FINAL REVIEW Flashcards
(20 cards)
TRUE OR FALSE: A carbuncle is a skin infection often caused by the bacteria staphylococcus
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE: Left untreated, a carbuncle or clove sore, can develop into septicemia due to the staphylococcus virus
FALSE
Not a virus- it’s a bacteria
The most common factor in all clove sores is:
a. Dampness
b. Phlegm
c. Wind
d. Fire toxins
d. Fire toxins
- Flat wart s are caused by:
a. Bacteria
b. Virus
c. Touching frogs
d. A witch
b. Virus
In TCM, flat warts are usually due to all but which one:
a. Wind heat
b. Toxic heat
c. Dryness d/t blood xu
d. Liver yang rising w/ damp heat in the lower jiao
d. Liver yang rising w/ damp heat in the lower jiao
In cases of scleroderma, the organs that are affected by fibrosis include:
a. Esophagus
b. Gi tract
c. Lungs
d. Heart
e. Kidneys
f. All of the above
g. Only a, b, c
h. Only d, e
f. All of the above
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TRUE OR FALSE: In cases of scleroderma, esophageal dysfunction is the most common visceral disturbance and occurs in most patients
TRUE
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Case study: Adam Lavigne presents with slow progressive stage scleroderma you notice the skin on his face is light. The color on his cheeks is static and dark. The four limbs emit coolness and numbness. There’s a generalized lassitude of spirit, lack of strength, dizziness, decreased body weight, muscle and flesh aching and pain. He also complains about heart palpitations and shortness of breath. His tongue is pale, purplish and dark with a thin white fur. His pulse is fine and choppy. What is your diagnosis at this point?
Wind Cold Mixed w/ Qi Vacuity, Liver Stagnation and Blood Stasis
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The best treatment method for adam at this point is:
a. Tonify the spleen
b. Tonify the kd yin, yang and essence
c. Course the wind, disperse the cold, tonify the spleen, boost qi, free the flow of the vessels and transform stasis
d. Disperse wind, build blood, free and course liver qi, support shen and Bao mai
c. Course the wind, disperse the cold, tonify the spleen, boost qi, free the flow of the vessels and transform stasis
With what Adam presents in question 8, the best acupuncture treatment at this point would be:
LI-4, LR-3, ST-36, SP-6
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What is the best formula for Adam?
Qin Jiao Tang + Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang
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If you know Adams disease is widely spread throughout the body, what would you add to the formula?
Ma Huang + Lu Jiao Jiao
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If Adams disease was mostly in the lower body, you should add what to the formula?
Niu Xi
John Travolta presents with Sclerodoma. The affected skin area is delimited, there is diffuse sclerosis of the eyelids, facial area, hands and upper back are purple, swollen and distended. The effected areas emit a combination of white, purple, coolness, and burning heat. Some areas are itchy. There’s been some nausea, vomiting, bleeding gums, and the stools have been loose and sometimes dry. The tongue is pale but dark with thin, white fur. His pulse is fine and bowstring tight. What is your TCM diagnosis?
a. Alternating cold & hot, liver stagnation and blood stasis
b. Damp heat in the lower jiao
c. Lung heat with damp
d. Lung and large intestine heat frying the liver to stagnation
a. Alternating cold & hot, liver stagnation and blood stasis
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- The best treatment method for John:
a. Drain the lung and large intestine heat, and free, course and cool the liver
b. Drain lung heat dissipate damp
c. Drain the damp heat from the lower jiao and tonify the yin
d. Harmonize LV/SP, Clear heat and stagnation, move blood and remove stasis
d. Harmonize LV/SP, Clear heat and stagnation, move blood and remove stasis
The best acupuncture treatment for john as he currently presents would be:
a. ST-36, LR-3, LI-4, GB-43, SP-6
b. LU-7, LU-9, LI-11, SJ-5
c. ST-44, LR-2, GB-42, SP-3
d. ST-40, RN-9, SP-8, GB-34
a. ST-36, LR-3, LI-4, GB-43, SP-6
If John were to present with severe blood stasis, which of the following points should be drained:
a. SP-3
b. SP-4
c. SP-21
d. SP-10
d. SP-10
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What is the most appropriate herbal formula for john?
a. Xiao feng san
b. Dan Zhi Xiao Yao San Jia Jian
c. Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang
d. Chuan Xiong Cha Tiao San
e. Jia Jian Wei Rui Tang
b. Dan Zhi Xiao Yao San Jia Jian
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If Qi vacuity was more severe in Johns presentation, what herbs should you add?
a. Bo He
b. Huang Qi, Dang Shen
c. Chai Hu, Ge Gen
d. Mai Men Dong, Mu Li
b. Huang Qi, Dang Shen
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During the initial stages clove sores are small seed like lesions. They can be yellow or purple in color. They are hard at the root. And sometimes presenting blisters or pustules. Your patients may feel local numbness, itching and slight pain. And with continued development clove sores become red, hot, and swollen. Then swelling expands and pain increases. Accompanying symptoms include fever, thirst, Dry stools, and dark urine. Tongue coat is yellow or yellow, slimy coating with a rapid, wiry, and slippery pulse. What TCM diagnosis does this carbuncle presentation describe?
a. Wind heat
b. Lung heat
c. Damp Heat
d. Exuberant Fire Toxin
d. Exuberant Fire Toxin
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