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CALE PRACTICE TEST 3-ELAINE (ACTCM)
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
29-years-old female patient has abdominal pain better with warmth and pressure, nausea &

vomiting, diarrhea with watery stool, loss of appetite and profuse salivation. The tongue is pale

with a white coat. The pulse is Deep, Thready and Slow. What is the best formula for this

patient?

A. Da Qing Long Tang

B. Li Zhong Wan

C. Xiao Jian Zhong Tang

D. Wu Zhu Yu Tang ✔️✔️B

Your patient started to take a single herb after doing a google search. She is now experiencing

dizziness, headache, diarrhea, palpitations. Her pupils are dilated and she is having trouble

breathing. Which of the following herbs did she take?

A. Rou Dou Kou

B. Xin Yi Hua

C. Xing Ren

D. Cang Er Zi ✔️✔️C

Based on your diagnosis, you decide it is nessary to prescribe your patient with a double dosage

of Gui Zhi Tang. In order to prevent edema and hypertension from developing, which herb

should you omit?

,A. Sheng Jiang

B. Gan Cao

C. Gui Zhi

D. Bai Zhi ✔️✔️B

Henry comes to the clinic for fatigue treatment. He has poor appetite and abdominal distension

after meals. You notice that he is very thin. His lips are dry. He tells you he suffers from dry

mouth. Henry's urine is yellow and he has constipation. The tongue is red with a scanty coat and

the pulse is Thready, Rapid and Hesitant. Which foods should Henry avoid so as to not further

aggravate his condition?

A. Fish, brown rice and kale

B. Fish, glutinous rice and papaya

C. Tofu, brown rice and papaya

D. Lamb, scallions, glutinous rice and kale ✔️✔️A

When sedating the point L7 which is the correct needle direction?

A. L7 pointed towards L5

B. L5 pointed towards L7

C. L7 pointed towards L9

D. L9 pointed towards L7 ✔️✔️A

Jamie has a high fever, headache, neck stiffness, confusion, vomiting and intolerance for light or

loud noises. What is the most likely diagnosis for this case?

,A. Chicken pox

B. Meningitis

C. Influenza

D. Parotitis ✔️✔️B

Laura suffers from breathlessness for the previous two years. She found it difficult to breathe out

and her attacks were elicited by emotional stress. She also felt easily thirsty and experienced a

bitter taste in her mouth. She has frequent headache on her temples that are of a throbbing nature.

She felt generally wound up and frustrated. She often feels hot and experiences palpitations. Her

pulse is string-taut and her tongue is red with redder sides and tips. There is a shallow midline

heart-crack. The sides also are red What is the diagnosis for this case?

A. Liver Yang Rising

B. Liver Fire insulting Lung

C. Lung Qi Deficiency and Liver Qi Stagnation

D. Heart Yin Deficiency and Liver Qi Stagnation ✔️✔️B

After Small Intestine separates Clear from Turbid, where does the clear go?

A. SP

B. LI

C. UB

D. LU ✔️✔️C

Which of the following is contraindication of the Shan Dou Gen?

, A. Cold from deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach, or fever from Yin Deficiency

B. Cold from deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach, or diarrhea

C. Cold from deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach such as poor appetite, or loose stools

D. Should not be used in patients with diarrhea from Spleen Deficiency or with low blood

pressure ✔️✔️C

Sansa suffers from hiccups, nausea, dry heaves, retching and vomiting. You prescribe Ju Pi Zhu

Ru Tang. After examining her tongue which is red with a little coat and checking her pulse

which is Thin and Rapid, you decide to modify the formula. Which of the following herbs will

you add?

A. Tao Ren, Hong Hua

B. Yu Jin, Mu Xiang, Wu Yao

C. Zhu Ru, Lu Gen, Pi Pa Ye

D. Mai Men Dong, Shi Hu, Lu Gen ✔️✔️D

You want to tonify the Hand Shaoyin channel. Using mother/son theory which point would be

best?

A. Tonify H7

B. Reduce H5

C. Reduce H8

D. Tonify H9 ✔️✔️D

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