Diagnosis and Treatment Planning Flashcards

Within the Eight Principles, which pair primarily identifies the location or depth of a disease?

Answer: Interior and Exterior

Interior versus exterior distinguishes whether a disorder affects the surface or the internal organs.

A purple tongue body with dark purple spots indicates which pattern?

Answer: Blood stasis

Purple coloration and stasis spots are classic tongue signs of blood stagnation.

A patient with sudden onset of chills, body aches, no sweating, and a floating, tight pulse most likely has:

Answer: Exterior wind-cold

Floating indicates an exterior pattern and tight indicates cold, with absence of sweating supporting wind-cold.

In Six Stages (Shang Han Lun) diagnosis, alternating chills and fever with a bitter taste and wiry pulse indicates which stage?

Answer: Shaoyang

Shaoyang is the 'hinge' stage, marked by alternating chills and fever, bitter taste, and a wiry pulse.

Tenderness on palpation at CV12 most directly suggests involvement of which organ, since it is that organ's Front-Mu point?

Answer: Stomach

CV12 (Zhongwan) is the Front-Mu point of the Stomach and often becomes tender in Stomach disorders.

Using the five-phase 'tonify the mother' principle for Lung deficiency, which point on the Lung channel is selected?

Answer: LU9

LU9 is the Earth point of the Lung channel, and Earth is the mother of Metal.

During inspection, the vitality (Shen) of a patient is best assessed primarily by observing the:

Answer: Eyes

Bright, responsive eyes indicate good Shen, while dull eyes suggest Shen disturbance or depletion.