1. Which of the following herbs cannot go together with Wu tao (the mother to fu
zi)?
a. Gan cao
b. Da zao
c. Gan jiang
d. Bei mu
2. Gan cao can’t go together with what herb?
a. Hai zao
i. 5 SAFETY QUESTIONS
3. Channel tropisism Gan Jiang
a. Note- LU & MJ should be considered
4. Which of the following herbs can nourish Yin & eliminate the masses in the abd?
a. Gui ban
b. Bie jia
c. Mai men dong
5. Px has skin issues for 2 yrs. The px took Rx. Which of the following herbs can
help promote the discharge of the skin issues?
a. Huang Qi!
i. Bc it help to vent rashes
ii. There was more questions on this with also recovery of skin
6. Px with edema & BS and purple tongue….what is the promote urination type of
herbs?
a. Xu Mai
i. Promote urination AND move blood!
7. What herb eliminates WD & tonify KD?
a. Duhuo
b. wei ling xiang
c. Sang Ji sheng
8. PX with skin lesion with red itching, DR prescribes Shao heng San (sp?) but px
still have lesion oozing out.
a. Huang Qi
9. Px has menopausal situation. Prescribed LWDHW for hot flashes & sweating
with yin deficiency. Now the px has sweating issues. Which herbs are you going
to choose?
a. Lian zi, Sang pang xiao
b. Yi Ji Ren, Wu Wei Zi,
c. Fu Xiao Mai & Wu Li
10. Px has heat symptoms, and which of the following herbs will be used both
internally & topically for burns in powder?
a. Clear heat
b. Blood moving – chi shao…
c. Da Huang
i. Topically for trauma injury
11. Which of the herbs help the px who has fever, measles, rashes on body- to help
vent it all?
a. Sheng ma
12. Px has SP Qi not able to ascend up….Which herb you have for SP Qi Sinking?
a. Sheng ma
13. Px who has emotional prob- suddenly burst into cries. Rx a formula. Helped with
crying. But now has a thin & wiry pulse WITH insomnia. What you choose?
a. Long gu
b. He huan pi
c. Suan zao ren
14. Are you going to remember the ingredients of the Rx?
a. No not everyone- but you NEED to know these & their actions and what
actions they are good for
i. Px has dry throat, cough, tongue dry, red T, fast P- what Rx?
1. Xing Su San
2. Sang Xing Tang
3. Shen Su Yin
4. Bai Zhu San (or Ren Shen bai du san)
15. Know 8 ingredients for the Rx….more than 8? Don’t worry about it.
a. Sheng Hua Tang
b. Gui zhi fu ling wan
i. Besides gui zhi & fu ling what are in it?
1. Chuan xiong
2. tao ren
3. shao yao
4. mu dan pi
16. Px has KD Yin deficiency, DR prescribe Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan. Now px has
edema (based on KD Yang deficiency). What herbs are you going to add to make
it into Ji Sheng Shen Qi Wan?
a. Chuan Niu Xi & Che Chuan Zi
17. Px has phlegm and can barely cough it out. Yellow coat, red T body, fast P
a. Ban Xia Bai Ju
b. Tian ma teng
c. Huo Xiang
d. Bei Mu Gua lou
i. Dry phlegm
e. Chen Ch
18. Px with yin deficiency- what would be the Rx with only 2 ingredients you would
choose?
a. LW DHW? 6
b. Er Jian Wan? 2!!!!!!!!
c. Da Bu Yin Wan
19. After delivery what kind of regulation herbs for px? Abd pain with a lot of clots in
vaginal discharge (Lochia) What rx you use? (px has BS)
a. Tonify Rx
b. Severe strong blood moving Rx (tao hong…)
c. Shen Hua Tang
20. What would you consider with post partum px? Tonify deficiency
a. Huang Qi & Dang Gui
21. Px with abd pain, prefer warmth & pressure. Px has loose stools & pulse is weak
& the T is pale w WH coat & cold extremeties. What Rx?
a. Sin yi Tang
b. Shao Fu Zhu yu Tang
c. Shao Jin Jeng Tang
i. Minor build MJ Rx
ii. Warm Interior Rx!!!
22. Px get back from Mexico & px has diarrhea, with burning in anus, fever, and
yellow greasy T coat, Red T, P is fast, What Rx you use?
a. Shin Ling bai Zhu San
b. Qing Wei San
c. Ge Gen Huang Qin Huang Lian Tang
d. Huo Xiang Sheng Shi wan
i. Dampness
23. Px travel with diarrhea with out heat signs?
a. Huo Xuang Sheng Shi Wan
24. Px has HA on temples, Red eyes, red T body, thin yellow coat, Wiry pulse. What
Rx?
a. Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
b. Zuo Jin Wan
c. Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin
i. Side effects caused by HTN
ii. HA @ temple, red eyes, insomnia
d. Sang Ju yin
25. Px is like 65yrs old, low back pain (bc hernia disc), weakness of knees, SOB, pale
T body, thin P. What Rx?
a. Juan Di Tang
i. Expel wind
b. Cheng huo sheng Qi tang
i. More for damp
c. Du huo ji sheng tan
i. Tonify KD LV, nourish Blood, tonify Qi, expel WCD
26. Px with high fever, severe thirst, more like bai hu tang syndrome for 7 days. After
that px only has fever @ night. Thirst remains, chest oppression, dryness of
mouth,
a. Ju yea shi gan tang (sp?)
i. Treats Qi level stage
b. Qing hao bei jang tang
27. heavy sweating yin deficiency
a. Jade screen
i. Qi deficiency w heavy sweat
b. Mu li san
i. Qi deficiency
c. LWDHW
d. Dang Gui Liu Huang Tang
28. Fx of mai zi ren wan besides moisten intestines, constipation…what else?
a. Help to regulate SP
29. Diarrhea with pus & blood used bai hou tang. Now severe pain. What herb u use?
a. Pick the one with mu xiang in it to eliminate tenesmus!
30. There are a bunch of herbs to move Qi. Which herb can soothe LV Qi & resolve
phlegm?
a. Xiang fu?
b. Chuan lian zi
c. Fo shou
i. Citrus fruit family member- most citrus resolve phlegm
31. Which herb dredges chest yang………and warm the yang qi…and is mostly good
for chest bi syndrome?
a. Zhi shi
b. Gui zhi
c. Gua lou
d. Xie bai
32. Which herb break Qi stagnation, eliminate constipation, resolve phlegm?
a. Zhi shi
33. PX get common cold, what you give?
a. Jade screen
34. SOB , fatigue, pale white coat, diarrhea stools,
a. Si jun zi tang
b. Shen ling bai zhu san
i. Tonify qi eliminate damp
c. Bu zhong yi qi tang
i. But px has thin white cold- so no damp…its bc qi can’t consolidate
d. ?
35. Px have cold extremeties, soreness @ lumbar/knees, hot flash @ fever palms. P
thin weak. T swollen pale watery coat (px is yin & yang def)
a. LWDHW
b. Shen Qi Wan
c. Zuo gui wan
d. Er xian tang
i. Tonify essence is yin & yang def
36. PX with abd pain, which herbs do you use to focus on abd cramping pain?
a. Bai shao + Gan cao
37. Px has lu yin def with cough/blood
a. Bai he gu jin tang
38. Px has heat with un erupt type of bruise & rashes (underneath skin) due to excess
heat. What herb?
a. Ye ju hua
b. Chuan xian
c. Chi shao
d. Zu shao
39. Px taking zuo gui wan for treating her yin deficiency situation, but it makes her
bloated d/t use of Rx. Which Rx are you going to choose to substitue zuo gui
wan?
a. You gui wan
b. Zuo guo yin
c. LWDHW
d. ?
40. Px has KD yang deficiency with weak & lumbar with wheezing. What herb u
choose?
a. Bu gu zhi
41. Which of the herbs both nourish yin & tonify Qi?
a. They didn’t give you xi yang shen
b. Huang qin
i. Nourish LU KD Yin
ii. Tonify SP Qi
42. Herb for night blindness?
a. Cang zhu
43. Luo Bu Ma
44. Which herb deals with patient with yin level with convolsions & high fever
a. Tian ma
b. Gou ten
c. & ling yang jiao
45. What herb helps with facial paralysis?
a. Bai fu zi
46. What are ingredients of Da Cheng Qi Tang?
a. Da huang
b. Hou po
c. Zhi shi
d. Mang xia
i. “The Queen is only laughing”  “Huang hou zhi shi xiao”
47. Ingredients of Xiao Cheng Qi Tang?
a. Da huang
b. Mang xiao
c. Da zao
48. Ingredients of Tiao Wei Cheng Qi Tang
49. Which of the formula contains only 2 ingredients to nourish yin?
a. Er zhi Wan