Quiz 30 Flashcards
1
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- A 40-year-old female patient suffered from severe fever and sweating for one week. The symptoms are getting better but she now is losing too much weight even though her appetite is increased. Her fever is now worse at night with morning coolness. Which of the following formulas is the best to treat this case?
a. Qing Hao Bie Jia Tang
b. Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
c. Huang Lian Jie Du Tang
d. Ma Huang Tang
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- A 40-year-old female patient suffered from severe fever and sweating for one week. The symptoms are getting better but she now is losing too much weight even though her appetite is increased. Her fever is now worse at night with morning coolness. Which of the following formulas is the best to treat this case?
a. Qing Hao Bie Jia Tang: This is heat smoldering in the yin regions of the body. Night Fever and Morning Coolness are the main indications for this formula. Pathogenic Heat gets stuck in the Ying Level.
b. Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
c. Huang Lian Jie Du Tang
d. Ma Huang Tang
2
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- What kind of herb should be added or omitted from Chai Ge Jie Ji Tang for coughing of viscous sputum?
a. Add Zhi Mu and Tian Hua Fen
b. Add Gua Lou Pi and Zhe Bei Mu
c. Omit Qiang Huo and Bai Zhi
d. Substitute Huang Qi with Ma Huang
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- What kind of herb should be added or omitted from Chai Ge Jie Ji Tang for coughing of viscous sputum?
a. Add Zhi Mu and Tian Hua Fen
b. Add Gua Lou Pi and Zhe Bei Mu: This is the Answer
c. Omit Qiang Huo and Bai Zhi
d. Substitute Huang Qi with Ma Huang
3
Q
- Which of the following herbs has functions to clear heat and dissipate nodules?
a. Zhe Bei Mu
b. Zhu Ru
c. Qian Hu
d. Tian Hua Fen
A
- Which of the following herbs has functions to clear heat and dissipate nodules?
a. Zhe Bei Mu: Cold, drains heat, transforms phlegm heat, releases constraint, dissipates nodules, especially in the neck and breast. Also for ACUTE Cough. This is the Answer
b. Zhu Ru: Clear heat, dissolve phlegm, clear phlegm fire, clear Stomach Heat
c. Qian Hu: direct Qi downward, expel phlegm and wind heat
d. Tian Hua Fen: Clear Lung heat, moisten dryness, clear heat, detoxify, expel pus
4
Q
- Which herb is the best to treat spasms in the extremities and abdominal Pain?
a. Qiang Huo
b. Du Huo
c. Xi Xin
d. Bai Shao
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- Which herb is the best to treat spasms in the extremities and abdominal Pain?
a. Qiang Huo
b. Du Huo
c. Xi Xin
d. Bai Shao: This is the Answer
5
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- Which herb should be cooked prior to adding other ingredients to the decoction?
a. Xing Ren
b. Dang Gui
c. Mu Li
d. Shu Di Huang
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- Which herb should be cooked prior to adding other ingredients to the decoction?
a. Xing Ren
b. Dang Gui
c. Mu Li: Cook for 20-30 minutes before adding other herbs
d. Shu Di Huang
6
Q
- Which of the following herbs reduces food stagnation and may injure the teeth and bones when excessively used?
a. Da Fu Pi
b. Hou Po
c. Zhi Shi
d. Mu Gua
A
- Which of the following herbs reduces food stagnation and may injure the teeth and bones when excessively used?
a. Da Fu Pi
b. Hou Po
c. Zhi Shi
d. Mu Gua: Reduces food stagnation; Contraindicated for exterior disorders - good for calf cramping
7
Q
- All of the following herbs can vent rashes except?
a. Chan Tui
b. Niu Bang Zi
c. Ge Gen
d. Chai Hu
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- All of the following herbs can vent rashes except?
a. Chan Tui
b. Niu Bang Zi
c. Ge Gen
d. Chai Hu: resolve Shao Yang disorders and reduce fever. Soothe Liver Qi
8
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- A teenage boy visited the clinic with his mom for coughing and headache which he has had for the last two weeks. The headache is severe and the pain is alleviated with drugs and acupuncture treatment. He also complains of dry nose, fever, irritability and orbital pain. What is the appropriate formula for this case?
a. Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang
b. Chai Ge Jie Ji Tang
c. Bai Hu Tang
d. Huang Lian Jie Du Tang
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- A teenage boy visited the clinic with his mom for coughing and headache which he has had for the last two weeks. The headache is severe and the pain is alleviated with drugs and acupuncture treatment. He also complains of dry nose, fever, irritability and orbital pain. What is the appropriate formula for this case?
a. Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang
b. Chai Ge Jie Ji Tang: Exterior wind cold transferring from the Tai Yang to Yang Ming Stage. (The key presentation is – Increasing fever and decreasing chills accompanied by headache, stiffness of the extremities, ORBITAL AND EYE PAIN, DRY NASAL PASSAGE, IRRITABILITY Thin YELLOW Tongue coating and a FLOATING slightly flooding Pulse
c. Bai Hu Tang
d. Huang Lian Jie Du Tang
9
Q
- Which herb should be avoided with vinegar?
a. Fu Ling
b. Qin Jiao
c. Bei Mu
d. Gan Cao
A
- Which herb should be avoided with vinegar?
a. Fu Ling: This is the Answer
b. Qin Jiao
c. Bei Mu
d. Gan Cao
10
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- Which herb is the best for a headache due to an exterior syndrome and is contraindicated for hypertension due to liver yang rising?
a. Chuan Xiong
b. Qiang Huo
c. Chai Hu
d. Ge Gen
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- Which herb is the best for a headache due to an exterior syndrome and is contraindicated for hypertension due to liver yang rising?
a. Chuan Xiong: Contraindicated in cases of Yin Xu with Heat signs, headaches due to ascendant liver yang, Qi Xu or excessive menstrual bleeding. Vomiting and dizziness may occur from over dosage.
b. Qiang Huo
c. Chai Hu
d. Ge Gen
11
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- A 37-year-old female patient, Becky, visited the clinic for infertility. She has been married for almost 10 years now and she had 3 miscarriages. She tried artificial insemination several times but since the last miscarriage, she hasn’t had a single implantation. After the first miscarriage, her period became irregular, scanty, light colored with clots and painful. The pain is alleviated by pressure and warmth. She has a pale complexion, a thin tongue body and orange colored sides. Which of the following formulas best suites the case?
a. Si Wu Tang
b. Tao He Cheng Qi Tang
c. Wen Jing Tang
d. Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan
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- A 37-year-old female patient, Becky, visited the clinic for infertility. She has been married for almost 10 years now and she had 3 miscarriages. She tried artificial insemination several times but since the last miscarriage, she hasn’t had a single implantation. After the first miscarriage, her period became irregular, scanty, light colored with clots and painful. The pain is alleviated by pressure and warmth. She has a pale complexion, a thin tongue body and orange colored sides. Which of the following formulas best suites the case?
a. Si Wu Tang: Blood Xu with Xue Yu
b. Tao He Cheng Qi Tang
c. Wen Jing Tang
d. Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan
12
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- What are the chief herbs in Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang?
a. Ban Xia, Bai Zhu
b. Tian Ma, Bai Zhu
c. Ban Xia, Tian Ma
d. Chen Pi, Bai Zhu
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- What are the chief herbs in Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang?
a. Ban Xia, Bai Zhu
b. Tian Ma, Bai Zhu
c. Ban Xia, Tian Ma: Bai Zhu is the Deputy
d. Chen Pi, Bai Zhu
13
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- Which of the following gives, respectively, the organ that produces phlegm; and the organ that contains phlegm?
a. LU; SP
b. SP; LU
c. ST; LU
d. LU: ST
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- Which of the following gives, respectively, the organ that produces phlegm; and the organ that contains phlegm?
a. LU; SP
b. SP; LU: This is the Answer
c. ST; LU
d. LU: ST
14
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- Which of the following formulas can treat Yang Ming stage symptoms?
a. Bai Hu Tang
b. Li Zhong Wan
c. Gui Zhi Tang
d. Xiao Chai Hu Tang
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- Which of the following formulas can treat Yang Ming stage symptoms?
a. Bai Hu Tang: This is the Answer
b. Li Zhong Wan
c. Gui Zhi Tang
d. Xiao Chai Hu Tang
15
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- What are the actions of Huang Lian Jie Du Tang?
a. Releases wind heat
b. Drains fire and relieves toxicity
c. Clears damp heat from the liver and gall bladder
d. Clears summer heat
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- What are the actions of Huang Lian Jie Du Tang?
a. Releases wind heat
b. Drains fire and relieves toxicity: This is the Answer
c. Clears damp heat from the liver and gall bladder
d. Clears summer heat