Quiz 23 Flashcards

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  1. Which of the following herb increases the action of Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin?
    a. Jue Ming Zi
    b. Wu Wei Zi
    c. Fu Ling
    d. Xiang Ru
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  1. Which of the following herb increases the action of Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin?
    a. Jue Ming Zi: This is the Correct Answer
    b. Wu Wei Zi
    c. Fu Ling
    d. Xiang Ru
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  1. Which of the following conditions is a contraindication of Li Zhong Wan?
    a. Deficiency cold of Spleen and Stomach
    b. Liver and Stomach deficient cold causing headache
    c. Externally contracted conditions with fever or Yin Xu
    d. Middle Jiao deficient cold syndrome
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  1. Which of the following conditions is a contraindication of Li Zhong Wan?
    a. Deficiency cold of Spleen and Stomach
    b. Liver and Stomach deficient cold causing headache
    c. Externally contracted conditions with fever or Yin Xu: (Warm the Interior Category) treats cold from Xu
    d. Middle Jiao deficient cold syndrome
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  1. Which of the following herb’s toxicity is reduced when processed with ginger juice?
    a. Wu Zhu Yu
    b. Xi Xin
    c. Ban Xia
    d. Gou Ji
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  1. Which of the following herb’s toxicity is reduced when processed with ginger juice?
    a. Wu Zhu Yu
    b. Xi Xin
    c. Ban Xia: This is the Correct Answer
    d. Gou Ji
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  1. What is the general caution for using Ping Wei San?
    a. Qi Deficiency
    b. Qi and Yin Deficiency
    c. Yin and Blood Deficiency
    d. Yang Deficiency
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  1. What is the general caution for using Ping Wei San?
    a. Qi Deficiency
    b. Qi and Yin Deficiency
    c. Yin and Blood Deficiency: It contains warm, drying herbs which easily injure the yin and the blood. It is only used with significant modification for patients with yin or blood Xu. It should also be used with caution during pregnancy.
    d. Yang Deficiency
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  1. Which herb can decrease blood pressure?
    a. Sang Bai Pi
    b. Mu Tong
    c. Niu Xi
    d. Chi Shao
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  1. Which herb can decrease blood pressure?
    a. Sang Bai Pi: Recently used for hypertension and promote urination and reduce edema. Drains heat from the Lungs, stops coughs, and calms wheezing – Promotes urination and reduces edema – Also recently used for hypertension
    b. Mu Tong
    c. Niu Xi
    d. Chi Shao
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  1. What are the typical indications for an herb that has a salty taste?
    a. For chills and fever, headache
    b. For phlegm and dampness
    c. For various kinds of nodules in the neck, swellings
    d. For tonifying Kidney function
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  1. What are the typical indications for an herb that has a salty taste?
    a. For chills and fever, headache
    b. For phlegm and dampness
    c. For various kinds of nodules in the neck, swellings: This is the Answer
    d. For tonifying Kidney function
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  1. Which herb clears heat from the lower Jiao in Huang Lian Jie Du Tang?
    a. Huang Qin
    b. Huang Lian
    c. Huang Bai
    d. Zhi Zi
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  1. Which herb clears heat from the lower Jiao in Huang Lian Jie Du Tang?
    a. Huang Qin – Upper Burner Heat
    b. Huang Lian – Middle Burner Heat
    c. Huang Bai: (Lower Burner Heat): This is the Answer
    d. Zhi Zi – All three Burners
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  1. Which herb is the best for Bi syndrome due to wind damp heat with Spleen Xu?
    a. Qin Jiao
    b. Wu Jia Pi
    c. Sang Zhi
    d. Yi Yi Ren
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  1. Which herb is the best for Bi syndrome due to wind damp heat with Spleen Xu?
    a. Qin Jiao
    b. Wu Jia Pi
    c. Sang Zhi
    d. Yi Yi Ren: Clear heat, expel pus and expel wind damp for Bi syndrome
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  1. Which of the following herbs should be added to Xiao Chai Hu Tang if the patient has severe abdominal pain?
    a. Huang Lian
    b. Chuan Jiao
    c. Dan Shen
    d. Bai Shao
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  1. Which of the following herbs should be added to Xiao Chai Hu Tang if the patient has severe abdominal pain?
    a. Huang Lian
    b. Chuan Jiao
    c. Dan Shen
    d. Bai Shao: Omit Huang Qin, add Bai Shao
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  1. Which of the following herbs can be added to Da Jian Zhong Tang for roundworms?
    a. Chuan Lian Zi, Bai Bu
    b. Xian He Cao, She Chuang Zi
    c. Ki Shen, Bian Xu
    d. Wu Mei, Bing Lang
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  1. Which of the following herbs can be added to Da Jian Zhong Tang for roundworms?
    a. Chuan Lian Zi, Bai Bu
    b. Xian He Cao, She Chuang Zi
    c. Ki Shen, Bian Xu
    d. Wu Mei, Bing Lang: (Reduce Yi Tang, add Wu Mei, Bing Lang, Shi Jun Zi) – Warm the Interior Category. Wu Mei: It expels Parasites, expels roundworms and alleviates pain for Roundworm induced vomiting
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  1. Which herbs are added to Liu Wei Di Huang Wan to make Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan?
    a. Niu Xi, Jie Geng
    b. Fu Zi, Gui Zhi
    c. Huang Qi, Rou Gui
    d. Fu Zi, Rou Gui
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  1. Which herbs are added to Liu Wei Di Huang Wan to make Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan?
    a. Niu Xi, Jie Geng
    b. Fu Zi, Gui Zhi: This is the Answer
    c. Huang Qi, Rou Gui
    d. Fu Zi, Rou Gui
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  1. A 21-year-old college student visited your clinic complaining of severe cough. This cough started when she got flu symptoms last week and when she starts coughing it continues for several minutes. When it has stopped, her throat is so ticklish that she coughs again. She was diagnosed with an upper respiratory tract infection. She also has body ache and aversion to col. Which of the following formulas can be used to treat this patient?
    a. Zhi Sou San
    b. Sang Ju Yin
    c. Ren Shen Bai Du San
    d. Ma Huang Tang
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  1. A 21-year-old college student visited your clinic complaining of severe cough. This cough started when she got flu symptoms last week and when she starts coughing it continues for several minutes. When it has stopped, her throat is so ticklish that she coughs again. She was diagnosed with an upper respiratory tract infection. She also has body ache and aversion to col. Which of the following formulas can be used to treat this patient?
    a. Zhi Sou San
    b. Sang Ju Yin
    c. Ren Shen Bai Du San
    d. Ma Huang Tang: Diagnosis: Exterior wind cold of excess type
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  1. Huang Lian Jie Du Tang should only be prescribed for a patient who has which of the following conditions because of its very bitter and cold property?
    a. Extreme heat characterized by liver wind
    b. Yin Toxin characterized by Yin type boils
    c. An excess condition, and with a robust constitution
    d. Extreme Yin Xu
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  1. Huang Lian Jie Du Tang should only be prescribed for a patient who has which of the following conditions because of its very bitter and cold property?
    a. Extreme heat characterized by liver wind
    b. Yin Toxin characterized by Yin type boils
    c. An excess condition, and with a robust constitution: Because it is very bitter and cold, this formula should only be prescribed in cases of excess for patients of robust constitution. Since it can easily injure the Yin, it should not be taken long-term. If prescribed for conditions of heat in the nutritive or blood levels, it may easily injure the Yin.
    d. Extreme Yin Xu
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  1. What is the purpose of cooking Ban Xia with ginger?
    a. To improve the flavor
    b. To increase potency
    c. To direct the herb to the Spleen and Stomach
    d. To reduce its toxicity
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  1. What is the purpose of cooking Ban Xia with ginger?
    a. To improve the flavor
    b. To increase potency
    c. To direct the herb to the Spleen and Stomach
    d. To reduce its toxicity: This is the Answer
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  1. Katie, a 35-year-old female patient, has caught a cold each year for the last five years. She recently caught a cold again and now suffers from high fever and severe chills. She also reports an absence of sweating, a stiff neck, distention in the chest, body aches, nasal congestion with difficult breathing and a productive cough. Her tongue has a greasy white coating and her pulse is floating and soggy. Which of the following formulas is best to treat this patient?
    a. Ma Huang Tang
    b. Gui Zhi Tang
    c. Ge Gen Tang
    d. Ren Shen Bai Du San
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  1. Katie, a 35-year-old female patient, has caught a cold each year for the last five years. She recently caught a cold again and now suffers from high fever and severe chills. She also reports an absence of sweating, a stiff neck, distention in the chest, body aches, nasal congestion with difficult breathing and a productive cough. Her tongue has a greasy white coating and her pulse is floating and soggy. Which of the following formulas is best to treat this patient?
    a. Ma Huang Tang
    b. Gui Zhi Tang
    c. Ge Gen Tang
    d. Ren Shen Bai Du San: Exterior Wind Cold with Qi Xu
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  1. What area of the body does San Miao Wan treat?
    a. Upper Jiao and arms
    b. Lower Jiao and legs
    c. Low Back
    d. Head, Neck, and Shoulders
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  1. What area of the body does San Miao Wan treat?
    a. Upper Jiao and arms
    b. Lower Jiao and legs: Clears heat and dries dampness. For damp heat lodged in the lower burner with numbness or burning pain in the feet. There may also be weakness in the lower back and extremities.
    c. Low Back
    d. Head, Neck, and Shoulders
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  1. What is the ratio of Huang Qi to Dang Gui in Dang Gui Bu Xue Tang?
    a. 0.042361111
    b. 0.084027778
    c. 0.209027778
    d. 0.250694444
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  1. What is the ratio of Huang Qi to Dang Gui in Dang Gui Bu Xue Tang?
    a. 0.042361111
    b. 0.084027778
    c. 0.209027778 (I still do not understand this but 30g of Huang Qi and 6g of Dang Gui
    d. 0.250694444
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  1. A 38-year-old male patient visited the clinic for abdominal pain with tenesmus which started about 2 weeks ago. The diarrhea contains more blood than pus. Which of the following is the best formula to treat this patient?
    a. Bai Hu Tang
    b. Bai Tou Weng Tang
    c. Tong Xie Yao Fang
    d. Shen Ling Bai Zhu San
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  1. A 38-year-old male patient visited the clinic for abdominal pain with tenesmus which started about 2 weeks ago. The diarrhea contains more blood than pus. Which of the following is the best formula to treat this patient?
    a. Bai Hu Tang
    Bai Tou Weng Tang: Clear damp heat and relieve fire toxin for dysenteric disorders; clear heat. Actions: Clears heat, resolves toxicity, cools the blood, and alleviates dysenteric disorders
    Indications: Abdominal pain, tenesmus, a burning sensation around the anus, diarrhea containing more blood than pus, thirst, a red tongue with a yellow coating and a wiry, rapid pulse.
    b.
    c. Tong Xie Yao Fang
    d. Shen Ling Bai Zhu San
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  1. What are the ingredients of Shen Fu Tang?
    a. Dang Shen and Gan Jiang
    b. Dang Shen and Fu Zi
    c. Ren Shen and Fu Zi
    d. Ren Shen and Gan Jiang
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  1. What are the ingredients of Shen Fu Tang?
    a. Dang Shen and Gan Jiang
    b. Dang Shen and Fu Zi
    c. Ren Shen and Fu Zi: Used for collapse of Yang Qi. (Si Ni Tang is used when Yang is Debilitated but it hasn’t been devasted)
    d. Ren Shen and Gan Jiang
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  1. Shao Fu Zhu Yu Tang treats which part of blood stasis?
    a. Above the diaphragm
    b. Below the diaphragm
    c. In the head, face and upper body
    d. In the lower jiao
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  1. Shao Fu Zhu Yu Tang treats which part of blood stasis?
    a. Above the diaphragm
    b. Below the diaphragm
    c. In the head, face and upper body
    d. In the lower jiao: For blood stasis accumulating in the lower abdomen characterized by palpable masses which may or may not be painful, or lower abdominal pain or various menstruation problems with dark or purple menstrual blood.
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  1. What is the most pronounced signs and symptoms of Jin Suo Gu Jing Wan?
    a. Chronic, unremitting cough with wheezing
    b. Profuse menstrual bleeding
    c. Spontaneous emissions
    d. Daybreak diarrhea
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  1. What is the most pronounced signs and symptoms of Jin Suo Gu Jing Wan?
    a. Chronic, unremitting cough with wheezing
    b. Profuse menstrual bleeding
    c. Spontaneous emissions: Stabilizes Kidney, binds up semen
    d. Daybreak diarrhea
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  1. All of the following are deputy herbs in Long Dan Xie Gan Tang except?
    a. Huang Qin
    b. Zhi Zi
    c. Chai Hu
    d. Mu Tong
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  1. All of the following are deputy herbs in Long Dan Xie Gan Tang except?
    a. Huang Qin
    b. Zhi Zi
    c. Chai Hu
    d. Mu Tong: (this herb is an Assistant) Long Dan Cao is the Chief
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  1. What kind of bleeding problems can be treated by Ce Bai ye?
    a. Uterine bleeding
    b. Vomiting blood
    c. Coughing of blood
    d. All types of bleeding
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  1. What kind of bleeding problems can be treated by Ce Bai ye?
    a. Uterine bleeding
    b. Vomiting blood
    c. Coughing of blood
    d. All types of bleeding: Cools the blood and stops bleeding: widely used for various bleeding disorders including vomiting blood, bleeding gums, coughing of blood, blood in the stool or urine, bloody dysentery disorders, and uterine bleeding.
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  1. According to the Shang Han Lun, the formula Bai Hu Tang Treats which stage?
    a. Tai Yang
    b. Shao Yang
    c. Yang Ming
    d. Jue Yin
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  1. According to the Shang Han Lun, the formula Bai Hu Tang Treats which stage?
    a. Tai Yang
    b. Shao Yang
    c. Yang Ming: Four big symptoms due to excess heat in Qi lever/Yang Ming channel
    d. Jue Yin
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  1. All of the following statements concerning emetic formulas are correct, EXCEPT:
    a. They can only be used for an emergency
    b. They treat food stagnation in the Stomach
    c. They should be used with great caution in the elderly
    d. Some emetic herbs are toxic
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  1. All of the following statements concerning emetic formulas are correct, EXCEPT:
    a. They can only be used for an emergency
    b. They treat food stagnation in the Stomach: This is the Answer
    c. They should be used with great caution in the elderly
    d. Some emetic herbs are toxic
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  1. The functions of Shao Yao Tang are except__________________?
    a. Strengthens the Spleen, expels damp, stops diarrhea
    b. Clears heat, drains damp, activates the Qi and relieves dysenteric disorder
    c. Clears fire toxin, cools the Blood and relieves dysenteric disorder
    d. Regulates and harmonizes the Qi and Blood, clears toxic heat
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  1. The functions of Shao Yao Tang are except__________________?
    a. Strengthens the Spleen, expels damp, stops diarrhea
    b. Clears heat, drains damp, activates the Qi and relieves dysenteric disorder
    c. Clears fire toxin, cools the Blood and relieves dysenteric disorder
    d. Regulates and harmonizes the Qi and Blood, clears toxic heat: This formula is for damp heat lodged in the Intestines where it causes the qi and blood to stagnate. This condition is frequently associated with food poisoning or the contraction of an epidemic toxin. equal amounts of Pus and Blood
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  1. A 30-year-old male patient was diagnosed with HIV positive four years ago. One month ago, he began coughing up viscous yellow sputum. Antibiotic drugs have not helped, and he now reports a bitter taste in the mouth along with distention and congestion in the chest which becomes painful with pressure. His tongue is red with a greasy yellow coating; his pulse is slippery and rapid. Which of the following formulas is best for his current condition?
    a. Bei Mu Gua Lou San
    b. Wen Dan Tang
    c. Xiao Xian Xiong Tang
    d. Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang
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  1. A 30-year-old male patient was diagnosed with HIV positive four years ago. One month ago, he began coughing up viscous yellow sputum. Antibiotic drugs have not helped, and he now reports a bitter taste in the mouth along with distention and congestion in the chest which becomes painful with pressure. His tongue is red with a greasy yellow coating; his pulse is slippery and rapid. Which of the following formulas is best for his current condition?
    a. Bei Mu Gua Lou San
    b. Wen Dan Tang
    c. Xiao Xian Xiong Tang: This is clumping in the chest which is caused by sinking of pathogenic heat into the chest and epigastrium where is mixes with phlegm and forms clumps.
    d. Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang
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  1. Which of the following herbs can promote urination and relieve thirst?
    a. Fu Ling
    b. Xi Xin
    c. Yu Mi Xu
    d. Xi Xian Cao
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  1. Which of the following herbs can promote urination and relieve thirst?
    a. Fu Ling
    b. Xi Xin
    c. Yu Mi Xu: (This is Corn Silk and is often used for diabetes and Hypertension) Bladder, Gallbladder, Liver, Sweet, Bland, Neutral
    d. Xi Xian Cao
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  1. If someone has been taking Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang, what would be the diagnosis for him/her?
    a. Cold Heat complex in the middle Jiao: Indication – Epigastric focal distention, fullness, and tightness, dry heaves or frank vomiting, borborygmus with diarrhea, reduced appetite, a thin, yellow, and greasy tongue coating, wiry rapid pulse.
    b. Painful diarrhea due to Spleen Xu with an overacting of the Liver. Actions: Harmonizes the Stomach, directs rebellious Qi downward, disperses clumping, and eliminates focal distension.
    c. Heat induced dryness in the Stomach and Intestines
    d. Constipation due to Kidney Yang and Qi Xu
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  1. If someone has been taking Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang, what would be the diagnosis for him/her?
    a. Cold Heat complex in the middle Jiao: Indication – Epigastric focal distention, fullness, and tightness, dry heaves or frank vomiting, borborygmus with diarrhea, reduced appetite, a thin, yellow, and greasy tongue coating, wiry rapid pulse.
    b. Painful diarrhea due to Spleen Xu with an overacting of the Liver. Actions: Harmonizes the Stomach, directs rebellious Qi downward, disperses clumping, and eliminates focal distension.
    c. Heat induced dryness in the Stomach and Intestines
    d. Constipation due to Kidney Yang and Qi Xu