NCBAHM BOARD EXAM FOM SECTION Comprehensive Test Bank Exam With Complete Questions & Accurate Detailed Answers||DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (RELIABLE SOLUTIONS) CURRENTLY UPDATED VERSION 2026 EDITION

NCBAHM BOARD EXAM FOM SECTION
Comprehensive Test Bank Exam 2026-2027 With
Complete Questions & Accurate Detailed
Answers||DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES (RELIABLE SOLUTIONS)
CURRENTLY UPDATED VERSION 2026 EDITION




What are the physical characteristics of an Earth type body?


ANSWERS: Yellowish complexion, large head, round face with wide jaws,
wide shoulders, large abdomen, large thighs and calf.


What are the four diagnostic methods (Si Zhen) and who detects them?


ANSWERS: Inspection (Practitioner observes), Auscultation/Olfaction
(Practitioner detects), Inquiry (Patient reports), Palpation (Practitioner feels).


What is 'False Shen' in the context of inspection?


ANSWERS: A sudden revival before death, indicating floating Yang Qi; it is a
sign of imminent death in chronic disease.


What does a dull white (withered) complexion indicate?


ANSWERS: Blood Deficiency.


What does a bright white (puffy, bloated) complexion indicate?


ANSWERS: Yang Deficiency (Yang Qi not moving).

,What does a smoky, dull yellow complexion indicate?


ANSWERS: Damp-Heat (prevalence of Damp).


What does a green complexion with red eyes indicate?


ANSWERS: Liver Fire.


What does a blue-purplish face and lips with intermittent precordial pain
indicate?


ANSWERS: Heart Blood Stasis.


What does a dark, pale complexion with lumbago and cold feet
indicate?


ANSWERS: Kidney Yang Deficiency.


In the '5 Wheels' of eye diagnosis, what does the Iris represent?


ANSWERS: Wind (Liver, essence of sinews).


In the '5 Wheels' of eye diagnosis, what do the pupils represent?


ANSWERS: Water (Kidney, essence of bones).


What does a red corner of the eye indicate?


ANSWERS: Heart Fire.


What does swelling under the eyes indicate?


ANSWERS: Kidney Deficiency or Stomach (Q ST).

, What does a green or blue nose tip indicate?


ANSWERS: Abdominal pain from Spleen Cold or Liver Qi Stagnation.



In TCM, what do teeth and gums correspond to?


ANSWERS: Teeth correspond to the Kidney; Gums correspond to the
Stomach.

What does chronic, red, and swollen throat indicate?


ANSWERS: Stomach Heat.


What does a chronically sore and dry throat (not swollen or red)
indicate?


ANSWERS: Lung/Kidney Yin Xu with Empty-Heat.


What pattern is indicated by pitting edema of the hands?


ANSWERS: LU Yang Xu (Upper Burner water)


What pattern is indicated by pitting edema of the feet?


ANSWERS: KD Yang Xu (Lower Burner water)


What pattern is indicated by pitting edema of all four limbs?


ANSWERS: SP Yang Xu (Middle Burner water)


What is the clinical significance of non-pitting edema of the four limbs?


ANSWERS: Qi Stagnation