Week 8 Lecture (Quiz in Week 10)

Question 1

Key Symbolic Signs and Symptoms:
• Mild weakness; palor; weak limbs; low voice
• Poor appetite; loose stool
• Weak, moderate pulse

Answer 1

Si Junzi Tang

Four Adepts Decoction

Question 2

Key Symbolic Signs and Symptoms:
• Mild weakness; palor; weak limbs; low voice
• Poor appetite; loose stool
• Weak, moderate pulse
➢ Additional chest or abdominal stifling sensation, nausea, irregular appetite

Answer 2

Wuwei Yigong San
(Five Flavor Extraordinary Strength Powder)
Si Junzi Tang + Chenpi

Question 3

Key Symbolic Signs and Symptoms:
• Mild weakness; palor; weak limbs; low voice
• Poor appetite; loose stool
• Weak, moderate pulse
➢ Additional nausea, retching, coughing, dyspnea, shortness of breath, with chest or abdominal stifling sensation

Answer 3

Liu Junzi Tang (Six Adepts Decoction)

Si Junzi Tang + Chenpi 6-12 + Banxia 6-12

Question 4

Key Symbolic Signs and Symptoms:
• Mild weakness; palor; weak limbs; low voice
• Poor appetite; loose stool
• Weak, moderate pulse
➢ Additional pallor, brittle nails, scanty menses, weakness of the limbs, low grade fever, light headedness, blurry vision

Answer 4

Ba Zhen Tang (Eight Treasures Decoction)

Si Junzi Tang + Si Wu Tang

Question 5

➢ Explosive diarrhea, painful diarrhea, diarrhea with stress, abdominal pain that is alleviated with diarrhea, thunderous borborygmus

Answer 5

Tongxie Yaofeng (Important Formula for Painful Diarrhea)

Question 6

➢ Pain in the hypochondrium, pain in the chest, stabbing pain, depression with chest distention; forgetfulness; thirst with minimal drinking, dry nails, fingers, skin; painful or red gums

Answer 6

Xuefu Zhuyu Tang
(Drive Out the Stasis in the Blood Mansion Decoction)
Si Ni Tang + Si Wu Tang + Taoren, Honghua + Jiegeng, Niuxi

Question 7

➢ Stabbing hypochondriac pain; abdominal masses; dysmenorrhea; indigestion, irritability; diarrhea

Answer 7

Gexia Zhuyu Tang

Drive Out the Stasis below the Diaphragm

Question 8

➢ Lower abdominal pain, distention, pain during menstruation; frequent menstruation or spotting, dark menstrual blood; lower abdominal masses; cold sensations or aversion to cold

Answer 8

Shaofu Zhuyu Tang

Drive Out the Stasis from the Lesser Abdomen

Question 9

➢ Whole body pain, muscle aches, back ache, shoulder pain, leg pain, elbow pain, knee pain, etc.

Answer 9

Shentong Zhuyu Tang

Drive out the Stasis from the Painful Body

Question 10

➢ Low back, knee, leg pain and weakness; failure of the fontanel closure; failure to thrive; steaming bones; five center heat; toothache

Answer 10

Liuwei Dihuang Wan

Six Ingredient Rehmannia Pill

Question 11

➢ Low back, knee, leg pain and weakness; failure of the fontanel closure; failure to thrive; steaming bones; five center heat; toothache
➢ Additional wheezing, gasping, asthmatic coughing, shortness of breath; night sweats

Answer 11

Du Qi Wan (Capital Qi Pill)

Liuwei Dihuang Wan + Wuweizi 1-16

Question 12

➢ Low back, knee, leg pain and weakness; failure of the fontanel closure; failure to thrive; steaming bones; five center heat; toothache
➢ Additional dry eyes, diminished vision, painful or blurry eyes; photophobia; tearing

Answer 12

Qi Ju Dihuang Tang
(Rehmannia Decoction plus Wolfberry and Chrysanthemum)
Liuwei Dihuang Wan + Gouqizi 1-12 + Juhua 3-8

Question 13

➢ Low back, knee, leg pain and weakness; failure of the fontanel closure; failure to thrive; steaming bones; five center heat; toothache
➢ Additional irritability, sexual obsession, night sweats, dry mouth and tongue, urinary difficulty

Answer 13

Zhi Bai Dihuang Tang
(Rehmannia Decoction plus Anemarrhena and Phellodendron)
Liuwei Dihuang Wan + Zhimu 3-12 + Huangbai 3-12

Question 14

➢ Exhaustion, low energy, lethargy; aversion to cold; lower back and knee aching and weakness; infertility, impotence, spermatorhea

Answer 14

Yougui Wan (Return to the Right Pill)

Question 15

➢ Night sweats, dry mouth and throat, five centered heat, forgetfulness, malar flush, insomnia; infertility; nocturnal emissions; vertigo, tinnitus; low back and knee aching and weakness; deep thin rapid pulse

Answer 15

Zuogui Wan (Return to the Left Pill)