TCM 111 – ACTUAL EXAM 2025|2026
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY GRADED A+
What 5 full conditions will cause pain? - CORRECT ANSWERS - 1. invasion of
exterior pathogenic factors
2. interior cold or heat
3. stagnation of qi or blood
4. retention of food
5. obstruction by phlegm
What empty conditions will cause pain? - CORRECT ANSWERS - 1. deficiency of
qi and blood
2. consumption of blood fluids from yin deficiency
What is the pain characteristic and location for:
stagnation of qi - CORRECT ANSWERS - 1. distension more than pain or
distending pain
2. no fixed location (usually in the epigastrium and abdomen
What is the pain characteristic and location for:
stasis of blood - CORRECT ANSWERS - 1. severe boring or stabbing pain, fixed
location in a small area.
2. can affect the head, chest, epigastrium, abdomen, and uterus
What is the pain characteristic and location for:
liver-yang rising - CORRECT ANSWERS - 1. distend throbbing pain
, 2. usually affects the head
What is the pain characteristic and location for:
cold - CORRECT ANSWERS - 1. cramping spastic pain that is aggravated by
cold and alleviated by heat
2. Can affect the epigastrium, abdomen, hypochondrium, hypogastrium, uterus,
bladder, and joints
Name this pattern:
1. can be accompanied by dampness
2. causes burning pain with fullness and heaviness
3. can affect the forehead, epigastrium, abdomen, hypochondrium, hypogastrium,
uterus, and bladder - CORRECT ANSWERS - heat
Name this pattern:
1. intense pain and includes the feeling of fullness
2. affects the epigastrium and abdomen - CORRECT ANSWERS - retention of
food
What is the pain characteristic and location for:
phlegm - CORRECT ANSWERS - 1. feeling of heaviness
2. affects the joints, head, epigastrium, and abdomen
What is the pain characteristic and location for:
external wind - CORRECT ANSWERS - 1. causes occipital headaches and
stiffness
Name this pattern
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY GRADED A+
What 5 full conditions will cause pain? - CORRECT ANSWERS - 1. invasion of
exterior pathogenic factors
2. interior cold or heat
3. stagnation of qi or blood
4. retention of food
5. obstruction by phlegm
What empty conditions will cause pain? - CORRECT ANSWERS - 1. deficiency of
qi and blood
2. consumption of blood fluids from yin deficiency
What is the pain characteristic and location for:
stagnation of qi - CORRECT ANSWERS - 1. distension more than pain or
distending pain
2. no fixed location (usually in the epigastrium and abdomen
What is the pain characteristic and location for:
stasis of blood - CORRECT ANSWERS - 1. severe boring or stabbing pain, fixed
location in a small area.
2. can affect the head, chest, epigastrium, abdomen, and uterus
What is the pain characteristic and location for:
liver-yang rising - CORRECT ANSWERS - 1. distend throbbing pain
, 2. usually affects the head
What is the pain characteristic and location for:
cold - CORRECT ANSWERS - 1. cramping spastic pain that is aggravated by
cold and alleviated by heat
2. Can affect the epigastrium, abdomen, hypochondrium, hypogastrium, uterus,
bladder, and joints
Name this pattern:
1. can be accompanied by dampness
2. causes burning pain with fullness and heaviness
3. can affect the forehead, epigastrium, abdomen, hypochondrium, hypogastrium,
uterus, and bladder - CORRECT ANSWERS - heat
Name this pattern:
1. intense pain and includes the feeling of fullness
2. affects the epigastrium and abdomen - CORRECT ANSWERS - retention of
food
What is the pain characteristic and location for:
phlegm - CORRECT ANSWERS - 1. feeling of heaviness
2. affects the joints, head, epigastrium, and abdomen
What is the pain characteristic and location for:
external wind - CORRECT ANSWERS - 1. causes occipital headaches and
stiffness
Name this pattern
