NBCE ACUPUNCTURE EXAM
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ general dampness manifestations. Answer: feeling of heaviness, poor
appetite, feeling of fullness, sticky taste, urinary difficulty, vag
discharge, sticky tongue coat, slippery soggy pulse, affects the lower
body first
⩥ invasion of dampness may affect. Answer: bladder, intestines,
stomach, uterus, and/or gall bladder
⩥ dryness is which type of pathogenic factor. Answer: yang
⩥ dampness is which type of pathogenic factor. Answer: yin
⩥ wind is which type of pathogenic factor. Answer: yang
⩥ internal causes of dryness. Answer: excess eating of dry food,
irregular eating, excessive use of voice, excessive sexual activity,
tabacco smoking
,⩥ the nature of fire. Answer: rise to the head, dry fluids, injure blood
and yin, cause bleeding, affect the mind
⩥ full fire vs empty fire. Answer: full is all the time
empty is mostly pm
⩥ greater yang stage. Answer: aversion to cold, headache and stiff neck,
floating pulse
⩥ bright yang channel pattern. Answer: high fever, profuse sweating,
intense thirst, red face, feeling of heat, irritability, delerium, red tongue
with yellow coating, overflowing rapid pulse
⩥ bright yang organ pattern. Answer: high fever worse in pm, profuse
sweating, sweating of limbs, abdominal fullness and pain, constipation,
dry stools, thirst, dark urine, red tongue with thick yellow coat, deep full
slippery rapid pulse
⩥ clinical manifestations of lesser yang. Answer: alternations of
hot/cold, bitter taste, dry throat, blurred vision, hypochondrial
fullness/distension, no desire to eat/drink, irritability, nausea, vomiting,
unilateral thin white tongue coat, wiry-fine pulse
⩥ clinical manifestations of greater yin. Answer: pathology of spleen
yang deficiency, abdominal fullness, feeling cold, vomiting, no appetite,
,diahrhea, no thirst, tiredness, pale tongue with sticky white coat, deep-
weak-slow pulse
⩥ clinical manifestations of lesser yin cold transformation. Answer:
pathology of kidney yang deficiency, chills, feeling of cold, lying with
body curled, listlessness, desire to sleep, cold limbs, diaherhea, no thirst,
frequent pale urination, pale and wet tongue with white coat, deep weak
slow pulse
⩥ clinical manifestations of lesser yin heat transformation. Answer:
pathology of kidney yin deficiency, feeling of heat, irritability, insomnia,
dry mouth and throat at night, dark urine, night sweat, red tongue w/o
coating, fine-rapid pulse
⩥ clinical manifestations of terminal yin. Answer: persistent thirst,
feeling of energy rising to the chest, pain/heat sensation in heart region,
hungry but no desire to eat, cold limbs, diahrhea, vomiting, vomiting of
roundworms, wiry pulse
⩥ Manifestations of empty heat. Answer: Feeling of heat in the pm, dry
mouth w/ desire for small sips,Dry throat at night, night sweating,
feeling of heat in chest, palms and sides. Dry stool, scanty dark urine,
floating - empty and rapid pulse, red tongue w/o coating
*get from our work and/or irregular eating.
, ⩥ manifestations of full heat. Answer: Thirst, feeling of heat, mental
restlessness, red face , dry stools, scanty dark urine, rapid - full pulse,
red tongue with yellow coating.
⩥ exterior cold pattern. Answer: slight fever, pronounced aversion to
cold, severe aches in the body, severe stiff neck, no sweating, no thirst,
floating - tight pulse, thin white tongue coating.
⩥ exterior heat pattern. Answer: Aversion to cold
fever
slight sweating
thirst
floating - rapid pulse
thin white coating on tongue sometimes with redness.
⩥ Exterior full pattern. Answer: fever
no sweating
severe body aches
aversion to cold
floating tight pulse w/ thin white tongue coating
⩥ exterior EMPTY pattern. Answer: Slight or no fever
Sweating
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ general dampness manifestations. Answer: feeling of heaviness, poor
appetite, feeling of fullness, sticky taste, urinary difficulty, vag
discharge, sticky tongue coat, slippery soggy pulse, affects the lower
body first
⩥ invasion of dampness may affect. Answer: bladder, intestines,
stomach, uterus, and/or gall bladder
⩥ dryness is which type of pathogenic factor. Answer: yang
⩥ dampness is which type of pathogenic factor. Answer: yin
⩥ wind is which type of pathogenic factor. Answer: yang
⩥ internal causes of dryness. Answer: excess eating of dry food,
irregular eating, excessive use of voice, excessive sexual activity,
tabacco smoking
,⩥ the nature of fire. Answer: rise to the head, dry fluids, injure blood
and yin, cause bleeding, affect the mind
⩥ full fire vs empty fire. Answer: full is all the time
empty is mostly pm
⩥ greater yang stage. Answer: aversion to cold, headache and stiff neck,
floating pulse
⩥ bright yang channel pattern. Answer: high fever, profuse sweating,
intense thirst, red face, feeling of heat, irritability, delerium, red tongue
with yellow coating, overflowing rapid pulse
⩥ bright yang organ pattern. Answer: high fever worse in pm, profuse
sweating, sweating of limbs, abdominal fullness and pain, constipation,
dry stools, thirst, dark urine, red tongue with thick yellow coat, deep full
slippery rapid pulse
⩥ clinical manifestations of lesser yang. Answer: alternations of
hot/cold, bitter taste, dry throat, blurred vision, hypochondrial
fullness/distension, no desire to eat/drink, irritability, nausea, vomiting,
unilateral thin white tongue coat, wiry-fine pulse
⩥ clinical manifestations of greater yin. Answer: pathology of spleen
yang deficiency, abdominal fullness, feeling cold, vomiting, no appetite,
,diahrhea, no thirst, tiredness, pale tongue with sticky white coat, deep-
weak-slow pulse
⩥ clinical manifestations of lesser yin cold transformation. Answer:
pathology of kidney yang deficiency, chills, feeling of cold, lying with
body curled, listlessness, desire to sleep, cold limbs, diaherhea, no thirst,
frequent pale urination, pale and wet tongue with white coat, deep weak
slow pulse
⩥ clinical manifestations of lesser yin heat transformation. Answer:
pathology of kidney yin deficiency, feeling of heat, irritability, insomnia,
dry mouth and throat at night, dark urine, night sweat, red tongue w/o
coating, fine-rapid pulse
⩥ clinical manifestations of terminal yin. Answer: persistent thirst,
feeling of energy rising to the chest, pain/heat sensation in heart region,
hungry but no desire to eat, cold limbs, diahrhea, vomiting, vomiting of
roundworms, wiry pulse
⩥ Manifestations of empty heat. Answer: Feeling of heat in the pm, dry
mouth w/ desire for small sips,Dry throat at night, night sweating,
feeling of heat in chest, palms and sides. Dry stool, scanty dark urine,
floating - empty and rapid pulse, red tongue w/o coating
*get from our work and/or irregular eating.
, ⩥ manifestations of full heat. Answer: Thirst, feeling of heat, mental
restlessness, red face , dry stools, scanty dark urine, rapid - full pulse,
red tongue with yellow coating.
⩥ exterior cold pattern. Answer: slight fever, pronounced aversion to
cold, severe aches in the body, severe stiff neck, no sweating, no thirst,
floating - tight pulse, thin white tongue coating.
⩥ exterior heat pattern. Answer: Aversion to cold
fever
slight sweating
thirst
floating - rapid pulse
thin white coating on tongue sometimes with redness.
⩥ Exterior full pattern. Answer: fever
no sweating
severe body aches
aversion to cold
floating tight pulse w/ thin white tongue coating
⩥ exterior EMPTY pattern. Answer: Slight or no fever
Sweating
