Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Exterior, Interior, Qi, blood, heat, cold, and other
imbalances Treatment.
1.Which formula is for exterior WC-excess, no sweating?: Ma Huang Tang
2.Pulse for Ma Huang Tang: Superficial tense
3.Which formula is for exterior WC-'def', with sweat?: Gui Zhi Tang
4.Pulse for Gui Zhi Tang: Superficial moderate
5.Which formula is for exterior WC+ interior cold phlegm?: Xiao Qing Long
Tang
6.Which formula is for WC + ST Qi stagnation?: Xiang Su San
7.Which formula is for WC + MJ dampness?: Xiang Ru San
8.Which formula is for Tai Yang + Yang Ming d/o?: Chai Ge Jie Ji Tang
9.Which formula would you use for frontal headache, eye, orbital pain,
occipi- tal headache, decrease chill + increase fever, slightly flooding
pulse?: Chai Ge Jie Ji Tang
10.Which formula would you use for stiff neck due to WC?: Ge Gen Tang
11.Ge Gen Tang contains: Ge Gen, Ma Huang + Gui Zhi Tang
12.Which formula is good for when cough is dominant for early stage
of WH?: Sang Ju Yin
13.In Sang Ju Yin which herbs have the opposite direction?: Jie Geng
(Ascend- ing)
Xing Ren (Descending)
14.Which formula is for typical stage of WH?: Yin Qiao San
15.Which formula is for lung heat or asthma due to heat type?: Ma Xing
Shi Gan Tang
16.Which formula is for early stage of measle and help vent rash: Sheng
Ma Ge Gen Tang
17.T or F
Ge Gen Tang, Ge Gen Qin Lian Tang all including Ge Gen, but different.: True
18.In Qing Wei San, Sheng Ma is for: ST Heat
19.In Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang, Sheng Ma is for: Raising SP Yang Qi
20.Which formula is for WCD + Qi def. and white moist greasy tongue
coat- ing?: Ren Shen Bai Du San
21.Which formula is for exterior WH + Interior Yin def.? Thirsty, irritability,
red tongue.: Jia Jian Wei Rui Tang
22.In Jia Jian Wei Rui Tang,Yu Zhu is: Not cloying and nourishes yin w/o
impeding evil Qi
23.Which formula is for Bi Yuan (Sinusitis- Acute/ Chronic lingering)?:
Cang Er Zi San
,24.Downward draining formulas- Purgatives =: Laxatives, promotes
movement in the LI
25.Downward draining formulas breaks up: Accumulations (heat, cold,
food, fluid) via poop and have strong downward action
26.Downward draining formulas are usually contraindicated for:
Pregnant women
27.Which formula vigorously purges heat accumulation for Yang Ming Fu;
also for 'Re Jie Pang Liu"-rare form of Yang Ming Fu?: Da Cheng Qi Tang
28.In Da Cheng Qi Tang, Da Huang does what?: It is for excess and
strongly purges accumulation.
29.In Da Cheng Qi Tang, Mang Xiao does what?: It is for dryness.
Softens hardened/ dry stools and clears heat accumulation.
30.In Da Cheng Qi Tang, Zhi Shi does what?: Dissipates clumps and
reduces focal distention.
31.In Da Cheng Qi Tang, Huo Po does what?: Disseminates the Qi and
relieves the sensation of fullness.
32.Which formula moderately purge heat accumulation for Yang Ming Fu?: -
Xiao Cheng Qi Tang
33.Which formula is NOT for Yang Ming Fu and mildly purges heat
accumula- tion? Also for withdraw from bottom of the pot.: Tiao Wei Cheng
Qi Tang
34.Which formula's top priority is purging method?: Liang Ge San
35.Which formula is for heat accumulation in the UJ + MJ?: Liang Ge San
36.Which formula is reducing + reinforcing and is for heat induced
dryness in intestine causing constipation?: Ma Zi Ren Wan
37.Which formulas use a reducing + reinforcing method?: -Ren Shen Bai
Du San
- Jia Jian Wei Rui Tang
-Ma Zi Ren Wan
38.Which formula only uses reinforcing method and is for chronic
constipa- tion d/t KD Yang def.?: Ji Chuan Jian
39.Which formula only uses reinforcing method and is for chronic constipa-
tion due to yin /blood def (desiccated intestine) and unquenchable thirst?:
Run Chang Wan
40.Which formula has a warm ascending feature and is for Shao Yang
stage d/o?: Xiao Chai Hu Tang
41.Which formula is ascending and may cause nose bleeding vomiting
blood, dizzy, induce headache? Should be avoided for HBP.: Xiao Chai Hu
Tang
, 42.Which formula is descending, clears heat, and for Shao Yang + Yang
Ming Fu? Effective for headache, HBP.: Da Chai Hu Tang
43.Which formula is for frigid limbs (end of limbs, like digits) d/t Qi
stagna- tion?: Si Ni San
44.Which herbs in Si Ni San have opposite direction?: Chai Hu
(Ascending) Zhi Shi (Descending)
45.Which formula is for LV Qi + SP Qi def. + blood def.?: Xiao Yao San
46.Which formula is for LV Qi + SP Qi def. + blood def w/ underlying heat
signs and is cooler that Xiao Yao San?
Xiao Yao San + Mu Dan Pi, Zhi Zi: Jia Wei Xiao Yao San
47.Which formula is for LV Qi Stag. w/ hypochondriac distention, pain
radiates to chest w/ frequent sighing, alt. chills & fever (LV affect GB), poor
appetite (LV Qi affecting ST), PMS.: Chai Hu Shu Gan San
48.Which formula is good for diarrhea d/t LV qi overacting on SP/ST,
like IBS?: Tong Xie Yao Fang
49.What is another name for Tong Xie Yao Fang?: Bai Zhu Shao Yao San
-Bai Zhu to nurture the earth
-Bai Shao Yao to control the wood
50.Which formulas are for clumping in the epigastrium?: Ban Xia Xie Xin
Tang, Sheng Jiang Xie Xin Tang & Gan Cao Xie Xin Tang
51.Which formula is acrid dispersing, bitterness directs clumping
downward for heat/cold+ def/excess?: Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang
52.Which formula is good for focal distention, dry heaves, vomiting,
borbo- rygmus, diarrhea, poor appetite.: Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang
53.Which formula is for clumping due to water/heat + def/excess?:
Sheng Jiang Xie Xin Tang
54.Which formula is good for focal distention, dry heaves, belching, loud
borborygmus, sound of fluid in the hypochondriac, diarrhea, poor
appetite?-
: Sheng Jiang Xie Xin Tang
55.Which formula is for clumping d/t DEF/excess + heat/cold?: Gan Cao
Xie Xin Tang
56.Which formula is good for focal distention, loud borborygmus, diarrhea,
dry heaves, undigested food particles in stool, 'irritability'?: Gan Cao Xie
Xin Tang
57.Which formulas are rare cases for having Gan Cao as the chief herb?:
Gan Cao Xie Xin Tang & Zhi Gan Cao Tang
58. Which formula is #1 for heat of Qi level/ yang ming channel/ ST and
LU?: Bai Hu Tang
imbalances Treatment.
1.Which formula is for exterior WC-excess, no sweating?: Ma Huang Tang
2.Pulse for Ma Huang Tang: Superficial tense
3.Which formula is for exterior WC-'def', with sweat?: Gui Zhi Tang
4.Pulse for Gui Zhi Tang: Superficial moderate
5.Which formula is for exterior WC+ interior cold phlegm?: Xiao Qing Long
Tang
6.Which formula is for WC + ST Qi stagnation?: Xiang Su San
7.Which formula is for WC + MJ dampness?: Xiang Ru San
8.Which formula is for Tai Yang + Yang Ming d/o?: Chai Ge Jie Ji Tang
9.Which formula would you use for frontal headache, eye, orbital pain,
occipi- tal headache, decrease chill + increase fever, slightly flooding
pulse?: Chai Ge Jie Ji Tang
10.Which formula would you use for stiff neck due to WC?: Ge Gen Tang
11.Ge Gen Tang contains: Ge Gen, Ma Huang + Gui Zhi Tang
12.Which formula is good for when cough is dominant for early stage
of WH?: Sang Ju Yin
13.In Sang Ju Yin which herbs have the opposite direction?: Jie Geng
(Ascend- ing)
Xing Ren (Descending)
14.Which formula is for typical stage of WH?: Yin Qiao San
15.Which formula is for lung heat or asthma due to heat type?: Ma Xing
Shi Gan Tang
16.Which formula is for early stage of measle and help vent rash: Sheng
Ma Ge Gen Tang
17.T or F
Ge Gen Tang, Ge Gen Qin Lian Tang all including Ge Gen, but different.: True
18.In Qing Wei San, Sheng Ma is for: ST Heat
19.In Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang, Sheng Ma is for: Raising SP Yang Qi
20.Which formula is for WCD + Qi def. and white moist greasy tongue
coat- ing?: Ren Shen Bai Du San
21.Which formula is for exterior WH + Interior Yin def.? Thirsty, irritability,
red tongue.: Jia Jian Wei Rui Tang
22.In Jia Jian Wei Rui Tang,Yu Zhu is: Not cloying and nourishes yin w/o
impeding evil Qi
23.Which formula is for Bi Yuan (Sinusitis- Acute/ Chronic lingering)?:
Cang Er Zi San
,24.Downward draining formulas- Purgatives =: Laxatives, promotes
movement in the LI
25.Downward draining formulas breaks up: Accumulations (heat, cold,
food, fluid) via poop and have strong downward action
26.Downward draining formulas are usually contraindicated for:
Pregnant women
27.Which formula vigorously purges heat accumulation for Yang Ming Fu;
also for 'Re Jie Pang Liu"-rare form of Yang Ming Fu?: Da Cheng Qi Tang
28.In Da Cheng Qi Tang, Da Huang does what?: It is for excess and
strongly purges accumulation.
29.In Da Cheng Qi Tang, Mang Xiao does what?: It is for dryness.
Softens hardened/ dry stools and clears heat accumulation.
30.In Da Cheng Qi Tang, Zhi Shi does what?: Dissipates clumps and
reduces focal distention.
31.In Da Cheng Qi Tang, Huo Po does what?: Disseminates the Qi and
relieves the sensation of fullness.
32.Which formula moderately purge heat accumulation for Yang Ming Fu?: -
Xiao Cheng Qi Tang
33.Which formula is NOT for Yang Ming Fu and mildly purges heat
accumula- tion? Also for withdraw from bottom of the pot.: Tiao Wei Cheng
Qi Tang
34.Which formula's top priority is purging method?: Liang Ge San
35.Which formula is for heat accumulation in the UJ + MJ?: Liang Ge San
36.Which formula is reducing + reinforcing and is for heat induced
dryness in intestine causing constipation?: Ma Zi Ren Wan
37.Which formulas use a reducing + reinforcing method?: -Ren Shen Bai
Du San
- Jia Jian Wei Rui Tang
-Ma Zi Ren Wan
38.Which formula only uses reinforcing method and is for chronic
constipa- tion d/t KD Yang def.?: Ji Chuan Jian
39.Which formula only uses reinforcing method and is for chronic constipa-
tion due to yin /blood def (desiccated intestine) and unquenchable thirst?:
Run Chang Wan
40.Which formula has a warm ascending feature and is for Shao Yang
stage d/o?: Xiao Chai Hu Tang
41.Which formula is ascending and may cause nose bleeding vomiting
blood, dizzy, induce headache? Should be avoided for HBP.: Xiao Chai Hu
Tang
, 42.Which formula is descending, clears heat, and for Shao Yang + Yang
Ming Fu? Effective for headache, HBP.: Da Chai Hu Tang
43.Which formula is for frigid limbs (end of limbs, like digits) d/t Qi
stagna- tion?: Si Ni San
44.Which herbs in Si Ni San have opposite direction?: Chai Hu
(Ascending) Zhi Shi (Descending)
45.Which formula is for LV Qi + SP Qi def. + blood def.?: Xiao Yao San
46.Which formula is for LV Qi + SP Qi def. + blood def w/ underlying heat
signs and is cooler that Xiao Yao San?
Xiao Yao San + Mu Dan Pi, Zhi Zi: Jia Wei Xiao Yao San
47.Which formula is for LV Qi Stag. w/ hypochondriac distention, pain
radiates to chest w/ frequent sighing, alt. chills & fever (LV affect GB), poor
appetite (LV Qi affecting ST), PMS.: Chai Hu Shu Gan San
48.Which formula is good for diarrhea d/t LV qi overacting on SP/ST,
like IBS?: Tong Xie Yao Fang
49.What is another name for Tong Xie Yao Fang?: Bai Zhu Shao Yao San
-Bai Zhu to nurture the earth
-Bai Shao Yao to control the wood
50.Which formulas are for clumping in the epigastrium?: Ban Xia Xie Xin
Tang, Sheng Jiang Xie Xin Tang & Gan Cao Xie Xin Tang
51.Which formula is acrid dispersing, bitterness directs clumping
downward for heat/cold+ def/excess?: Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang
52.Which formula is good for focal distention, dry heaves, vomiting,
borbo- rygmus, diarrhea, poor appetite.: Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang
53.Which formula is for clumping due to water/heat + def/excess?:
Sheng Jiang Xie Xin Tang
54.Which formula is good for focal distention, dry heaves, belching, loud
borborygmus, sound of fluid in the hypochondriac, diarrhea, poor
appetite?-
: Sheng Jiang Xie Xin Tang
55.Which formula is for clumping d/t DEF/excess + heat/cold?: Gan Cao
Xie Xin Tang
56.Which formula is good for focal distention, loud borborygmus, diarrhea,
dry heaves, undigested food particles in stool, 'irritability'?: Gan Cao Xie
Xin Tang
57.Which formulas are rare cases for having Gan Cao as the chief herb?:
Gan Cao Xie Xin Tang & Zhi Gan Cao Tang
58. Which formula is #1 for heat of Qi level/ yang ming channel/ ST and
LU?: Bai Hu Tang
