer 1

Suan Zao Ren Tang

Question 2

action: nourishes HT, calms spirit, harmonizes m. jiao, relaxes hypertonicity
indications: disorientation, frequent attacks of melancholy and crying spells, inability to control oneself, restless sleep, frequent bouts of yawning, abnormal behaviour and speech (Zang Zao)

Answer 2

Gan Mai Da Zao Tang

Question 3

actions: augments qi, stabilizes exterior, stops sweating
indications: aversion to drafts, spontaneous sweating, recurrent cold, a shiny, pale complexion, pale tongue w/ white coating, and a floating-deficient-soft pulse

Answer 3

Yu Ping Feng San

Question 4

actions: warms and tonifies SP and KD, binds intestines and stop diarrhea
indications: daybreak diarrhea that occurs daily just before sunrise, lack of interest in food and inability to digest what is eaten, sore lower back and cold limbs, a submerged-slow-forceless pulse; there may also be abdominal pain

Answer 4

Si Shen Wan

Question 5

actions: stabilizes KD and binds up semen
indications: chronic spermatorrhea, impotence, fatigue and weakness, sore and weak limbs, low back pain, tinnitus, pale tongue w/ white coating, and thin-frail pulse

Answer 5

Jin Suo Gu Jing Wan

Question 6

actions: promotes movement of qi and releases constraint (effective for qi/blood/phlegm/food stagnation of m. jiao)
indications: focal distention and stifling sensation in chest and abdomen, fixed pain in hypochondria, belching vomiting, acid reflux, mild coughing w/ copious sputum, reduced appetite, indigestion

Answer 6

Yue Ju Wan

Question 7

actions: promotes movement of qi, dissipates clumps, directs rebellious qi downward, transforms phlegm
indications: feeling of something in throat that can neither be swallowed or ejected, stifling sensation in chest and hypochondria, a moist or greasy white tongue coating, and a wiry-slow or wiry-slippery pulse; there may also be coughing or vomiting

Answer 7

Ban Xia Hou Po Tang

Question 8

actions: disseminates and redirects LU qi, arrests wheezing, c.h., transforms phlegm
indications: coughing and wheezing w/ copious, thick, yellow sputum, laboured breathing, a greasy-yellow tongue coating, and slippery-rapid pulse; there may also be simultaneous fever and chills

Answer 8

Ding Chuan Tang

Question 9

actions: directs rebellious qi downward, transforms phlegm, augments qi, harmonizes ST
indications: unremitting belching, hiccups, regurgitation, nausea or vomiting, hard epigastric focal distention, a white-slippery tongue coating, wiry-deficient pulse

Answer 9

Xuan Fu Dai Zhe Tang

Question 10

actions: drains heat and breaks up blood stasis
indications: acute lower abdominal pain, smooth urination, night fever, delirious speech, irritability, restlessness and thirst, and a submerged, full, or choppy pulse; in more severe cases, there may be manic behaviour; women will usually experience dysmenorrhea or amenorrhea

Answer 10

Tao He Cheng Qi Tang

Question 11

actions: invigorates blood, dispels blood stasis, spreads LV qi, unblocks channels
indications: pain in chest and hypochondria, chronic, stubborn headache w/ fixed, piercing quality, chronic, incessant hiccups, choking sensation when drinking, dry heaves, depression or low spirits accompanied by sensation of warmth in the chest, palpitations, insomnia, restless sleep, irritability, extreme mood swings, evening tidal fever, dark red tongue w/ dark spots on sides of tongue, dark or purple lips, complexion, or sclera, and choppy or wiry-tight pulse

Answer 11

Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang