acu quiz s/s, t/p, dx

If the tongue is rolled and contracted, what has happened?
A) Externally contracted pathogenic heat has injured the Liver
B) Externally contracted pathogenic heat has injured the Lungs
C) Externally contracted pathogenic heat has injured the Spleen
D) Externally contracted pathogenic heat has injured the Pericardium

A patient presents with a quivering tongue. What is their diagnosis?
A) Interior Wind
B) Spleen Qi Deficiency
C) Stomach Yin Deficiency
D) Tendency to a heart pattern

A patient presents with mental depression and dullness or incoherent speech, weeping and laughingwithout apparent reason, gurgling with sputum in the throat, sudden collapse and coma. What do youexpect their tongue and pulse to look like?
A) White, sticky tongue coating and a string-taut and rolling pulse
B) Red tongue with a greasy, yellow coating and a rapid pulse
C) Yellow, sticky tongue coating and a rolling, rapid and forceful pulse
D) Pale, sticky tongue and a thready and weak pulse

A patient presents with a stiff tongue. Which TWO diagnoses could this be? PICK TWO ANSWERS.
A) Blood Stasis
B) Deficiency of Body Fluids
C) Interior Wind
D) Tendency to Heat

A patient presents with Kidney Qi Not Firm. What are the key symptoms for this diagnosis?
A) Backache, feeling of cold, abundant clear urination, pale tongue and a deep pulse
B) Weak knees, falling hair, and weak sexual activity
C) Dribbling after urination, chronic vaginal discharge, and backache
D) Shortness of breath on exertion, lower backache, and clear urination

A patient presents with Kidneys and Heart Not Harmonized. What are the key symptoms for thisdiagnosis?
A) Palpitations, mental restlessness, night sweating, tongue without coating. Empty-heat malar flush,feeling of heat especially in the evening, 'feeling hot and bothered', and five palm heat.
B) Palpitations, tinnitus, blurred vision, dry eyes, and tongue without coating
C) Palpitations, dizziness, tinnitus, night sweating. Red tongue with redder tip and midline crackwithout coating.
D) Malar flush, dizziness, tinnitus, feeling of heat in the afternoon, red-peeled tongue

All of the following pulses indicate dampness with qi deficiency except:
A) The pulse that feels feels smooth and flowing like pearls rolling on a dish and is deep andthreadyand hits the fingers without strength
B) The pulse that feels Superficial and thready and hits the fingers without strength
C) Slow with irregular missed beats
D) The pulse that feels like a fine thread but is very distinct and clear

Which one of the following pulses indicate yin deficiency and blood deficiency in patients with aweakbody constitution and a prolonged illness.
A) A pulse that feels smooth and flowing like pearls rolling on a dish.
B) A pulse that feels like a fine thread but is distinct and clear.
C) A pulse that feels hurried and rapid with irregular missed beats.
D) A pulse that feels broad and large but lacks the momentum of roaring waves.

A patient presents with frequent, urgent urination, scorching heat and pain on urination, and possibly sandand stone strangury, dribbling urinary block or bloody urine (possibly accompanied by fever and lumbarpain). They have a red tongue body with yellow and slimy tongue fur and a rolling and rapid pulse. Whatis this patient's diagnosis?
A) Urinary Bladder Phlegm Attack
B) Urinary Bladder Damp Turbidity
C) Urinary Bladder Damp-Heat
D) Heat Obstructing the Urinary Bladder

A patient presents with rumbling intestines, cold pain of the umbilicus and abdomen, clear and thindiarrhea, white and glossy tongue fur and a moderate pulse. What is this patient's diagnosis?
A) Damp-Cold Stagnating in the Spleen and Stomach
B) Large Intestine Cold (yes, there's a difference between this and Cold Invading the Large Intestine)
C) Cold invading the Large Intestine
D) Large Intestine Cold-Damp

A tongue that is weak in motion indicates all of the following conditions except:
A) Extreme deficiency of blood
B) Spleen and Kidney Yang deficiency
C) Consumption of yin fluid depriving the tongue of nourishment
D) Extreme deficiency of qi

All of the following pulses could indicate damp disorders or phlegm retention except:
A) A pulse that feels rough and uneven and hits the fingers without strength.
B) A pulse that feels hurried and rapid with irregularly missed beats.
C) A pulse that feels taut, straight and long giving the feeling of a violin string.
D) A pulse that is superficial and thready and hits the fingers without strength.

A patient presents with malar flush, night sweating, and a heat sensation in the chest, palms and soles.Their tongue is red with little coating and their pulse is thready and rapid. What additional signs andsymptoms would they need to present with in order for you to diagnose them with Liver and Kidney YinDeficiency?
A) Dry throat, blurred vision, dry eyes, numbness or tingling of the limbs, hypertension,headache,tremor, tinnitus, dizziness, and tinnitus.
B) Dry throat, spermatorrhea in dreams, soreness in the lumbar region, tinnitus, dizziness, poormemory, palpitations, insomnia, and mental restlessness.
C) Dry throat, blurred vision, soreness and weakness of the lumbar region and knee joints, nocturnalemission, tinnitus, and deafness.
D) Dry throat, constipation, yellow urine, nocturnal emission, soreness and weakness of the lumarregion and knee joints, insomnia, poor memory, tinnitus, and deafness.