NCCAOM Herbs Practice Test
2025 – Complete Study Guide
real exam!!!
1. The most appropriate herbal combination for descending and ascending Lung Qi to relieve cough and
wheezing is Jie Geng and? - ANSWER ✔---Chai Hu
2. Which herb can be processed with bovine bile in order to enhance its phlegm-dissolving and heat-
clearing effects? - ANSWER ✔---Tian Nan Xing
3. Which formula is the most appropriate to treat a patient with chronic diarrhea due to gastrointestinal
dysfunction, abdominal pain relieved by pressure and heat, tiredness, a pale tongue with a white
coating, and a slow, thin pulse? - ANSWER ✔---Zhen Ren Yang Zang Tang
Syndrome:
-Colon Deficiency with Slippery Prolapse. Chronic diarrhea.
-Dysenteric disorders with unremitting diarrhea.
, -Sp & Kd yang xu.
Indication:
chronic diarrhea, loss of bowel control, abd. pain relieved by palpation and warmth.
4. Which one of the following formulas is best for a cough due to Phlegm-Heat? - ANSWER ✔---Qing
Qi Hua Tan Wan
5. A patient complains of diarrhea, borborygmus, abdominal cramping, and urgency. The tongue has a
thin coating and the pulse is wiry. What is the best formula to use? - ANSWER ✔---Tong Xie Yao
Fang
(Important Formula for Painful Diarrhea)
Dx: Abdominal pain and Diarrhea caused by SP Xu and Liver excess.
Indication: Borborygmus, diarrhea w/ ST pain after, painful abdomen, pain persists after defecation.
6. Which one of the following herbs can promote urination and drain Kidney Fire? - ANSWER ✔---Ze
Xie
*Especially useful for Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao.
CAT: Drain Dampness (Diuretics)
Action:
-Promotes urination and leaches out Dampness: Stagnation due to Dampness with urinary difficulty,
painful urinary dysfunction, diarrhea and dizziness.
- Settles Ministerial Fire in the Kidneys by draining Damp-Heat from the lower Jiao: Spermatorrhea due
to Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao disturbing the ministerial Fire of the Kidneys.
-Drains Kidney Fire: Kidney Yin Deficiency with Fire Rising.
7. The function of Gui Zhi within the formula Wu Ling San is to: - ANSWER ✔---Assist the Bladder in
transwerforming and discharging urine
2025 – Complete Study Guide
real exam!!!
1. The most appropriate herbal combination for descending and ascending Lung Qi to relieve cough and
wheezing is Jie Geng and? - ANSWER ✔---Chai Hu
2. Which herb can be processed with bovine bile in order to enhance its phlegm-dissolving and heat-
clearing effects? - ANSWER ✔---Tian Nan Xing
3. Which formula is the most appropriate to treat a patient with chronic diarrhea due to gastrointestinal
dysfunction, abdominal pain relieved by pressure and heat, tiredness, a pale tongue with a white
coating, and a slow, thin pulse? - ANSWER ✔---Zhen Ren Yang Zang Tang
Syndrome:
-Colon Deficiency with Slippery Prolapse. Chronic diarrhea.
-Dysenteric disorders with unremitting diarrhea.
, -Sp & Kd yang xu.
Indication:
chronic diarrhea, loss of bowel control, abd. pain relieved by palpation and warmth.
4. Which one of the following formulas is best for a cough due to Phlegm-Heat? - ANSWER ✔---Qing
Qi Hua Tan Wan
5. A patient complains of diarrhea, borborygmus, abdominal cramping, and urgency. The tongue has a
thin coating and the pulse is wiry. What is the best formula to use? - ANSWER ✔---Tong Xie Yao
Fang
(Important Formula for Painful Diarrhea)
Dx: Abdominal pain and Diarrhea caused by SP Xu and Liver excess.
Indication: Borborygmus, diarrhea w/ ST pain after, painful abdomen, pain persists after defecation.
6. Which one of the following herbs can promote urination and drain Kidney Fire? - ANSWER ✔---Ze
Xie
*Especially useful for Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao.
CAT: Drain Dampness (Diuretics)
Action:
-Promotes urination and leaches out Dampness: Stagnation due to Dampness with urinary difficulty,
painful urinary dysfunction, diarrhea and dizziness.
- Settles Ministerial Fire in the Kidneys by draining Damp-Heat from the lower Jiao: Spermatorrhea due
to Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao disturbing the ministerial Fire of the Kidneys.
-Drains Kidney Fire: Kidney Yin Deficiency with Fire Rising.
7. The function of Gui Zhi within the formula Wu Ling San is to: - ANSWER ✔---Assist the Bladder in
transwerforming and discharging urine
