2024 NCCAOM Random Herb Questions
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What three herbs need to be dissolved in a strained decoction? Correct Answer: yi
tang, chuan jiao, e jiao
Mix-fry with honey to decrease the damage to yin effect. Correct Answer: ma huang
Boil these two very toxic herbs for 30-60 minutes longer. Correct Answer: chuan wu
and cao wu
Da zao combines with what herb to harmonize? Correct Answer: sheng jiang, since
da zao is very sticky, and sheng jiang is very spicy
What diuretic herb is good for jaundice, and also what point goes with it? Correct
Answer: yin chen hao; DU 9
Must crush this herb or it does not work at all. Correct Answer: suan zao ren
,Describe the primary vs. secondary fx for bai zhu vs. cang zhu. Correct Answer: bai
zhu strengthens the spleen, which then dries damp; cang zhu dries damp, which
then strengthens the spleen
What is the temperature of tian ma? How does this relate to its fx? Correct Answer:
neutral; so it can be used for wind and tremors whether by heat or cold
What is the dosage for tian ma in powder form? Correct Answer: 0.9-1.5 g
Yang tonics relate to regulating what fx? Correct Answer: endocrine
The driest herb. Correct Answer: cang zhu
activate blood herb that is used for stopping various types of pain. Correct Answer:
yan hu suo
How many grams of dan shen for vasculitis? Correct Answer: 60g
Temperature of sheng di vs. shu di. Correct Answer: sheng di is cold, while shu di is
slightly warm
What two herbs used together are good to calm the fetus? (hint, one is a qi tonic,
and
,one clears damp-heat) Correct Answer: bai zhu and huang qin
Best activate blood herbs to use for masses (2 herb combination). Correct Answer:
san leng and e zhu
What yang tonic is used for infertility? Correct Answer: xian mao
What yang tonic regulates the 8 extra vessels? Correct Answer: lu rong
What is the only "very warm" herb, and what category is it in? Correct Answer: bu gu
zhi; yang tonic
Three causes for LV wind. Correct Answer: blood deficiency, LV yang rising, high
fever
Tian men dong vs. mai men dong. Correct Answer: tian men dong: heavier (goes to
KD), very cold, must have heat signs; mai men dong:
lighter (goes to ST), slightly cold
Name the three very cold herbs. Correct Answer: shi gao, mang xiao, tian men dong
four indications of anchor and calm herbs. Correct Answer: shen disturbance, LV
yang rising, leakage of LU qi, ST rebel qi
, The only flower that goes down. Correct Answer: xuan fu hua
Three fx of sang ji sheng and du zhong. Correct Answer: strengthen LV and KD,
calms fetus, lowers BP
What part of gui ban is used for yin? Correct Answer: ventral for yin
Do not cook for longer than 10 minutes, or will not decrease BP. Correct Answer:
gou teng
What is the dosage of hong hua needed to harmonize the blood? Correct Answer:
0.9-1.5 (exam could say 1-1.5)
Cooking this herb for more than 10 minutes will decrease its purgative effect.
Correct Answer: da huang
What cathartic herb is incompatible with gan cao? Correct Answer: da ji
How must you prepare da huang to use it for blood stasis? Correct Answer: with
wine
And Answers 100% Correct Answers A+
Rated
What three herbs need to be dissolved in a strained decoction? Correct Answer: yi
tang, chuan jiao, e jiao
Mix-fry with honey to decrease the damage to yin effect. Correct Answer: ma huang
Boil these two very toxic herbs for 30-60 minutes longer. Correct Answer: chuan wu
and cao wu
Da zao combines with what herb to harmonize? Correct Answer: sheng jiang, since
da zao is very sticky, and sheng jiang is very spicy
What diuretic herb is good for jaundice, and also what point goes with it? Correct
Answer: yin chen hao; DU 9
Must crush this herb or it does not work at all. Correct Answer: suan zao ren
,Describe the primary vs. secondary fx for bai zhu vs. cang zhu. Correct Answer: bai
zhu strengthens the spleen, which then dries damp; cang zhu dries damp, which
then strengthens the spleen
What is the temperature of tian ma? How does this relate to its fx? Correct Answer:
neutral; so it can be used for wind and tremors whether by heat or cold
What is the dosage for tian ma in powder form? Correct Answer: 0.9-1.5 g
Yang tonics relate to regulating what fx? Correct Answer: endocrine
The driest herb. Correct Answer: cang zhu
activate blood herb that is used for stopping various types of pain. Correct Answer:
yan hu suo
How many grams of dan shen for vasculitis? Correct Answer: 60g
Temperature of sheng di vs. shu di. Correct Answer: sheng di is cold, while shu di is
slightly warm
What two herbs used together are good to calm the fetus? (hint, one is a qi tonic,
and
,one clears damp-heat) Correct Answer: bai zhu and huang qin
Best activate blood herbs to use for masses (2 herb combination). Correct Answer:
san leng and e zhu
What yang tonic is used for infertility? Correct Answer: xian mao
What yang tonic regulates the 8 extra vessels? Correct Answer: lu rong
What is the only "very warm" herb, and what category is it in? Correct Answer: bu gu
zhi; yang tonic
Three causes for LV wind. Correct Answer: blood deficiency, LV yang rising, high
fever
Tian men dong vs. mai men dong. Correct Answer: tian men dong: heavier (goes to
KD), very cold, must have heat signs; mai men dong:
lighter (goes to ST), slightly cold
Name the three very cold herbs. Correct Answer: shi gao, mang xiao, tian men dong
four indications of anchor and calm herbs. Correct Answer: shen disturbance, LV
yang rising, leakage of LU qi, ST rebel qi
, The only flower that goes down. Correct Answer: xuan fu hua
Three fx of sang ji sheng and du zhong. Correct Answer: strengthen LV and KD,
calms fetus, lowers BP
What part of gui ban is used for yin? Correct Answer: ventral for yin
Do not cook for longer than 10 minutes, or will not decrease BP. Correct Answer:
gou teng
What is the dosage of hong hua needed to harmonize the blood? Correct Answer:
0.9-1.5 (exam could say 1-1.5)
Cooking this herb for more than 10 minutes will decrease its purgative effect.
Correct Answer: da huang
What cathartic herb is incompatible with gan cao? Correct Answer: da ji
How must you prepare da huang to use it for blood stasis? Correct Answer: with
wine
