NCCAOM Herbs Actual 50 Exam Questions and
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1. The most appropriate herbal combination for descending and ascending Lung Qi
to relieve cough and wheezing is Jie Geng and? -✓✓Chai Hu
2. Which herb can be processed with bovine bile in order to enhance its phlegm-
dissolving and heat-clearing effects? -✓✓Tian Nan Xing
3. Which formula is the most appropriate to treat a patient with chronic diarrhea
due to gastrointestinal dysfunction, abdominal pain relieved by pressure and heat,
tiredness, a pale tongue with a white coating, and a slow, thin pulse? -✓✓Zhen Ren
Yang Zang Tang
Syndrome:
-Colon Deficiency with Slippery Prolapse. Chronic diarrhea.
-Dysenteric disorders with unremitting diarrhea.
-Sp & Kd yang xu.
Indication:
chronic diarrhea, loss of bowel control, abd. pain relieved by palpation and
warmth.
4. Which one of the following formulas is best for a cough due to Phlegm-Heat? -
✓✓Qing Qi Hua Tan Wan
5. A patient complains of diarrhea, borborygmus, abdominal cramping, and
urgency. The tongue has a thin coating and the pulse is wiry. What is the best
formula to use? -✓✓Tong Xie Yao Fang
(Important Formula for Painful Diarrhea)
Dx: Abdominal pain and Diarrhea caused by SP Xu and Liver excess.
Indication: Borborygmus, diarrhea w/ ST pain after, painful abdomen, pain persists
after defecation.
, 6. Which one of the following herbs can promote urination and drain Kidney Fire?
-✓✓Ze Xie
*Especially useful for Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao.
CAT: Drain Dampness (Diuretics)
Action:
-Promotes urination and leaches out Dampness: Stagnation due to Dampness with
urinary difficulty, painful urinary dysfunction, diarrhea and dizziness.
- Settles Ministerial Fire in the Kidneys by draining Damp-Heat from the lower
Jiao: Spermatorrhea due to Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao disturbing the ministerial
Fire of the Kidneys.
-Drains Kidney Fire: Kidney Yin Deficiency with Fire Rising.
7. The function of Gui Zhi within the formula Wu Ling San is to: -✓✓Assist the
Bladder in transforming and discharging urine
8. A female patient complains of strong hot flashes with night sweats. She is
irritable and emotional, with flushed cheeks and a dry, red tongue. Which formula
would be most appropriate for treatment? -✓✓Dang Gui Liu Huang Tang
9. Which formula is best for constipation with profuse sweating, fever, and thirst,
but without focal distention or fullness? -✓✓Zeng Ye Cheng Qi Tang
10. Which herb has the function of cooling and transforming Phlegm-Heat and
stopping coughing? -✓✓Gua Lou
11. When two herbs are used in combination, and the toxicity and side effects of
one herb can be reduced or eliminated by the other, this is called mutual -
✓✓Counteraction
12. The property of Pi Pa Ye is: -✓✓-Temp: cool
Taste: bitter
Channel: Lu, ST
*Rebellious Lu & St Qi. Ph-heat, C/W.
CAT:
Herbs that Transform Phlegm and Stop Coughing: Herbs that Stop Cough and
Wheezing (Anti-Asthmatics)
Answers | Latest Test Bank with Verified
Solutions | A+ Pass Guaranteed
1. The most appropriate herbal combination for descending and ascending Lung Qi
to relieve cough and wheezing is Jie Geng and? -✓✓Chai Hu
2. Which herb can be processed with bovine bile in order to enhance its phlegm-
dissolving and heat-clearing effects? -✓✓Tian Nan Xing
3. Which formula is the most appropriate to treat a patient with chronic diarrhea
due to gastrointestinal dysfunction, abdominal pain relieved by pressure and heat,
tiredness, a pale tongue with a white coating, and a slow, thin pulse? -✓✓Zhen Ren
Yang Zang Tang
Syndrome:
-Colon Deficiency with Slippery Prolapse. Chronic diarrhea.
-Dysenteric disorders with unremitting diarrhea.
-Sp & Kd yang xu.
Indication:
chronic diarrhea, loss of bowel control, abd. pain relieved by palpation and
warmth.
4. Which one of the following formulas is best for a cough due to Phlegm-Heat? -
✓✓Qing Qi Hua Tan Wan
5. A patient complains of diarrhea, borborygmus, abdominal cramping, and
urgency. The tongue has a thin coating and the pulse is wiry. What is the best
formula to use? -✓✓Tong Xie Yao Fang
(Important Formula for Painful Diarrhea)
Dx: Abdominal pain and Diarrhea caused by SP Xu and Liver excess.
Indication: Borborygmus, diarrhea w/ ST pain after, painful abdomen, pain persists
after defecation.
, 6. Which one of the following herbs can promote urination and drain Kidney Fire?
-✓✓Ze Xie
*Especially useful for Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao.
CAT: Drain Dampness (Diuretics)
Action:
-Promotes urination and leaches out Dampness: Stagnation due to Dampness with
urinary difficulty, painful urinary dysfunction, diarrhea and dizziness.
- Settles Ministerial Fire in the Kidneys by draining Damp-Heat from the lower
Jiao: Spermatorrhea due to Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao disturbing the ministerial
Fire of the Kidneys.
-Drains Kidney Fire: Kidney Yin Deficiency with Fire Rising.
7. The function of Gui Zhi within the formula Wu Ling San is to: -✓✓Assist the
Bladder in transforming and discharging urine
8. A female patient complains of strong hot flashes with night sweats. She is
irritable and emotional, with flushed cheeks and a dry, red tongue. Which formula
would be most appropriate for treatment? -✓✓Dang Gui Liu Huang Tang
9. Which formula is best for constipation with profuse sweating, fever, and thirst,
but without focal distention or fullness? -✓✓Zeng Ye Cheng Qi Tang
10. Which herb has the function of cooling and transforming Phlegm-Heat and
stopping coughing? -✓✓Gua Lou
11. When two herbs are used in combination, and the toxicity and side effects of
one herb can be reduced or eliminated by the other, this is called mutual -
✓✓Counteraction
12. The property of Pi Pa Ye is: -✓✓-Temp: cool
Taste: bitter
Channel: Lu, ST
*Rebellious Lu & St Qi. Ph-heat, C/W.
CAT:
Herbs that Transform Phlegm and Stop Coughing: Herbs that Stop Cough and
Wheezing (Anti-Asthmatics)
