CAc CAc Herbal Medicine and Integrative Therapies 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Ba Zhen Tang (Eight Treasure Decoction) treats which combined deficiency pattern?
- Kidney Yin and Yang dual deficiency
- Qi and Blood deficiency together (Correct answer)
- Exterior Wind-Cold with interior Cold
- Liver Fire rising with Yin deficiency
Correct answer: Qi and Blood deficiency together
Ba Zhen Tang treats concurrent Qi and Blood deficiency by combining Si Jun Zi Tang (Qi tonic) and Si Wu Tang (Blood tonic) into one eight-herb formula.
Question 2: Huang Lian (Coptis chinensis) primarily clears pathogenic Heat from which organ systems?
- Kidney and Bladder
- Liver and Gallbladder
- Heart and Stomach (Correct answer)
- Lung and Large Intestine
Correct answer: Heart and Stomach
Huang Lian is one of the most powerful bitter-cold herbs for clearing Heart Fire (insomnia, agitation) and Stomach Heat (nausea, epigastric burning).
Question 3: Moxibustion therapy is generally contraindicated in which condition?
- Spleen Yang deficiency with cold diarrhea
- Excess Heat patterns and febrile conditions (Correct answer)
- Kidney Yang deficiency with cold extremities
- Blood stasis with purple tongue
Correct answer: Excess Heat patterns and febrile conditions
Moxibustion is contraindicated in excess Heat and febrile conditions because its warming Yang nature would aggravate the Heat pathogen.
Question 4: Gua Sha therapy is primarily used to achieve which therapeutic effect?
- Deep tonification of Qi and Blood
- Release muscle tension, promote circulation, and clear Qi and Blood stagnation (Correct answer)
- Clear Heat from the Blood level
- Tonify Kidney Yin and reduce deficiency heat
Correct answer: Release muscle tension, promote circulation, and clear Qi and Blood stagnation
Gua Sha involves scraping the skin surface to promote local circulation, dispel stagnation, and relieve pain, leaving temporary petechiae called 'sha.'
Question 5: Cupping therapy achieves its therapeutic effects primarily through which mechanism?
- Introducing deep penetrating heat into the tissues
- Creating negative pressure that draws Qi and Blood to the surface and relieves stagnation (Correct answer)
- Applying direct point pressure to acupoints along meridians
- Stimulating electrical impulses in the cutaneous zones
Correct answer: Creating negative pressure that draws Qi and Blood to the surface and relieves stagnation
Cupping creates suction via negative pressure that draws blood and Qi to the skin surface, promoting circulation, expelling pathogenic factors, and relieving pain.
Question 6: Tui Na is best described as which type of TCM therapy?
- Chinese dietary and nutritional therapy
- Chinese therapeutic massage and manual manipulation therapy (Correct answer)
- Chinese movement and meditative Qi Gong exercises
- Chinese herbal topical liniment application
Correct answer: Chinese therapeutic massage and manual manipulation therapy
Tui Na is the Chinese system of therapeutic massage using manual techniques such as pressing (An), kneading (Rou), and pushing (Tui) to regulate Qi, Blood, and organ function.
CAc CAc Herbal Medicine and Integrative Therapies 2
Ba Zhen Tang (Eight Treasure Decoction) treats which combined deficiency pattern?