Wen Bing Six Stages and Four Levels

Question 1

True or False: Harmonize the Ying and the Wei is part of the treatment strategy for a Wind-Cold Invasion with a Prevalence of Cold/Shang Han/Wind-Cold Excess?

Answer 1

False - we do not need to harmonize the Ying and Wei because they are not deficient

Question 2

Release the Exterior is the treatment principle for which Stage:

Answer 2

Tai Yang

It is the most exterior stage (Yang) stage.

Question 3

Which of the stages presents with alternating fever and chills?

Answer 3

Shao Yang

1/2 in 1/2 out - Hokey Pokey - Alternating Fever and Chills

Question 4

A Full, Rapid, and Deep pulse is indicative of:

Yang Ming Channel Pattern
Yang Ming Bowel/Organ Pattern

Answer 4

Yang Ming Bowel/Organ Pattern - it is deeper than the channels and has reached the Bowel/Organs

Question 5

The “Four Bigs” are indicative of which Stage:
Tai Yang
Shao Yang
Yang Ming

Answer 5

Yang Ming - the most interior of the exterior stages has the four bigs.
Big Fever, Big Sweating, Big Thirst, Big Pulse

Question 6

A Rapid and Thin pulse indicates which of the Four Levels:
  Wei 
  Qi 
  Ying 
  Xue

Answer 6

Ying

Question 7

Heat Toxicity symptoms indicate which of the Four Levels:
  Wei 
  Qi 
  Ying 
  Xue

Answer 7

Qi

Question 8

Which of the Four Levels includes treatment strategies such as Extinguish Wind and Cool the Blood:
  Wei 
  Qi 
  Ying 
  Xue

Answer 8

Xue

Question 9

The theories and treatments of Yang Ming Channel and Yang Ming Bowel Syndromes are included in which of the Four Levels:
  Wei 
  Qi 
  Ying 
  Xue

Answer 9

Qi - Four Bigs

Question 10

True or False: The main treatment strategy for Wei Level pathology is to Extinguish Wind:
True
False

Answer 10

False: Release the Exterior

Extinguish Wind is the Xue level