NCCAOM- Foundations Exam Questions
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A patient has back pain and night sweats. What is the possible diagnosis - Correct
answer-Kidney yin deficiency
A patient has dizziness, loose stools, scanty menses, and pales sides of tongue.
What is the diagnosis - Correct answer-Spleen and liver blood deficiency
A patient has palpitations mental restlessness, feeling of heat, malar flush and a
peeled red tongue with a redder tip. What is the diagnosis? - Correct answer-Heart
Yin deficiency
Sudden abdominal pain, diarrhea, and cold feelings. What is the diagnosis? -
Correct answer-Cold invading the large intestine
A patient has epigastric fullness, sour regurgitation, thick coating. What is the
diagnosis? - Correct answer-Retention of food in the stomach
A patient has acute edema of the face aversion to wind and superficial slippery
pulse. What is the diagnosis? - Correct answer-Invasion of lungs by wind water
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, A patient has no appetite, fatigue and shortness of breath. What is the diagnosis? -
Correct answer-Spleen and lung yin deficiency
A patient has stabbing pain in the epigastrium, vomiting dark blood. What is the
diagnosis? - Correct answer-Stomach stagnant blood
A patient has palpitations insomnia poor memory and pale tongue. What is the
diagnosis? - Correct answer-Heart blood deficiency
A patient has abdominal pain, tongue ulcers and dark-scanty and painful urination.
What is the diagnosis? - Correct answer-Small Intestine Heat
A patient has frequent pale and copious urination and deep-weak pulse. What is the
diagnosis? - Correct answer-Bladder deficient and cold
A patient has blurred vision, scanty periods, dull and pale complexion and pale
tongue. What is the diagnosis? - Correct answer-Deficient liver blood
A patient has a cold back, profuse and clear urination, pale tongue and a deep
pulse. What is the diagnosis? - Correct answer-Kidney yang deficiency
A patient has hypogastric pain pain referring to genitals and improved with warmth
and deep wiry pulse. What is the diagnosis? - Correct answer-Stagnation of cold in
the liver channel
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and Answers Graded A+
A patient has back pain and night sweats. What is the possible diagnosis - Correct
answer-Kidney yin deficiency
A patient has dizziness, loose stools, scanty menses, and pales sides of tongue.
What is the diagnosis - Correct answer-Spleen and liver blood deficiency
A patient has palpitations mental restlessness, feeling of heat, malar flush and a
peeled red tongue with a redder tip. What is the diagnosis? - Correct answer-Heart
Yin deficiency
Sudden abdominal pain, diarrhea, and cold feelings. What is the diagnosis? -
Correct answer-Cold invading the large intestine
A patient has epigastric fullness, sour regurgitation, thick coating. What is the
diagnosis? - Correct answer-Retention of food in the stomach
A patient has acute edema of the face aversion to wind and superficial slippery
pulse. What is the diagnosis? - Correct answer-Invasion of lungs by wind water
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, A patient has no appetite, fatigue and shortness of breath. What is the diagnosis? -
Correct answer-Spleen and lung yin deficiency
A patient has stabbing pain in the epigastrium, vomiting dark blood. What is the
diagnosis? - Correct answer-Stomach stagnant blood
A patient has palpitations insomnia poor memory and pale tongue. What is the
diagnosis? - Correct answer-Heart blood deficiency
A patient has abdominal pain, tongue ulcers and dark-scanty and painful urination.
What is the diagnosis? - Correct answer-Small Intestine Heat
A patient has frequent pale and copious urination and deep-weak pulse. What is the
diagnosis? - Correct answer-Bladder deficient and cold
A patient has blurred vision, scanty periods, dull and pale complexion and pale
tongue. What is the diagnosis? - Correct answer-Deficient liver blood
A patient has a cold back, profuse and clear urination, pale tongue and a deep
pulse. What is the diagnosis? - Correct answer-Kidney yang deficiency
A patient has hypogastric pain pain referring to genitals and improved with warmth
and deep wiry pulse. What is the diagnosis? - Correct answer-Stagnation of cold in
the liver channel
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