NMT100 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Lemon Balm - CORRECT ANSWERS Mellisa officinalis
Carminative - CORRECT ANSWERS Facilitating eructation of gas from stomach
Damp Laxity - CORRECT ANSWERS tissues lack tone, unable to hold fluids that are runny,
pale cool moist skin
Damp Stagnation - CORRECT ANSWERS excess fluids not moving - poor waste excretion
dry atrophy - CORRECT ANSWERS lack of fluid, dry rough skin, dry narrow tongue,
constipation
TCM Wind Cold - CORRECT ANSWERS aversion to wind/cold, chills, sneezing, cough with
white discharge, runny nose with white discharge, body stiffness
Wind Heat - CORRECT ANSWERS aversion to wind/heat, sneezing, fever, cough with
yellow discharge, runny nose with mucous, itchy or sore throat
internal wind - CORRECT ANSWERS tremors, tics, itchy, dizziness, convulsions
cold - CORRECT ANSWERS contracts and congeals, clear discharge, injures yang
cold symptoms - CORRECT ANSWERS sleepiness, pain improved with heat, slow pulse,
craves warmth, loose stool, pale, lack of thirst
, heat - CORRECT ANSWERS yang in nature, blazes upwards, drying
heat symptoms - CORRECT ANSWERS high fever, redness, thirst, constipation, rapid
anything, yellow tongue
dampness symptoms - CORRECT ANSWERS excess of yin, lack of movement, heavy and
slow, tongue has a sticky coat, swollen
Full Heat - CORRECT ANSWERS high fever, bitter taste, desire to drink cold, whole face
red, restless and agitated, full pulse, abdominal pain
empty heat - CORRECT ANSWERS malar flush, drink in small sips, no bitter taste, low fever,
dry stools, no abdominal pain
how to treat full heat - CORRECT ANSWERS clear heat
how to treat empty heat - CORRECT ANSWERS nourish yin, clear empty heat
full cold - CORRECT ANSWERS bright white face, sharp pain worse with pressure, full tight
deep pulse, thick white coating on tongue
Empty Heat - CORRECT ANSWERS dull white face, pain is dull but better with pressure,
thin white coating on tongue
normalizers/tonics - CORRECT ANSWERS nourish the body, support natural process of
growth, health and renewal
CORRECT ANSWERS
Lemon Balm - CORRECT ANSWERS Mellisa officinalis
Carminative - CORRECT ANSWERS Facilitating eructation of gas from stomach
Damp Laxity - CORRECT ANSWERS tissues lack tone, unable to hold fluids that are runny,
pale cool moist skin
Damp Stagnation - CORRECT ANSWERS excess fluids not moving - poor waste excretion
dry atrophy - CORRECT ANSWERS lack of fluid, dry rough skin, dry narrow tongue,
constipation
TCM Wind Cold - CORRECT ANSWERS aversion to wind/cold, chills, sneezing, cough with
white discharge, runny nose with white discharge, body stiffness
Wind Heat - CORRECT ANSWERS aversion to wind/heat, sneezing, fever, cough with
yellow discharge, runny nose with mucous, itchy or sore throat
internal wind - CORRECT ANSWERS tremors, tics, itchy, dizziness, convulsions
cold - CORRECT ANSWERS contracts and congeals, clear discharge, injures yang
cold symptoms - CORRECT ANSWERS sleepiness, pain improved with heat, slow pulse,
craves warmth, loose stool, pale, lack of thirst
, heat - CORRECT ANSWERS yang in nature, blazes upwards, drying
heat symptoms - CORRECT ANSWERS high fever, redness, thirst, constipation, rapid
anything, yellow tongue
dampness symptoms - CORRECT ANSWERS excess of yin, lack of movement, heavy and
slow, tongue has a sticky coat, swollen
Full Heat - CORRECT ANSWERS high fever, bitter taste, desire to drink cold, whole face
red, restless and agitated, full pulse, abdominal pain
empty heat - CORRECT ANSWERS malar flush, drink in small sips, no bitter taste, low fever,
dry stools, no abdominal pain
how to treat full heat - CORRECT ANSWERS clear heat
how to treat empty heat - CORRECT ANSWERS nourish yin, clear empty heat
full cold - CORRECT ANSWERS bright white face, sharp pain worse with pressure, full tight
deep pulse, thick white coating on tongue
Empty Heat - CORRECT ANSWERS dull white face, pain is dull but better with pressure,
thin white coating on tongue
normalizers/tonics - CORRECT ANSWERS nourish the body, support natural process of
growth, health and renewal
