• Wrong document? Swap it for free
  • Written by students who passed
  • Immediately available after payment
  • Read online or as PDF
Sell
Where do you study
Your language
Document preview thumbnail
Preview 3 out of 22 pages
Exam (elaborations)

NCCAOM Herbs Exam Review 2026: Verified Questions, Complete Answers, and Study Guide

Document preview thumbnail
Preview 3 out of 22 pages

NCCAOM Herbs Exam Review 2026: Verified Questions, Complete Answers, and Study Guide 1. How is Ma Huang Tang modified when there is wheezing, tight chest and cough w/ white and watery sputum? - ANSWER Add Su Zi and Chen Pi 2. How is Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang modified for vertigo and HA? - ANSWER Add Chuan Xiong and Ban Xia 3. How is Sang Ju Yin modified when there is Wheezing? - ANSWER Add Shi Tao and Zhi Mu 4. How is Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan modified for emaciation, frequent, profuse , clear urination? - ANSWER Add Bu Gu Zhi and Lu Rong 5. Modify Zuo Gui Yin for Lu Heat with irritability - ANSWER Add Mai Men Dong 6. How is Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San modified when there is severe W-C? - ANSWER Increase dosage of Zi Su Ye 7. How would Zuo Gui Yin be modified for heat in the SP w/ frequent hunger that cannot be satisfied? - ANSWER Add Bai Shao 8. How is Wu Zhu Yu Tang modified for severe epigastric pain? - ANSWER Add Dan Shen and Mu Xiang 9. How is Qing Hao Bie Jia Tang modified when there is fever due to xu yin? - ANSWER Add Di Gu Pi and Bai Wel 10. How is Long Dan XIe Gan Tang modified when here is coughing of blood die to wood attacking metal? - ANSWER Add Mu Dan Pi and Ce Bai Ye 11. How is Jin Suo Gu Jing Wan modified for Constipation? - ANSWER Add Rou Cong Ring and Dang Gui 12. How is Dang Guid Liu Huang Tang modified for severe sweating? - ANSWER Add Ma Huang Gen and Fu Xiao Mai 13. How is Suan Zao Res Tang modified for xu Ht and GB qi? - ANSWER Add Dang Shen and Long Gu 14. How is Gui Zhi Tang modified when there is a severe HA? - ANSWER Substitute Chi Shao for Lai Shao and add Dao Ben 15. How is Jin Suo Gu Jing Wan modified for constipation? - ANSWER Add Rou Cong Rong and Dang Guid 16. How is Si Ni Tang modified for intractable arthritis caused by Wind-Damp? - ANSWER Add Rou Gui and Bai Zhu 17. Dosage for Gan Jiang - ANSWER 3-9g 18. A patient has more chills than fever, no sweating, coughing, wheezing, copious white sputum, stifling sensation in chest, difficult breathing when lying down, heavy feeling body, body aches, nausea, loose stools, edema, tongue with greasy wet moss, and floating and tight pulse. What formula is indicates? - ANSWER Xiao Qing Long Tang 19. A patient has amenorrhea, lustreless complexion and nails, muscle tension, and feels feverish. How would you modify Si Wu Tang? - ANSWER Substitute Sheng Di Huang for Shu Di Huang 20. How would Zuo Gui Yin be modified for severe night sweat? - ANSWER Add Wu Wei Zi 21. Compare Rou Gui with Zhi Fu Zi, what is the differences? - ANSWER Rou Gui is more dispersing 22. How is Zhu Ling Tang modified when there is hot and painful urination? - ANSWER Add Zhi Zi and Bian Xu 23. Compare Bu Gu Zhi with Sha Yuan Zi, what is the differences? - ANSWER Sha Yuan Zi is better for brightening eyes 24. Which herb expels wind-heat and clears vision, clears liver and benefits the eyes, moistens the intestines and prevents atherosclerosis? - ANSWER Jue Ming Zi 25. How is Cao Guo prepared to reduce the side effect of vomiting? - ANSWER Roasted 26. Gan Cao and Jie Geng treat - ANSWER Paling and swelling of the throat, especially acute 27. Compare Ze Xie and Zhu Ling - ANSWER Ze Xie is better than Zhu Ling at leading blazing ministerial fire back to its source 28. The primary treatment for Jue Yin stage disease is? - ANSWER Clearing, warming or a combination of clearing and warming 29. What is the proportion of Huang Qi and Dang Gui in the formula Dang Gui Bu Xue Tang? - ANSWER 5 to 1 30. A patient has cough and dry throat from Xu yin. What kind of animal meat would be recommended? - ANSWER Pork 31. What is the contraindications for Tong Xie Yao Fang? - ANSWER Diarrhea due to food damage 32. How is Bai Hu Tang modified when there are red, swollen eyes and painful HA - ANSWER Add Huang Lian and Huang Qin 33. Ya Xiao Antagonizes - ANSWER San Leng 34. Ba Dou Antagonizes - ANSWER Qian Niu Zi 35. Ding Xiang antagonizes - ANSWER Yu Jin 36. Wu Tou Antagonizes - ANSWER Xi Jiao 37. Chi Shi Zhi antagonizes - ANSWER Rou Gui 38. Hard, heavy, moderate, and bland herbs are usually prescribed in - ANSWER Larger Doses 39. Rich-Heavy herbs roots and fruits are usually prescribed in - ANSWER Large Dosage

Content preview

How is Ma Huang Tang modified when there is wheezing, tight chest and cough w/
white and watery sputum? - ANSWER Add Su Zi and Chen Pi

How is Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang modified for vertigo and HA? - ANSWER Add Chuan
Xiong and Ban Xia

How is Sang Ju Yin modified when there is Wheezing? - ANSWER Add Shi Tao and
Zhi Mu

How is Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan modified for emaciation, frequent, profuse , clear
urination? - ANSWER Add Bu Gu Zhi and Lu Rong

Modify Zuo Gui Yin for Lu Heat with irritability - ANSWER Add Mai Men Dong

How is Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San modified when there is severe W-C? - ANSWER
Increase dosage of Zi Su Ye

How would Zuo Gui Yin be modified for heat in the SP w/ frequent hunger that cannot
be satisfied? - ANSWER Add Bai Shao

How is Wu Zhu Yu Tang modified for severe epigastric pain? - ANSWER Add Dan
Shen and Mu Xiang

How is Qing Hao Bie Jia Tang modified when there is fever due to xu yin? - ANSWER
Add Di Gu Pi and Bai Wel

How is Long Dan XIe Gan Tang modified when here is coughing of blood die to wood
attacking metal? - ANSWER Add Mu Dan Pi and Ce Bai Ye

How is Jin Suo Gu Jing Wan modified for Constipation? - ANSWER Add Rou Cong
Ring and Dang Gui

How is Dang Guid Liu Huang Tang modified for severe sweating? - ANSWER Add Ma
Huang Gen and Fu Xiao Mai

How is Suan Zao Res Tang modified for xu Ht and GB qi? - ANSWER Add Dang Shen
and Long Gu

How is Gui Zhi Tang modified when there is a severe HA? - ANSWER Substitute Chi
Shao for Lai Shao and add Dao Ben

How is Jin Suo Gu Jing Wan modified for constipation? - ANSWER Add Rou Cong
Rong and Dang Guid
How is Si Ni Tang modified for intractable arthritis caused by Wind-Damp? - ANSWER
Add Rou Gui and Bai Zhu

,Dosage for Gan Jiang - ANSWER 3-9g

A patient has more chills than fever, no sweating, coughing, wheezing, copious white
sputum, stifling sensation in chest, difficult breathing when lying down, heavy feeling
body, body aches, nausea, loose stools, edema, tongue with greasy wet moss, and
floating and tight pulse. What formula is indicates? - ANSWER Xiao Qing Long Tang

A patient has amenorrhea, lustreless complexion and nails, muscle tension, and feels
feverish. How would you modify Si Wu Tang? - ANSWER Substitute Sheng Di Huang
for Shu Di Huang

How would Zuo Gui Yin be modified for severe night sweat? - ANSWER Add Wu Wei
Zi

Compare Rou Gui with Zhi Fu Zi, what is the differences? - ANSWER Rou Gui is more
dispersing

How is Zhu Ling Tang modified when there is hot and painful urination? - ANSWER
Add Zhi Zi and Bian Xu

Compare Bu Gu Zhi with Sha Yuan Zi, what is the differences? - ANSWER Sha Yuan
Zi is better for brightening eyes

Which herb expels wind-heat and clears vision, clears liver and benefits the eyes,
moistens the intestines and prevents atherosclerosis? - ANSWER Jue Ming Zi

How is Cao Guo prepared to reduce the side effect of vomiting? - ANSWER Roasted

Gan Cao and Jie Geng treat - ANSWER Paling and swelling of the throat, especially
acute

Compare Ze Xie and Zhu Ling - ANSWER Ze Xie is better than Zhu Ling at leading
blazing ministerial fire back to its source

The primary treatment for Jue Yin stage disease is? - ANSWER Clearing, warming or a
combination of clearing and warming

What is the proportion of Huang Qi and Dang Gui in the formula Dang Gui Bu Xue
Tang? - ANSWER 5 to 1

A patient has cough and dry throat from Xu yin. What kind of animal meat would be
recommended? - ANSWER Pork

What is the contraindications for Tong Xie Yao Fang? - ANSWER Diarrhea due to food
damage

, How is Bai Hu Tang modified when there are red, swollen eyes and painful HA -
ANSWER Add Huang Lian and Huang Qin

Ya Xiao Antagonizes - ANSWER San Leng

Ba Dou Antagonizes - ANSWER Qian Niu Zi

Ding Xiang antagonizes - ANSWER Yu Jin

Wu Tou Antagonizes - ANSWER Xi Jiao

Chi Shi Zhi antagonizes - ANSWER Rou Gui

Hard, heavy, moderate, and bland herbs are usually prescribed in - ANSWER Larger
Doses

Rich-Heavy herbs roots and fruits are usually prescribed in - ANSWER Large Dosage

Leaves, flowers, and aromatic herbs are usually prescribed in - ANSWER Smaller
Doses

Minerals and shells are usually prescribed in - ANSWER Heaviest doses

Toxic, light, and strong tasting herbs are usually prescribed in - ANSWER Smaller
doses

The dosage for Bing Lang that leads to toxic side effect is - ANSWER 60-120g

How is Xing Su San modified for pronounced fever? - ANSWER Add Huang Qin

What to add to modify Gui Pi Tang for very dark menstrual blood - ANSWER Hong
Hua, Mu Dan Pi, Zhi Zi

Chicken is contraindicated with? - ANSWER Excess heat condition

What kind of meat is contraindicated with wind-stroke and with exterior wind cold? -
ANSWER Crab

What is the 8 methods proposed by Cheng Zhong-Ling is best for treating blood stasis?
- ANSWER Reducing

What is the 8 methods proposed by Cheng Zhong-Ling is best for treating phlegm -
ANSWER Reducing

What is the 8 methods proposed by Cheng Zhong-Ling is best for treating Food
stagnation - ANSWER Reducing

Document information

Uploaded on
January 13, 2026
Number of pages
22
Written in
2025/2026
Type
Exam (elaborations)
Contains
Questions & answers
$12.99

Wrong document? Swap it for free Within 14 days of purchase and before downloading, you can choose a different document. You can simply spend the amount again.
Written by students who passed
Immediately available after payment
Read online or as PDF

Sold
4
Followers
0
Items
222
Last sold
2 days ago



Why students choose Stuvia

Created by fellow students, verified by reviews

Quality you can trust: written by students who passed their tests and reviewed by others who've used these notes.

Didn't get what you expected? Choose another document

No worries! You can instantly pick a different document that better fits what you're looking for.

Pay as you like, start learning right away

No subscription, no commitments. Pay the way you're used to via credit card and download your PDF document instantly.

Student with book image

“Bought, downloaded, and aced it. It really can be that simple.”

Alisha Student

Working on your references?

Create accurate citations in APA, MLA and Harvard with our free citation generator.

Working on your references?

Frequently asked questions