NCCAOM HERBS COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
◉Large rhizomes with a compact soft texture and a yellowish white
cross section that has a slight greenish tinge . Answer: Zhi Mu
◉Compact center and a yellowish brown surface . Answer: Bai Wei
◉Dry yellow green stems with dark green leaves, intense fragrance .
Answer: Qing Hao
◉Thick, uniform, yellow, glossy pieces . Answer: Lu Gen
◉Thick, white, starchy quills, strong aroma . Answer: Mu Dan Pi
◉Yellowish white roots with a powdery cross section . Answer: Ban
Lan Gen
◉Big green leaves with few stalks and without roots or spikes . Answer:
Dan Zhu Ye
,◉Big, thick, solid, heavy roots with a thin outer bark . Answer: Xuan
Shen
◉Blackish green . Answer: Lian Qiao
◉Thick and clean dark with a light yellow cross section, fine
longitudinal striation . Answer: Huang Bai
◉Thin outer bark and a black shiny cross section . Answer: Sheng Di
Huang
◉Big white pure pieces with a fibrous structure . Answer: Shi Gao
◉Unfragmented, yellow flower buds that are just opening . Answer: Jin
Yin Hua
◉Light brown outer bark and a powdery texture . Answer: Tu Fu Ling
◉Reddish brown, long spikes with short stalks and without leaves .
Answer: Xia Ku Cao
◉Yellowish green and has dry long roots . Answer: Bai Jiang Cao
, ◉Has many grayish green leaves and thick roots . Answer: Pu Gong
Ying
◉Color rages from pale yellow to light brown . Answer: Shui Niu Jiao
◉Soft yellow texture and an extremely bitter taste . Answer: Long Dan
Cao
◉Surface that is yellow or yellowish brown, with a golden yellow cross
section, with an extremely bitter taste . Answer: Huang Lian
◉Long quills with a thin and smooth cork . Answer: Qin Pi
◉Large, heavy, white, and powdery roots . Answer: Tian Hua Fen
◉Reddish yellow full fruits with thin pericarp . Answer: Zhi Zi
◉Yellowish white surface, hairy roots, has the coarse outer skin
removed . Answer: Ze Xie
◉Dark grey or black and grossy . Answer: Ci Shi
2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
◉Large rhizomes with a compact soft texture and a yellowish white
cross section that has a slight greenish tinge . Answer: Zhi Mu
◉Compact center and a yellowish brown surface . Answer: Bai Wei
◉Dry yellow green stems with dark green leaves, intense fragrance .
Answer: Qing Hao
◉Thick, uniform, yellow, glossy pieces . Answer: Lu Gen
◉Thick, white, starchy quills, strong aroma . Answer: Mu Dan Pi
◉Yellowish white roots with a powdery cross section . Answer: Ban
Lan Gen
◉Big green leaves with few stalks and without roots or spikes . Answer:
Dan Zhu Ye
,◉Big, thick, solid, heavy roots with a thin outer bark . Answer: Xuan
Shen
◉Blackish green . Answer: Lian Qiao
◉Thick and clean dark with a light yellow cross section, fine
longitudinal striation . Answer: Huang Bai
◉Thin outer bark and a black shiny cross section . Answer: Sheng Di
Huang
◉Big white pure pieces with a fibrous structure . Answer: Shi Gao
◉Unfragmented, yellow flower buds that are just opening . Answer: Jin
Yin Hua
◉Light brown outer bark and a powdery texture . Answer: Tu Fu Ling
◉Reddish brown, long spikes with short stalks and without leaves .
Answer: Xia Ku Cao
◉Yellowish green and has dry long roots . Answer: Bai Jiang Cao
, ◉Has many grayish green leaves and thick roots . Answer: Pu Gong
Ying
◉Color rages from pale yellow to light brown . Answer: Shui Niu Jiao
◉Soft yellow texture and an extremely bitter taste . Answer: Long Dan
Cao
◉Surface that is yellow or yellowish brown, with a golden yellow cross
section, with an extremely bitter taste . Answer: Huang Lian
◉Long quills with a thin and smooth cork . Answer: Qin Pi
◉Large, heavy, white, and powdery roots . Answer: Tian Hua Fen
◉Reddish yellow full fruits with thin pericarp . Answer: Zhi Zi
◉Yellowish white surface, hairy roots, has the coarse outer skin
removed . Answer: Ze Xie
◉Dark grey or black and grossy . Answer: Ci Shi
