Quiz 7

Question 1

What is the nature of a tonic herb?

Answer 1

Supports the optimal functioning of the organs.
Replenishes and supports the building of vital substances .
Usually thick, sweet, and nourishing.
Usually a root.

Question 2

What are Qi deficiency symptoms?

Answer 2

Fatigue, low appetite, SOB, pale complexion, loose stools, spontaneous sweating, weak voice, frequent colds.

Question 3

What organs does Qi deficiency affect?

Answer 3

Lung or spleen, can also affect kidneys.

Question 4

What is the scientific name for Huang Qi (asparagus route)? What family does it belong to?

Answer 4

Asparagus racemosus (A. racemosus) belongs to family Fabaceae

Question 5

Properties of Huang Qi?

Answer 5

Root
Plant thrives in poor sandy soil
Vigorous growth
Name means “yellow leader”
Sweet, warm
Goes to lung and spleen
Ascending, lifting direction
Adaptogenic, anti-perspirant, antibacterial, immune tonic

Question 6

Actions of Huang Qi?

Answer 6

Tonifies lung and spleen Qi
Raises Yang
Stops sweating
Generates flesh
Tonifies qi and blood
Augments the protective qi and stabilizes the exterior

Question 7

What are Huang Qi indications?

Answer 7

Recovering from illness, childbirth, or excessive blood loss
Spleen qi xu with diarrhea, prolapse organs
Qi deficiency with spontaneous, sweating, frequent, cold or flu

Question 8

What herb is associated with the saying “lock the robber in the house?”

Answer 8

Huang Qi- this herb will strongly seal and close Wei qi in the body. Be careful not to prescribe with acute illnesses

Question 9

What is the scientific name for Dang Shen (Codonopsis root)

Answer 9

Codonopsis pilosula

Question 10

What family does Dang Shen belong to?

Answer 10

Campanulaceae/ Bell Flower family

Question 11

What are the properties of Dang Shen?

Answer 11

Root
Enters lung and spleen
Sweet and neutral
Milder nature- “poor man’s ginseng”
Adatogenic, gastroprotective, immune tonic, hypoglycemic agent

Question 12

Actions of Dang Shen?

Answer 12

Tonifies triple burner and augments the qi
Tonifies lungs
Can be used with herbs that release the exterior in cases of deficiency

Question 13

Indications of Dang Shen?

Answer 13

Low appetite, weak limbs, tiredness, loose stools, prolapse organs
Chronic cough with SOB, weakness, weak voice, fatigue
Low, weak immunity, chronic colds or flus

Question 14

What are cautions with Dang Shen?

Answer 14

Moistening, thick, cloying nature, avoid with dampness
Avoid in qi stagnation

Question 15

Symptoms of Yang deficiency?

Answer 15

Exhaustion and Cold are main symptoms
Other symptoms are weakness and pain
Mainly affects the kidneys

Question 16

What is the nature of herbs that tonify the Yang?

Answer 16

Sweet and warm, hot and often salty
Go to kidneys
Easily damages Yin

Question 17

Scientific name for Dong Chong Xia Ku Cao?

Answer 17

Cordyceps sinensis, mushrooms, winter insect herb

Question 18

Properties of Dong Chong Xia Ku Cao?

Answer 18

Sweet, warm
Goes to lung, kidney
Habitat is high in mountain
Unique life cycle
Adaptogenic, immune system amphoteric
Contains polysaccharides, B12

Question 19

What are the actions of Dong Chong Xia Ku Cao?

Answer 19

Augments kidneys and Tonifies Yang
Tonifies kidney and lungs
Stops wheezing
Augments Lung Yin, transforms phlegm, and stops bleeding

Question 20

Indications of Dong Chong Xia Ku Cao?

Answer 20

Impotence, sore and weak low
back and knee
Wheezing, chronic cough, asthma
Chronic cough, consumptive cough with bloody sputum

Question 21

What is the scientific name for Yin Yang Huo?

Answer 21

Liscentious Goat Weed, barrenwort, Epimedium

Question 22

Properties of yin Yang huo?

Answer 22

Weed-like leaf
Preferred food of liscentious goat
Acrid, sweet, warm
Enter kidneys
Enters the liver

Question 23

Actions of Yin Yang Huo?

Answer 23

Tonifies kidney yang and the Ming men fire
Disperses wind-damp
Tonifies Kidneys and fortifies the yang
Dispels wind cold damp and warms
the flow of yang

Question 24

Indications of Yin Yang Huo?

Answer 24

Kidney yang xu- impotence,
withdrawal, feeling cold,
infertility, frequent urination,
painful and weak low back and
knees, forgetfulness
Spasms and cramps in the
extremities, pain, numbness, cold and weakness, joint pain

Question 25

Nature of herbs that warm the exterior?

Answer 25

Acrid, bitter, warm/hot, drying
Dispel cold and arouse yang
Can easily injure fluids and yin