w4.h1 Lesson 3 & w7.h2 Lesson 4: Pulse: Simple Pathologies

Question 1

Choose the best answer.

Which statement is true?

a) Qi provides the substance that fills the vessels.
b) Yang provides the substance that fills the vessels.
c) Blood provides the substance that fills the vessels.
d) Yin is a form of blood therefore provides the substance that fills the vessels.

Answer 1

c) Blood provides the substance that fills the vessels.

Question 2

Choose the best answer.

Which statement is true?

a) The Heart governs the Qi and gathers the channels and vessels.
b) The Heart stores the essence which transforms into Qi and Blood.
c) The Heart controls the blood inside the vessels.
d) The Heart stores the blood and ensures the smooth flow of Qi.
e) The Heart governs the blood and vessels.

Answer 2

e) The Heart governs the blood and vessels.

Question 3

Choose the best answer.

Which statement is true?

a) The Spleen/Stomach governs the Qi and gathers the channels and vessels.
b) The Spleen/Stomach stores the essence which transforms into Qi and Blood.
c) The Spleen/Stomach controls the blood inside the vessels.
d) The Spleen/Stomach stores the blood and ensures the smooth flow of Qi.
e) The Spleen/Stomach governs the blood and vessels.

Answer 3

c) The Spleen/Stomach controls the blood inside the vessels.

Question 4

Choose the best answer.

Which statement is true?

a) The Lung governs the Qi and gathers the channels and vessels.
b) The Lung stores the essence which transforms into Qi and Blood.
c) The Lung controls the blood inside the vessels.
d) The Lung stores the blood and ensures the smooth flow of Qi.
e) The Lung governs the blood and vessels.

Answer 4

a) The Lung governs the Qi and gathers the channels and vessels.

Question 5

Choose the best answer.

Which statement is true?

a) The Kidney governs the Qi and gathers the channels and vessels.
b) The Kidney stores the essence which transforms into Qi and Blood.
c) The Kidney controls the blood inside the vessels.
d) The Kidney stores the blood and ensures the smooth flow of Qi.
e) The Kidney governs the blood and vessels.

Answer 5

b) The Kidney stores the essence which transforms into Qi and Blood.

Question 6

Choose the best answer.

Which statement is true?

a) The Liver governs the Qi and gathers the channels and vessels.
b) The Liverstores the essence which transforms into Qi and Blood.
c) The Liver controls the blood inside the vessels.
d) The Liver stores the blood and ensures the smooth flow of Qi.
e) The Liver governs the blood and vessels.

Answer 6

d) The Liver stores the blood and ensures the smooth flow of Qi.

Question 7

Choose the 2 best answers.

Which completed statements are true? A normal pulse…

a) is 4 -5 beats/breath of the patient
b) feels strongest at the deep level
c) may indicate a very early stage pathological process
d) has a moderate width and force

Answer 7

c) may indicate a very early stage pathological process
d) has a moderate width and force

Question 8

Choose the best answer.

What are the 3 basic aspects of the normal pulse that determine prognosis?

a) Yin, Yang and Essence
b) Stomach Qi, Spirit and Root
c) Depth, Width, Tension
c) Strength, Rate, Shape

Answer 8

b) Stomach Qi, Spirit and Root

Question 9

Choose the 3 best answers to complete the sentence.

Rootedness is:

a) felt at the deepest depth at all 3 positions (cun, guan, chi)
b) due to Heart Qi that is sufficient in Qi and Blood
c) the result of Kidney Qi.
d) felt at the proximal position at any depth.

Answer 9

a) felt at the deepest depth at all 3 positions (cun, guan, chi)
c) the result of Kidney Qi.
d) felt at the proximal position at any depth.

Question 10

Choose the 2 best answers to complete the sentence.

An excess pulse may indicate​…

a) cold accumulation, qi or blood stagnation
b) yin deficient fire
c) food stagnation or phlegm retention
d) yang collapse

Answer 10

a) cold accumulation, qi or blood stagnation
c) food stagnation or phlegm retention

Question 11

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence.

A deficient pulse may indicate​…

a) blood deficiency if also floating
b) internal deficiency if also submerged/deep
c) yin deficiency if also slow
d) yang deficiency if also rapid

Answer 11

b) internal deficiency if also submerged/deep

Question 12

Choose the 2 best answers to complete the sentence.

A large/wide pulse may indicate​…

a) external heat
b) internal heat
c) yin unable to anchor yang
d) yang unable to anchor yin

Answer 12

b) internal heat
c) yin unable to anchor yang

Question 13

Choose the 3 best answers to complete the sentence.

A thin/thready pulse may indicate​…

a) dampness
b) wind
c) blood or yin deficiency
d) qi deficiency

Answer 13

a) dampness
c) blood or yin deficiency
d) qi deficiency

Question 14

Choose the 2 best answers to complete the sentence.

A superficial/floating pulse may indicate​…

a) internal wind
b) exterior wind
c) blood, yin or yang exhaustion
d) qi stagnation

Answer 14

b) exterior wind
c) blood, yin or yang exhaustion

Question 15

Choose the 3 best answers to complete the sentence.

A deep/submerged pulse may indicate​…

a) internal syndrome
b) exterior external
c) pathogenic obstruction
d) qi and blood deficiency

Answer 15

a) internal syndrome
c) pathogenic obstruction
d) qi and blood deficiency

Question 16

Choose the best answers to complete the sentence.

A hidden pulse may indicate​…

a) yang qi obstructed by pathogens
b) yang qi unable to push qi and blood to the surface
c) severe blood loss
d) pregnancy

Answer 16

a) yang qi obstructed by pathogens
b) yang qi unable to push qi and blood to the surface
c) severe blood loss
d) pregnancy

Question 17

Choose the 3 best answers to complete the sentence.

A long pulse may indicate​…

a) internal heat
b) Liver yang rising
c) normal in moderate strength
d) cold accumulation

Answer 17

a) internal heat
b) Liver yang rising
c) normal in moderate strength

Question 18

Choose the 2 best answers to complete the sentence.

A short pulse may indicate​…

a) qi deficiency
b) qi stagnation
c) blood deficiency
d) blood stagnation

Answer 18

a) qi deficiency
b) qi stagnation

Question 19

Choose the 3 best answers to complete the sentence.

A rapid pulse may indicate​…

a) excess pathogenic heat
b) yin deficiency
c) blood deficiency
d) blood stagnation

Answer 19

a) excess pathogenic heat
b) yin deficiency
c) blood deficiency

Question 20

Choose the 2 best answers to complete the sentence.

A racing pulse may indicate​…

a) excess heat and hyperactivity of yang
b) yin exhaustion and antipathogenic qi collapse
c) internal wind
d) qi and blood stagnation

Answer 20

a) excess heat and hyperactivity of yang
b) yin exhaustion and antipathogenic qi collapse

Question 21

Choose the 3 best answers to complete the sentence.

A slow pulse may indicate​…

a) excess cold
b) deficiency cold
c) qi deficiency
d) qi stagnation

Answer 21

a) excess cold
b) deficiency cold
c) qi deficiency

Question 22

Choose the 2 best answers to complete the sentence.

A consistently/regularly intermittent pulse may indicate​…

a) if also rapid: wind syndrome, pain, emotional shock
b) if also rapid: damp syndrome, phlegm, excitement
c) if also forceless: qi and/or blood deficiency
d) if also forceless: yin and/or yang deficiency

Answer 22

a) if also rapid: wind syndrome, pain, emotional shock
c) if also forceless: qi and/or blood deficiency

Question 23

Choose the 2 best answers to complete the sentence.

A slippery/rolling pulse may indicate​…

a) deficiency
b) food stagnation or heat
c) phlegm or damp
d) blood stagnation

Answer 23

b) food stagnation or heat
c) phlegm or damp

Question 24

Choose the best answer.

Which “normal” pulses are accurately paired with a season?

a) spring and flooding
b) summer and wiry
c) winter and slow
d) autumn and floating

Answer 24

d) autumn and floating

Question 25

Choose the 3 best answers

Which “normal” pulses are accurately paired with age, constitution or gender?

a) elderly with empty and forceless
b) female with maybe weaker, thinner, slightly more rapid
c) infants and children with heart rates over 90 beats per minute.
d) taller, thinner constitution with slower rate

Answer 25

a) elderly with empty and forceless
b) female with maybe weaker, thinner, slightly more rapid
c) infants and children with heart rates over 90 beats per minute.

Question 26

Choose the 2 best answers.

Which pulses are accurately paired with a mental state?

a) fear with moving
b) fright with submerged
c) joy with slow
d) grief with short

Answer 26

c) joy with slow
d) grief with short

Question 27

Choose the best answers.

Which factors may cause a pulse to feel more full, rapid or forceful?

a) eating a meal
b) spicy foods
c) ice cream
d) alcohol

Answer 27

a) eating a meal
b) spicy foods
d) alcohol

Question 28

Choose the best answer.

What pulse quality reflects the sufficiency of stomch qi and the free flow of qi and blood ?

a) strength
b) width
c) depth
d) rate

Answer 28

c) depth

Question 29

Choose the best answer.

What pulse quality reflects the condition of heart qi?

a) strength
b) rhythm
c) length
d) shape

Answer 29

b) rhythm