HT0333: Herbal Treatment of Disease 2 KEY KEY
Sample Quiz 3 – Last 3 weeks
Internal Damage Heat and Sweating Disorder
Tinnitus and Trembling Disorder
Deficient and Consumptive Disease
1. A 37 year old man has profuse sweating that is ruining his clothing with stains. He is
irritable and restlessness, his face is red and feels sun burnt when it is not. He has dark
smelly urine and tends to be constipated. His tongue is red with a yellow coating and
pulse is wiry and rapid. The base formula of choice is:
A. Dang Gui Liu Huang Tang
B. Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
C. Da Cheng Qi Tang
D. Yu Ping Feng San
2. You modify this formula by:
A. add bai shao, mu li, ma huang gen
B. add fu xiao mai, nuo dao gen xu and long gu
C. add da huang, huang bai and yi yi ren
D. add suan zao ren, bai zhu and huang qi
3. A young man has tinnitus that is worse with certain weather conditions such as
barometric changes and high humidity. When it is really bad, his ears feel plugged up
with a heaviness sensation in his head and oppressive feeling in his chest. He has sticky
smelly stools, a wiry slippery pulse, and a red tongue with thick yellow coating. The
best base formula of choice is:
A. Huang Lian Wen Dan Tang
B. Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang
C. Dao Tan Tang
D. Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin
4. List three key herbs that clear deficient heat AND nourish yin when treating Internal
Damage Heat. zhi mu, gui ban, bie jia
5. A middle aged woman has a case of chronic tinnitus that has been developing slowly
for years. The intensity varies but is aggravated by stress and overwork. She has low
energy, loose stools and poor appetite. Her tongue is pale and pulse is weak. The best
base formula of choice is:
A. Yi Qi Cong Ming Tang
B. Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang
C. Er Long Zuo Ci Wan
D. Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
6. After further investigation, you find the tinnitus just started getting very bad in the past
two days and is much worse than usual. She has fever with slight chills, a sore throat,
sinus congestion and headache. Her tongue has a slight yellow color to the thin coating
and the weak pulse is superficial and slightly rapid. You decide to use which formula
instead?
A. Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang
B. Huang Lian Wen Dan Tang
C. Yin Qiao San
D. Jing Fang Bai Du San
7. You modify the formula by adding which set of herbs?
A. ban xia, gan jiang and bai zhu
B. ma huang, xing ren, and qiang huo
C. gui zhi, bai fu zi, and huang qi
D. xin yi hua, shi chang pu, and fang feng
8. A middle-aged woman comes in for treatment to stop the shaking of her hands that has
been getting progressively worse in the past few months. She says she has spells of
mild dizziness, headaches, periodic tinnitus, dry red eyes and weakness of her low
back. Her face is red, she is short-tempered and her blood pressure reads 138/82. Her
tongue is red with scanty coat and pulse is wiry and thready. The base formula of
choice is:
A. Dao Tan Tang
B. Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang
C. Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin
D. Zuo Gui Wan
9. What key herbs do you add to stop the tremors for this case?
jiang can, wu gong, quan xie, di long, bai ji li, ju hua, ling yang jiao
10. What herbs do you add to treat the headache, dry red eyes and tinnitus?
ci shi, ju hua, shi jue ming, zhen zhu mu, xia ku cao, man jing zi: NO chuan xiong!
11. A 24 year old woman complains of low grade fever, dizziness, poor concentration and
lassitude that has been going on for six months since she gave birth to her first baby.
Her tongue is pale and pulse is thready. The base formula of choice is:
A. Qing Gu San
B. Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang
C. San Ren Tang
D. Gui Pi Tang
12. You modify this formula by adding:
A. mu dan pi, qin jiao, huang bai
B. yin chai hu, gui ban, fu xiao mai
C. mu li, qing hao, huang qin
D. huang lian, chi shao, bai wei
13. A third-year college student has been having periodic sweating, day and night, which
seems to have no cause (i.e. not with exertion or heat) and is very excessive at times.
He took a heavy course load this term with difficult courses requiring a lot of study
through the night. He has had feverish sensation of his hands and feet especially at
night, has had more thirst than usual and a dry hard-to-move stool. Your base formula
of choice is:
A. Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
B. Dang Gui Liu Huang Tang
C. Gui Pi Tang
D. Yu Ping Feng San
14. What herbs do you add to augment the stop sweating function?
& support yin: shan zhu yu, bai shao, suan zao ren
astringe: fu xiao mai, ma huang gen, nuo dao gen xu
15. For a patient complaining of low grade fever for whom you have determined the
following treatment strategy, name the herbs would you select:
A. Tonify spleen qi, raise clear yang, stop spontaneous sweating
huang qi, chai hu, sheng ma, dang/ren shen, bai zhu, dang gui, fu xiao mai
B. Invigorate blood, remove stasis, clear heat
hong hua, tao ren, chi shao, dang gui, chuan xiong, sheng di, mu dan pi, bai wei, di
gu pi, zhi shi, chai hu, niu xi
C. Nourish kidney yin, clear deficient heat, calm spirit, relieve insomnia
bie jia, gui ban, qing hao, yin chai hu, hu huang lian, zhi mu, huang bai, sheng di,
di gu pi, qin jiao, gan cao, suan zao ren, ye jiao teng, wu wei zi
16. Matching
A. Sweating due to Yin Deficiency with Heat
B. Trembling due to Qi & Blood Deficiency
C. Internal Damage Fever due to Kidney Yang Deficiency
D. Tinnitus due to Clear Yang Not Ascending
E. Internal Damage Fever due to Damp Accumulation
F. Trembling Disorder due to Internal Wind due to Turbid Phlegm
G. Tinnitus due to Kidney Deficiency
H. Sweating due to Ying-Wei Disharmony
_G__
_F__
_D__
_E__
_H__
_A__
_B__
_C__
Er Long Zuo Ci Wan
Dao Tan Tang
Yi Qi Cong Ming Tang
San Ren Tang
Gui Zhi Tang
Dang Gui Liu Huang Tang
Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang
Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan
17. Using the list of herbs below – answer the following questions:
A. Which are best for tonifying:
i. lungs qi
ii. lung and spleen qi
iii. spleen qi
iv. spleen, lungs and kidneys qi
v. spleen, lung, kidneys and heart qi
B. Which herbs:
i. nourish and invigorate blood
ii. nourish and calm the spirit or soften/calm the liver
iii. nourish blood and essence
iv. nourish blood and moisten bowels
v. nourish heart blood
C. Which yin herbs:
i. nourish lung and spleen yin
ii. nourish kidney yin
iii. nourish the heart yin
iv. nourish liver yin
D. Which yang herbs:
i. warm the yang and dispel cold
ii. tonify yang and stop diarrhea
iii. tonify yang and help with sexual function
iv. tonify yang and stabilize essence from loss
v. tonify yang and help kidney to grasp lung qi
E. Which herbs:
i. nourish kidney and liver benefiting the eyes
ii. nourish kidney and liver and strengthen bones & sinews
iii. nourish yin and anchor yang
ren shen, dang shen, tai zi shen, bai zhu, shan yao, huang qi, ci wu jia (wu jia shen),
xi yang shen, dang gui, ji xue teng, dan shen, bai shao, shu di huang, e jiao, long yan rou,
he shou wu, suan zao ren, bai zi ren, ye jiao teng, nu zhen zi, han lian cao, gou qi zi,
gui ban, bie jia, huang jing, mai dong, tian dong, shi hu, sha shen, yu zhu, bai he,
sang shen, zhi mu, huang bai, mu dan pi, dig u pi, hu huang lian, yin chai hu, rou gui,
gan jiang, gao liang jiang, wu zhu yu, bu gu zhi, yi zhi ren, ba ji tian, hu lu ba, tu si zi,
yin yang huo, lu rong, gou ji, sang ji sheng, du zhong, wu jia pi, dong chong xia cao,
hu tao ren
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