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Table of Contents Preface v Exterior-resolving Medicinals (Jie Biao Yao) 1 Heat-clearing Medicinals (Qing Re Yao) 11 Downward Precipitating Medicinals (Xia Xie Yao) 23 Damp-dispelling Medicinals ... (Qu Shi Yao) 27 Wind Dampness Treating Medicinals (Zhi Feng Shi Yao) 35 Phlegm-transforming, Cough-stopping Medicinals (Hua Tan Zhi Ke Yao) 39 Food-dispersing Medicinals (Xiao Shi Yao) 47 Qi-rectifying Medicinals (Li Qi Yao) 49 Blood-rectifying Medicinals (Li Xue Yao) 53 Interior-warming Medicinals (Wen Li Yao) 63 Qi-supplementing Medicinals (Bu Qi Yao) 69 Blood-supplementing Medicinals (Bu Xue Yao) 73 Yang-supplementing Medicinals (Bu Yang Yao) 77 Yin-supplementing Medicinals (Bu Yin Yao) 81 Astringing & Securing Medicinals (Se Gu Yao) 85 Spirit-quieting Medicinals (An Shen Yao) 87 Wind-extinguishing, Liver-leveling Medicinals (Xi Feng Ping Gan Yao) 91 Orifice-opening Medicinals (Kai Qiao Yao) 95 Medicinals for External Application (Wai Fu Yao) 97 Miscellaneous Questions on Medicinals 99 Formulas (Fang Ji) 115 Additions & Subtractions (Jia Jian) 127 Categorizing 135 Treatment Principles (Zhi Li) 141 Case History Questions 145 Answer Key 151 Bibliography 157 < previous page page_vii next page >If you like this book, buy it!< previous page page_1 next page > Page 1 Exterior-resolving Medicinals (Jie Biao Yao) 1. Overuse of acrid, windy, exterior-resolving medicinals may: a. Damage yin fluids b. Damage qi c. Give rise to stirring of wind d. Aggravate ascendant liver yang hyperactivity e. All of the above Answer: ___ 2. Herba Ephedrae (Ma Huang)'s flavor and nature (i.e., temperature) are: a. Acrid, slightly bitter and warm b. Acrid, slightly bitter and level (or neutral) c. Acrid, slightly sweet and warm d. Acrid, salty and cool e. Acrid, sweet and cool Answer: ___ 3. Herba Ephedrae (Ma Huang) gathers in or enters which "channels"1: a. Foot tai yang bladder & foot yang ming stomach b. Foot tai yin lung & hand yang ming large intestine c. Hand shao yin heart & hand tai yang small intestine d. Hand shao yang triple burner & foot shao yin kidney e. Hand tai yin lung & foot tai yang bladder Answer: ___ 4. One can reduce Herba Ephedrae (Ma Huang)'s effect of resolving the exterior and damaging yin by: a. Stir-frying b. Mix-frying with honey c. Carbonizing d. Calcining e. Dicing Answer: ___ 5. Herba Ephedrae (Ma Huang) mainly treats: a. Wind cold exterior repletion patternb. Wind heat exterior repletion pattern c. Exterior vacuity wind cold pattern d. Exterior vacuity with wind dampness pattern e. None of the above Answer: ___ 1I have placed channels within quotation marks because medicinals do not enter channels per se but affect viscera and bowels. < previous page page_1 next page > If you like this book, buy it!< previous page page_2 next page > Page 2 6. Which of the following medicinals A) resolve the exterior, B) level panting, and C) disinhibit urination: a. Herba Elsholtziae (Xiang Ru) b. Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis (Hou Po) c. Cortex Radicis Mori Albi (Sang Bai Pi) d. Herba Ephedrae (Ma Huang) e. Semen Tinglizi (Ting Li Zi) Answer: ___ 7. Which of the following medicinals is not acrid and warm: a. Herba Ephedrae (Ma Huang) b. Radix Bupleuri (Chai Hu) c. Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae (Gui Zhi) d. uncooked Rhizoma Zingiberis (Sheng Jiang) e. Folium Perillae Frutescentis (Zi Su Ye) Answer: ___ 8. Besides resolving the exterior, Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae (Gui Zhi) also: a. Harmonizes the constructive and defensive b. Warms the channels and scatters cold c. Frees the flow of yang and transforms the qi d. Promotes the flow of the blood in its vessels e. All of the above Answer: ___ 9. Which of the following medicinals should be used to treat exterior vacuity with sweating, aversion to wind, and emission of heat (i.e., fever): a. Herba Ephedrae (Ma Huang) b. Radix Astragali Membranacei (Huang Qi) c. Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae (Gui Zhi) d. Radix Ledebouriellae Divaricatae (Fang Feng) e. Folium Perillae Frutescentis (Zi Su Ye) Answer: ___ 10. Which of the following medicinals is best for treating painful menstruation and blocked menstruation due to cold stagnating in the channels: a. Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae (Dan Shen) b. Herba Leonuri Heterophylli (Yi Mu Cao)c. Tuber Curcumae (Yu Jin) d. Radix Rubrus Paeoniae Lactiflorae (Chi Shao) e. Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae (Gui Zhi) Answer: ___ < previous page page_2 next page > If you like this book, buy it!< previous page page_3 next page > Page 3 11. Which exterior-resolver A) expels wind, B) out-thrusts rashes, and C) stops bleeding: a. Herba Ephedrae (Ma Huang) b. Folium Perillae Frutescentis (Zi Su Ye) c. Herba Seu Flos Schizonepetae Tenuifoliae (Jing Jie Sui) d. Radix Bupleuri (Chai Hu) e. uncooked Rhizoma Zingiberis (Sheng Jiang) Answer: ___ 12. Folium Perillae Frutescentis (Zi Su Ye) can be combined with which of the following medicinals in order to A) resolve the exterior, B) rectify the qi, C) warm the middle, and D) transform turbidity: a. Herba Menthae Haplocalycis (Bo He) b. Herba Agastachis Seu Pogostemi (Huo Xiang) c. Fructus Amomi (Sha Ren) d. Fructus Terminaliae Chebulae (He Zi) e. Radix Bupleuri (Chai Hu) Answer: ___ 13. Folium Perillae Frutescentis (Zi Su Ye) enters or gathers in which "channels": a. Lung & spleen b. Liver & lung c. Stomach & large intestine d. Spleen & kidney e. Heart & lung Answer: ___ 14. Radix Ledebouriellae Divaricatae (Fang Feng) gathers in or enters which of the following "channels": a. Foot tai yang bladder, foot jue yin liver, foot tai yin spleen b. Foot tai yang bladder, foot jue yin liver, foot yang ming stomach c. Hand tai yang small intestine, foot jue yin liver, foot tai yin spleen d. Hand tai yang small intestine, foot jue yin liver, foot yang ming stomach e. Foot jue yin liver, hand and foot shao yang gallbladder and triple burner Answer: ___ 15. Which of the following medicinals is best for external contraction of wind cold with chest oppression due to concomitant qi stagnation: a. Herba Seu Flos Schizonepetae Tenuifoliae (Jing Jie Sui) b. Radix Ledebouriellae Divaricatae (Fang Feng)c. Folium Perillae Frutescentis (Zi Su Ye) d. uncooked Rhizoma Zingiberis (Sheng Jiang) e. Radix Et Rhizoma Notopterygii (Qiang Huo) Answer: ___ < previous page page_3 next page > If you like this book, buy it!< previous page page_4 next page > Page 4 16. Which medicinal guides other medicinals to the tai yang and governing vessel: a. Rhizoma Coptidis Chinensis (Huang Lian) b. Rhizoma Anemarrhenae Aspheloidis (Zhi Mu) c. Radix Et Rhizoma Notopterygii (Qiang Huo) d. Radix Platycodi Grandiflori (Jie Geng) e. Radix Angelicae Dahuricae (Bai Zhi) Answer: ___ 17. Which acrid, warm exterior-resolver treats yellow and green nasal discharge due to heat: a. Radix Angelicae Dahuricae (Bai Zhi) b. uncooked Rhizoma Zingiberis (Sheng Jiang) c. Radix Ledebouriellae Divaricatae (Fang Feng) d. Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae (Gui Zhi) e. Herba Ephedrae (Ma Huang) Answer: ___ 18. Which acrid, warm exterior-resolver also harmonizes the constructive and defensive and reduces the toxicity of other medicinals: a. Herba Asari Cum Radice (Xi Xin) b. Herba Ledebouriellae Divaricatae (Fang Feng) c. Herba Seu Flos Schizonepetae Tenuifoliae (Jing Jie Sui) d. uncooked Rhizoma Zingiberis (Sheng Jiang) e. Folium Perillae Frutescentis (Zi Su Ye) Answer: ___ 19. Uncooked Rhizoma Zingiberis (Sheng Jiang) should be: a. Decocted first b. Decocted after c. Always blast-fried d. Decocted with the other medicinals as usual e. Only steeped Answer: ___ 20. Which of the following medicinals is best for external contraction of summerheat with emission of heat, aversion to cold, vomiting, and diarrhea: a. uncooked Rhizoma Zingiberis (Sheng Jiang) b. Herba Elsholtziae (Xiang Ru)c. Herba Seu Flos Schizonepetae Tenuifoliae (Jing Jie Sui) d. Folium Perillae Frutescentis (Zi Su Ye) e. Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae (Bai Zhu) Answer: ___ < previous page page_4 next page > If you like this book, buy it!< previous page page_5 next page > Page 5 21. Which pair of medicinals treats stomach venter pain, nausea, and vomiting by fortifying the spleen and supplementing the qi: a. uncooked Rhizoma Zingiberis (Sheng Jiang) & Rhizoma Pinelliae Ternatae (Ban Xia) b. uncooked Rhizoma Zingiberis (Sheng Jiang) & Caulis Bambusae In Taeniis (Zhu Ru) c. uncooked Rhizoma Zingiberis (Sheng Jiang) & Fructus Zizyphi Jujubae (Da Zao) d. uncooked Rhizoma Zingiberis (Sheng Jiang) & Caulis Perillae Frutescentis (Su Gen) e. uncooked Rhizoma Zingiberis (Sheng Jiang) & Rhizoma Coptidis Chinensis (Huang Lian) Answer: ___ 22. Uncooked Rhizoma Zingiberis (Sheng Jiang) is best for stopping which pattern of vomiting: a. Stomach vacuity b. Stomach heat c. Qi stagnation d. Stomach cold e. Food stagnation Answer: ___ 23. Flos Magnoliae Liliflorae (Xin Yi Hua) is commonly combined with which medicinal in order to free the flow of the orifice of the nose: a. Fructus Xanthii Sibirici (Cang Er Zi) b. Bulbus Allii Fistulosi (Cong Bai) c. Radix Bupleuri (Chai Hu) d. Radix Scutellariae Baicalensis (Huang Qin) e. Radix Peucedani (Qian Hu) Answer: ___ 24. Which medicinal dispels wind, scatters cold, and opens the orifice of the nose: a. Folium Perillae Frutescentis (Zi Su Ye) b. uncooked Rhizoma Zingiberis (Sheng Jiang) c. Radix Et Rhizoma Notoptergyii (Qiang Huo) d. Flos Magnoliae Liliflorae (Xin Yi Hua) e. Radix Ledebouriellae Divaricatae (Fang Feng) Answer: ___ 25. In addition to resolving the exterior and clearing heat, Herba Menthae Haplocalycis (Bo He): a. Clears the head and eyes b. Out-thrusts rashesc. Courses the liver and resolves depression d. A & C e. A, B & C Answer: __ < previous page page_5 next page > If you like this book, buy it!< previous page page_6 next page > Page 6 26. Which is the best medicinal for treating upper body joint and muscular pain due to wind, cold, and dampness: a. Radix Et Rhizoma Notoptergyii (Qiang Huo) b. Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae (Gui Zhi) c. Rhizoma Cibotii Barometsis (Gou Ji) d. Radix Cyathulae (Chuan Niu Xi) e. Radix Ledebouriellae Divaricatae (Fang Feng) Answer: ___ 27. Herba Seu Flos Schizonepetae Tenuifoliae (Jing Jie Sui) and Radix Ledebouriellae Divaricatae (Fang Feng) both: a. Dispel wind and resolve the exterior b. Dispel wind and eliminate dampness c. Dispel wind and resolve tetany d. Dispel wind and brighten the eyes e. Dispel wind and transform phlegm Answer: ___ 28. Which medicinal A) resolves the exterior and clears heat, B) disinhibits the throat, C) out-thrusts rashes, and D) moistens the intestines and frees the flow of the stool: a. Spica Prunellae Vulgaris (Xia Ku Cao) b. Fructus Arctii Lappae (Niu Bang Zi) c. Radix Scutellariae Baicalensis (Huang Qin) d. Herba Seu Flos Schizonepetae Tenuifoliae (Jing Jie Sui) e. Rhizoma Cimicifugae (Sheng Ma) Answer: ___ 29. Radix Et Rhizoma Ligustici Chinensis (Gao Ben, a.k.a. Hao Ben): a. Resolves the exterior, opens the orifices, and stops pain b. Resolves the exterior, scatters cold, dispels wind, and eliminates dampness c. Resolves the exterior, dispels wind, disperses swelling, and stops pain d. Resolves the exterior, relaxes tension (cramps and spasms), dispels cold, and stops pain e. Dispels wind, eliminates dampness, clears heat, and resolves toxins Answer: ___ 30. Which medicinal is an exterior-resolver which also extinguishes internally stirring wind: a. Lumbricus (Di Long) b. Buthus Martensis (Quan Xie)c. Periostracum Cicadae (Chan Tui) d. Scolopendra Subspinipes (Wu Gong) e. Ramulus Uncariae Cum Uncis (Gou Teng) Answer: ___ < previous page page_6 next page > If you like this book, buy it!< previous page page_7 next page > Page 7 31. Which exterior-resolving medicinal is effective for treating a yang ming headache: a. Radix Et Rhizoma Notopterygii (Qiang Huo) b. Radix Angelicae Dahuricae (Bai Zhi) c. Radix Ledebouriellae Divaricatae (Fang Feng) d. Radix Bupleuri (Chai Hu) e. Rhizoma Atractylodis (Cang Zhu) Answer: ___ 32. Which of the following medicinals is known as ''summer Ma Huang'': a. Folium Perillae Frutescentis (Zi Su Ye) b. Herba Seu Flos Schizonepetae Tenuifoliae (Jing Jie Sui) c. Herba Eupatorii Fortunei (Pei Lan) d. Herba Agastachis Seu Pogostemi (Huo Xiang) e. Herba Elsholtziae (Xiang Ru) Answer: ___ 33. Which of the following medicinals clears the liver and brightens the eyes: a. Fructus Mori Albi (Sang Shen) b. Ramulus Mori Albi (Sang Zhi) c. Folium Mori Albi (Sang Ye) d. Ramulus Loranthi Seu Visci (Sang Ji Sheng) e. Cortex Radicis Mori Albi (Sang Bai Pi) Answer: ___ 34. Which two medicinals can be combined with Folium Mori Albi (Sang Ye) when a wind heat external contraction mutually engenders liver heat causing redness and pain in the eyes: a. Rhizoma Cimicifugae (Sheng Ma) and Radix Puerariae (Ge Gen) b. Flos Chrysanthemi Morifolii (Ju Hua) and Fructus Lycii Chinensis (Gou Qi Zi) c. Radix Puerariae (Ge Gen) and Concha Haliotidis (Shi Jue Ming) d. Semen Pruni Armeniacae (Xing Ren) and Radix Platycodi Grandiflori (Jie Geng) e. Flos Chrysanthemi Morifolii (Ju Hua) and Herba Menthae Haplocalycis (Bo He) Answer: ___ 35. Which exterior-resolver is also an especially good reliever of diarrhea of various types: a. uncooked Rhizoma Zingiberis (Sheng Jiang) b. Radix Ledebouriellae Divaricatae (Fang Feng) c. Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae (Gui Zhi)d. Radix Puerariae (Ge Gen) e. Herba Seu Flos Schizonepetae Tenuifoliae (Jing Jie Sui) Answer: ___ < previous page page_7 next page > If you like this book, buy it!< previous page page_8 next page > Page 8 36. Which of the following medicinals dispels wind, stops tetany, and brightens the eyes: a. Concha Haliotidis (Shi Jue Ming) b. Radix Ledebouriellae Divaricatae (Fang Feng) c. Periostracum Cicadae (Chan Tui) d. Rhizoma Arisaematis (Nan Xing) e. Semen Cassiae Torae (Jue Ming Zi) Answer: ___ 37. Which exterior-resolver is most often used in clinical practice to course the liver and rectify the qi: a. uncooked Rhizoma Zingiberis (Sheng Jiang) b. Herba Asari Cum Radice (Xi Xin) c. Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae (Gui Zhi) d. Radix Bupleuri (Chai Hu) e. Flos Chrysanthemi Morifolii (Ju Hua) Answer: ___ 38. Which of the following medicinals is best for external contraction of wind heat with cough with phlegm and sore throat: a. Semen Praeparatum Sojae (Dan Dou Chi) b. Fructus Arctii Lappae (Niu Bang Zi) c. Folium Mori Albi (Sang Ye) d. Herba Lemnae Seu Spirodelae (Fu Ping Zi) e. Radix Bupleuri (Chai Hu) Answer: ___ 39. When used to upbear yang, Radix Bupleuri (Chai Hu) is usually prescribed: a. In a smaller dose than usual b. In a larger dose than usual c. In its usual dose d. Dose does not matter e. It's the combination which matters Answer: ___ 40. Which are more drastic in their exterior-relieving action: a. Herba Ephedrae (Ma Huang) and Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae (Gui Zhi) b. Radix Ledebouriellae Divaricatae (Fang Feng) and Herba Seu Flos Schizonepetae Tenuifoliae (Jing Jie Sui) Answer: ___< previous page page_8 next page > If you like this book, buy it!< previous page page_9 next page > Page 9 41. Radix Bupleuri (Chai Hu): a. Emolliates the liver b. Courses the liver c. Nourishes the liver d. Clears the liver e. None of the above f. All of the above Answer: ___ 42. Which is the best medicinal for removing screens from the eyes: a. Flos Chrysanthemi Morifolii (Ju Hua) b. Herba Equiseti Hiemalis (Mu Zei Cao) c. Folium Mori Albi (Sang Ye) d. Periostracum Cicadae (Chan Tui) e. Mentha Haplocalycis (Bo He) Answer: ___ 43. Which of the following medicinals is the best for clearing heat: a. Folium Mori Albi (Sang Ye) b. Radix Et Rhizoma Ligustici Chinensis (Gao Ben, a.k.a. Hao Ben) c. Fructus Viticis (Man Jing Zi) d. Radix Bupleuri (Chai Hu) e. Periostracum Cicadae (Chan Tui) Answer: ___ 44. Which of the following medicinals is best for an external contraction with emission of heat (or fever) with absence of sweating but headache and stiff neck: a. Herba Ephedrae (Ma Huang) b. Radix Bupleuri (Chai Hu) c. Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae (Gui Zhi) d. Radix Puerariae (Ge Gen) e. Rhizoma Cimicifugae (Sheng Ma) Answer: ___ 45. Radix Bupleuri (Chai Hu) and Radix Puerariae (Ge Gen) both: a. Out-thrust rashes b. Upbear clear yangc. Engender fluids and stop thirst d. Course the liver and rectify the qi e. Fortify the spleen and stop diarrhea Answer: ___ < previous page page_9 next page > If you like this book, buy it!< previous page page_10 next page > Page 10 46. Which of the following medicinals A) dispels wind, B) clears heat, and C) resolves toxins: a. Rhizoma Cimicifugae (Sheng Ma) & Fructus Arctii Lappae (Niu Bang Zi) b. Flos Lonicerae Japonicae (Jin Yin Hua) & Herba Menthae Haplocalycis (Bo He) c. Flos Chrysanthemi Morifolii (Ju Hua) & Periostracum Cicadae (Chan Tui) d. Herba Menthae Haplocalycis (Bo He) & Fructus Forsythiae Suspensae (Lian Qiao) e. Folium Mori Albi (Sang Ye) & Flos Chrysanthemi Morifolii (Ju Hua) Answer: ___ 47. Which of the following medicinals are all acrid, warm exterior-resolvers: a. Radix Bupleuri (Chai Hu), Folium Perillae Frutescentis (Zi Su Ye) & uncooked Rhizoma Zingiberis (Sheng Jiang) b. Radix Angelicae Dahuricae (Bai Zhi), Fructus Arctii Lappae (Niu Bang Zi) & Fructus Viticis (Man Jing Zi) c. Fructus Xanthii Sibirici (Cang Er Zi), Radix Et Rhizoma Notopterygii (Qiang Huo) & Herba Elsholtziae (Xiang Ru) d. Herba Menthae Haplocalycis (Bo He) & Folium Mori Albi (Sang Ye) Answer: ___ 48. Which medicinals can be used to treat an external contraction of wind cold with absence of sweating but stiff neck: a. Herba Ephedrae (Ma Huang) & Radix Bupleuri (Chai Hu) b. Herba Ephedrae (Ma Huang) & Ramulus Cinnamomi (Gui Zhi) c. Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae (Gui Zhi) & Radix Puerariae (Ge Gen) d. Radix Puerariae (Ge Gen) & Herba Ephedrae (Ma Huang) e. Radix Et Rhizoma Notopterygii (Qiang Huo) & Herba Menthae Haplocalycis (Bo He) Answer: ___ < previous page page_10 next page > If you like this book, buy it!< previous page page_11 next page > Page 11 Heat-clearing Medicinals (Qing Re Yao) 49. Medicinals in the heat-clearing category clear which type of heat: a. External heat b. Internal heat c. Neither internal nor external heat d. Both internal and external heat Answer: ___ 50. Gypsum Fibrosum (Shi Gao) gathers in or enters which "channels": a. Lungs & large intestine b. Lungs & heart c. Lungs & stomach d. Stomach & heart e. Stomach & large intestine Answer: ___ 51. Gypsum Fibrosum (Shi Gao)'s functions are to: a. Clear heat and drain fire b. Clear heat and cool the blood c. Clear heat and resolve toxins d. Clear heat and eliminate dampness e. Clear vacuity heat Answer: ___ 52. Which of the following medicinals clears heat and drains fire when taken internally and clears heat and heals sores when applied externally: a. Gypsum Fibrosum (Shi Gao) b. Talcum (Hua Shi) c. Cortex Phellodendri (Huang Bai) d. Fructus Gardeniae Jasminoidis (Shan Zhi Zi) e. Radix Trichosanthis Kirlowii (Tian Hua Fen) Answer: ___ 53. Which of the following medicinals is best for toothache with a stomach fire pattern: a. uncooked Radix Rehmanniae (Sheng Di) b. Radix Scrophulariae Ningpoensis (Xuan Shen)c. Gypsum Fibrosum (Shi Gao) d. Herba Asari Cum Radice (Xi Xin) e. Radix Gentianae Scabrae (Long Dan Cao) Answer: ___ < previous page page_11 next page > If you like this book, buy it!< previous page page_12 next page > Page 12 54. Rhizoma Anemarrhenae Aspheloidis (Zhi Mu)'s functions are to: a. Clear heat and drain fire, enrich yin and moisten dryness b. Clear heat and drain fire, resolve vexation and stop thirst c. Clear heat and drain fire, cool the blood and resolve toxins d. Clear heat and drain fire, resolve toxins and dry dampness e. Clear heat and drain fire, engender fluids and stop vomiting Answer: ___ 55. When Rhizoma Anemarrhenae Aspheloidis (Zhi Mu) is used to clear heat and drain fire in the case of yin vacuity/vacuity heat conditions, it is most commonly combined with: a. Radix Scutellariae Baicalensis (Huang Qin) b. Cortex Phellodendri (Huang Bai) c. Fructus Gardeniae Jasminoidis (Shan Zhi Zi) d. Rhizoma Coptidis Chinensis (Huang Lian) e. Radix Et Rhizoma Rhei (Da Huang) Answer: ___ 56. To increase Rhizoma Anemarrhenae Aspheloidis (Zhi Mu)'s downbearing nature, it can be: a. Stir-fried in alcohol b. Stir-fried in vinegar c. Stir-fried in saltwater d. Mix-fried with honey e. Used uncooked Answer: ___ 57. Which medicinal clears both replete and vacuity heat: a. Radix Scutellariae Baicalensis (Huang Qin) b. Gypsum Fibrosum (Shi Gao) c. Rhizoma Anemarrhenae Aspheloidis (Zhi Mu) d. Radix Sophorae Flavescentis (Ku Shen) e. Fructus Gardeniae Jasminoidis (Shan Zhi Zi) Answer: ___ 58. In order to clear heat and resolve depression, cool the blood and stop bleeding, choose: a. Rhizoma Imperatae Cylindricae (Bai Mao Gen) b. Folium Lophatheri Gracilis (Dan Zhu Ye) c. Spica Prunellae Vulgaris (Xia Ku Cao)d. Gypsum Fibrosum (Shi Gao) e. Fructus Gardeniae Jasminoidis (Shan Zhi Zi) Answer: ___ < previous page page_12 next page > If you like this book, buy it!< previous page page_13 next page > Page 13 59. Which of the following medicinals A) clears heat from the qi division with high fever and irritability and B) cools the blood and stops bleeding: a. Fructus Gardeniae Jasminoidis (Shan Zhi Zi) b. Radix Trichosanthis Kirlowii (Tian Hua Fen) c. Gypsum Fibrosum (Shi Gao) d. Rhizoma Anemarrhenae Aspheloidis (Zhi Mu) e. Rhizoma Phragmitis Communis (Lu Gen) Answer: ___ 60. Spica Prunella Vulgaris (Xia Ku Cao): a. Clears heat and eliminates dampness b. Clears heat and scatters nodulations c. Clears heat and moistens dryness d. Clears heat and cools the blood e. None of the above Answer: ___ 61. Which of the following medicinals A) clears heat, B) engenders fluids, and C) treats lung abscess: a. Rhizoma Phragmitis Communis (Lu Gen) b. Herba Houttuyniae Cordatae Cum Radice (Yu Xing Cao) c. Folium Lophatheri Gracilis (Dan Zhu Ye) d. Fructus Trichosanthis Kirlowii (Tian Hua Fen) e. Radix Platycodi Grandiflori (Jie Geng) Answer: ___ 62. Cornu ________ can be substituted for Cornu Rhinocerotis (Xi Jiao): a. Caprae (Yang Jiao) b. Cervi (Lu Jiao) c. Bubali (Shui Niu Jiao) d. Copia (Yu No Jiao) e. Canis (Kou Jiao) Answer: ___ 63. Which of the following medicinals does not clear heat and dry dampness: a. Rhizoma Coptidis Chinensis (Huang Lian) b. Radix Sophorae Flavescentis (Ku Shen) c. Cortex Phellodendri (Huang Bai)d. Folium Lophatheri Gracilis (Dan Zhu Ye) e. Radix Scutellariae Baicalensis (Huang Qin) Answer: ___ < previous page page_13 next page > If you like this book, buy it!< previous page page_14 next page > Page 14 64. Which Rehmannia (Di Huang) should you use if you want to cool the blood: a. uncooked Radix Rehmanniae (Sheng Di) b. cooked Radix Rehmanniae (Shu Di) Answer: ___ 65. Which of the following medicinals is best for damp heat in the stomach and intestines causing diarrhea, dysentery, and vomiting: a. Rhizoma Coptidis Chinensis (Huang Lian) b. Radix Scutellariae Baicalensis (Huang Qin) c. Cortex Phellodendri (Huang Bai) d. Fructus Gardeniae Jasminoidis (Shan Zhi Zi) e. Radix Gentianae Scabrae (Long Dan Cao) Answer: ___ 66. Cortex Radicis Moutan (Dan Pi) is added to yin-supplementing formulas, such as Liu Wei Di Huang Wan (Six Flavors Rehmannia Pills), because: a. It clears heat and cools the blood b. It clears vacuity heat c. It quickens the blood and dispels stasis d. It drains ascending liver fire e. All of the above Answer: ___ 67. Cortex Radicis Lycii Chinensis (Di Gu Pi) clears what kind of heat: a. Replete heat b. Vacuity heat c. Damp heat d. Summerheat e. Heat toxins Answer: ___ 68. Radix Scutellariae Baicalensis (Huang Qin): a. Easily damages stomach qi b. Does not easily damage stomach qi Answer: ___ 69. Radix Scutellariae Baicalensis (Huang Qin) gathers in or enters which "channels": a. Heart, spleen, stomach, and large intestineb. Heart, lungs, spleen, and large intestine c. Lungs, stomach, large intestine, gallbladder d. Lungs, liver, gallbladder, and bladder e. All of the above Answer: ___ < previous page page_14 next page > If you like this book, buy it!< previous page page_15 next page > Page 15 70. Which medicinal clears heat, eliminates dampness, and quiets the fetus: a. Rhizoma Coptidis Chinensis (Huang Lian) b. Radix Scutellariae Baicalensis (Huang Qin) c. Cortex Phellodendri (Huang Bai) d. Fructus Gardeniae Jasminoidis (Shan Zhi Zi) e. Radix Et Rhizoma Rhei (Da Huang) Answer: ___ 71. Which of the following medicinals is best for lung heat cough: a. Radix Scutellariae Baicalensis (Huang Qin) b. Rhizoma Coptidis Chinensis (Huang Lian) c. Fructus Gardeniae Jasminoidis (Shan Zhi Zi) d. Cortex Phellodendri (Huang Bai) e. Radix Gentianae Scabrae (Long Dan Cao) Answer: ___ 72. Which of the following medicinals is best for clearing heat, eliminating dampness, and draining liver fire: a. Semen Cassiae Torae (Jue Ming Zi) b. Radix Scutellariae Baicalensis (Huang Qin) c. Radix Gentianae Scabrae (Long Dan Cao) d. Semen Celosiae Cristatae (Qing Xian Zi) e. Cortex Phellodendri (Huang Bai) Answer: ___ 73. Rhizoma Coptidis Chinensis (Huang Lian) gathers in or enters which "channels": a. Heart, stomach, large intestine, and liver b. Heart, spleen, stomach, and liver c. Heart, spleen, liver, and kidneys d. Stomach, large intestine, gallbladder, and bladder e. None of the above Answer: ___ 74. If there is lack of interconnection between the heart and kidneys, Rhizoma Coptidis Chinensis (Huang Lian) can be combined with: a. Fructus Gardeniae Jasminoidis (Shan Zhi Zi) b. Cortex Phellodendri (Huang Bai) c. Cortex Cinnamomi Cassiae (Rou Gui)d. Radix Panacis Ginseng (Ren Shen) e. Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Dang Gui) Answer: ___ < previous page page_15 next page > If you like this book, buy it!< previous page page_16 next page > Page 16 75. Rhizoma Coptidis Chinensis (Huang Lian) should be: a. Decocted after b. Decocted first c. Decocted with the other medicinals as usual d. Always used uncooked e. Never used uncooked Answer: ___ 76. Radix Gentianae Scabrae (Long Dan Cao) is commonly used to treat which of the following conditions: a. Acid eructations caused by stomach heat b. Dysentery caused by heat toxins c. Welling abscesses caused by heat toxins d. Abnormal vaginal discharge and external vaginal itching due to damp heat e. Damage and detriment due to scalding and burns Answer: ___ 77. Cortex Phellodendri (Huang Bai): a. Clears replete heat above and depressive heat below b. Clears vacuity heat above and damp heat below c. Clears heat and resolves toxins d. A & C e. B & C Answer: ___ 78. Radix Gentianae Scabrae (Long Dan Cao): a. Easily damages the stomach qi b. Seldom damages the stomach qi Answer: ___ 79. Radix Sophorae Flavescentis (Ku Shen) mainly treats: a. Coughs and skin diseases b. Skin diseases and eye complaints c. Eye complaints and coughs d. Skin diseases and genital sores e. Mental-emotional disturbances and tremors Answer: ___< previous page page_16 next page > If you like this book, buy it!< previous page page_17 next page > Page 17 80. In real-life clinical practice, Cortex Fraxini (Qin Pi) is primarily combined with Radix Pulsatillae Chinensis (Bai Tou Weng) to treat: a. Phlegm heat cough b. Damp heat strangury c. Damp heat diarrhea and dysentery d. Cold damp diarrhea and dysentery e. Unstoppable, enduring diarrhea and dysentery Answer: ___ 81. Flos Lonicerae Japonicae (Jin Yin Hua) is most commonly combined with what other heat-clearing, toxinresolving medicinal: a. Cortex Phellodendri (Huang Bai) b. Fructus Forsythiae Suspensae (Lian Qiao) c. Rhizoma Picrorrhizae (Hu Huang Lian) d. Carapax Amydae Sinensis (Bei Jia) e. Radix Scrophulariae Ningpoensis (Xuan Shen) Answer: ___ 82. Flos Lonicerae Japonicae (Jin Yin Hua)'s flavor and nature (i.e., temperature) are: a. Acrid, bitter & slightly cold b. Bitter & cold c. Sour & cold d. Sweet & cold e. Acrid and slightly cold Answer: ___ 83. Which heat-clearing, toxin-resolving medicinal is often taken in China for the prevention of viral epidemics: a. Fructus Forsythiae Suspensae (Lian Qiao) b. Radix Puerariae (Ge Gen) c. Radix Isatidis Seu Baphicacanthi (Ban Lan Gen) d. Flos Lonicerae Japonicae (Jin Yin Hua) e. Chinese medicinals should not be taken preventively Answer: ___ 84. Herba Taraxaci Mongolici Cum Radice (Pu Gong Ying): a. Clears heat and resolves toxins b. Courses the liver and resolves depressionc. Disperses swelling and scatters nodulations d. Frees the flow of milk e. All of the above Answer: ___ < previous page page_17 next page > If you like this book, buy it!< previous page page_18 next page > Page 18 85. Calculus Bovis (Niu Huang)'s functions are to: a. Subdue the liver and extinguish wind, clear heat and resolve toxins b. Extinguish wind and resolve tetany, wash away phlegm and open the orifices c. Clear heat and extinguish wind, level panting and free the flow of the network vessels d. Extinguish wind and level the liver e. Extinguish wind and resolve tetany, dispel wind and stop pain Answer: ___ 86. Herba Patriniae Heterophyllae Cum Radice (Bai Jiang Cao) is especially good for treating ____ lower abdominal pain due to damp heat stasis and stagnation: a. right-sided b. left-sided c. center Answer: ___ 87. Which medicinal is known to be empirically especially effective when there is cough with thick, greenish yellow phlegm: a. Radix Platycodi Grandiflori (Jie Geng) b. Herba Houttuyniae Cordatae Cum Radice (Yu Xing Cao) c. Radix Scutellariae Baicalensis (Huang Qin) d. Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae (Chuan Bei Mu) e. Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae (Chen Pi) Answer: ___ 88. Besides Herba Patriniae Heterophyllae Cum Radice (Bai Jiang Cao), which other medicinal is especially good for damp heat stasis and stagnation: a. Herba Taraxaci Mongolici Cum Radice (Pu Gong Ying) b. Herba Violae Yedoensitis Cum Radice (Zi Hua Di Ding) c. Radix Isatidis Seu Baphicacanthi (Ban Lan Gen) d. Fructus Gardeniae Jasminoidis (Shan Zhi Zi) e. Caulis Sargentodoxae (Hong Teng) Answer: ___ 89. During a warm disease, which is the best of the following medicinals when heat has entered the constructive division with dry mouth and a red tongue: a. Cornu Rhinocerotis (Xi Jiao) b. uncooked Radix Rehmanniae (Sheng Di) c. Cortex Radicis Moutan (Dan Pi)d. Rhizoma Anemarrhenae Aspheloidis (Zhi Mu) e. Fructus Gardeniae Jasminoidis (Shan Zhi Zi) Answer: ___ < previous page page_18 next page > If you like this book, buy it!< previous page page_19 next page > Page 19 90. Which of the following medicinals A) cools the blood and stops bleeding and B) quickens the blood and dispels stasis: a. uncooked Radix Rehmanniae (Sheng Di) b. Rhizoma Imperatae Cylindricae (Bai Mao Gen) c. Radix Rubrus Paeoniae Lactiflorae (Chi Shao) d. Radix Pseudoginseng (Tian San Qi) e. Cortex Radicis Lycii Chinensis (Di Gu Pi) Answer: ___ 91. Radix Scrophulariae Ningpoensis (Xuan Shen)'s flavor and nature (i.e., temperature) are: a. Sweet & cold b. Bitter & cold c. Salty & cold d. Salty, sweet & cold e. Bitter, sweet, salty & cold Answer: ___ 92. Radix Scrophulariae Ningpoensis (Xuan Shen) can be used in all of the following conditions except: a. Gangrene of the extremities b. During a blood heat division warm disease with skin rash c. Phlegm and heat mutually binding to form nodulations d. Severe yin vacuity with vacuity fire causing sore throat e. Evil heat exuberance with high fever, thirst, irritability, and a surging pulse Answer: ___ 93. Which of the following medicinals is best in cases of severe heat toxins, inability of rashes to be out-thrust, and dark, purple-colored rashes: a. Fructus Arctii Lappae (Niu Bang Zi) b. Rhizoma Cimicifugae (Sheng Ma) c. Flos Carthami Tinctorii (Hong Hua) d. Radix Rubrus Paeoniae Lactiflorae (Chi Shao) e. Radix Lithospermi Seu Arnebiae (Zi Cao) Answer: ___ 94. Which of the following medicinals resolves toxins, eliminates dampness, and disinhibits the joints: a. Radix Clematidis Chinensis (Wei Ling Xian) b. Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae (Tu Fu Ling)c. Herba Houttuyniae Cordatae Cum Radice (Yu Xing Cao) d. Semen Plantaginis (Che Qian Zi) e. Radix Rubrus Paeoniae Lactiflorae (Chi Shao) Answer: ___ < previous page page_19 next page > If you like this book, buy it!< previous page page_20 next page > Page 20 95. What clearing heat and resolving summerheat medicinal also upbears clear yang and stops bleeding: a. Semen Phaseoli Munginis (Lu Dou) b. Semen Dolichoris Lablab (Bai Bian Dou) c. Herba Artemisiae Apiaceae (Qing Hao) d. Folium Nelumbinis Nuciferae (He Ye) e. Rhizoma Cimicifugae (Sheng Ma) Answer: ___ 96. In order to fortify the spleen, eliminate dampness, and stop diarrhea without damaging yin fluids, Semen Dolichoris Lablab (Bai Bian Dou) is commonly combined with: a. Radix Dioscoreae Oppositae (Shan Yao) b. Rhizoma Atractylodis (Cang Zhu) c. Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae (Bai Zhu) d. Fructus Cardamomi (Bai Dou Kou) e. Fructus Amomi (Sha Ren) Answer: ___ 97. Which of the following medicinals is commonly used to treat damp heat skin lesions: a. Cortex Radicis Dictamni Dasycarpi (Bai Xian Pi) b. Folium Daqingye (Da Qing Ye) c. Rhizoma Belamcandae (She Gan) d. Rhizoma Bletillae Striatae (Bai Ji) e. uncooked Radix Rehmanniae (Sheng Di) Answer: ___ 98. Which of the following medicinals not only cools the blood and abates bone-steaming emission of heat but also clears and drains lung heat: a. Cortex Phellodendri (Huang Bai) b. Rhizoma Anemarrhenae Aspheloidis (Zhi Mu) c. Cortex Radicis Lycii Chinensis (Di Gu Pi) d. Radix Stellariae Dichotomae (Yin Chai Hu) e. Fructus Gardeniae Jasminoidis (Shan Zhi Zi) Answer: ___ 99. Both Cortex Radicis Lycii Chinensis (Di Gu Pi) and Cortex Radicis Moutan (Dan Pi): a. Clear heat and resolve toxins b. Clear vacuity heatc. Quicken the blood and dispel stasis d. Clear heat and dry dampness e. All of the above Answer: ___ < previous page page_20 next page > If you like this book, buy it!< previous page page_21 next page > Page 21 100. Both Radix Scrophulariae Ningpoensis (Xuan Shen) and uncooked Radix Rehmanniae (Sheng Di) treat: a. Heat evils in the constructive division with generalized heat, dry mouth, and a red tongue b. Welling abscesses, scrofulous lumps, and sore throat c. Blood vacuity causing internal heat and painful menstruation d. Damp heat pattern jaundice e. Heat evils in the qi division with thirst and irritability [Show More]

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