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What Tissue state has the symptoms of an increased risk of infection, blood perfusion, necrosis, low metabolism and a blue tongue?

• Heat

• Dry

• Cold

• Lax

What type of tissue state problem can you create if you over use Astringents for laxity?

• Heat

• Congested

• Constricted

• Dry

For the dry tissue state what nutrient is needed for lipids to pass through a dry boundary?

• Sodium

• Water

• Protein

• Vitamin E

What best describes a Throphorestorative Tonic herb?

• A herb that if used correctly and for long enough will provide a long lasting change in tissue vitality.

• A herb that even used in energetic small doses creates change.

• A relaxing herb that promotes harmony.

• A herb that improves cortisol usage.

Why is it hard to read your patients ANS balance through behaviour?

• Because people don't want to appear weak.

• Because within a few seconds their societal conditioning masks the sub-conscious drives.

• Because the waking mind forces the sub-conscious to be subservient to the conscious.

• Because everyone is different and there is no pattern of ANS behaviour.

What is the main differences between Active and Passive Sympathetic deficiency?

• Basically the age of the patient.

• Treatment options, Active deficiency patients need lots of adrenal loving adaptogens, whilst Passive deficiency patients need tonics.

• Passive patients are often much younger and need more tentative care.

• Active doesn't include adrenal deficiency, its often in younger people, and you can use much more pushy herbs than with Passive deficiency.

Whats do Neurasthenia and Passive Sympathetic Deficiency have in common

• They both effect the elderly more than the young.

• They both can have either a lowered sympathetic neural tone, adrenal deficiency or even both.

• They both must include both adrenal fatigue and sympathetic deficiency.

• They both force the parasympathetic to become agressive.

Which treatments would you use for Parasympathetic deficiency?

• Parasympathetic drainers to see if you can force the homeostatic control to respond.

• Panax and Capsicum.

• Sympathetic drainers and Adaptogens.

• Astringents, Diaphoretics, blood tonics, Adaptogens, general tonics, Antimicrobials, etc

Assuming the BP assessment is accurate, what would your ANS diagnosis of a relaxed but shy 36 year old male, with abundant energy, be when you get this BP reading, 110/ 98

• Sympathetic excess and parasympathetic excess.

• Parasympathetic excess only.

• Active Sympathetic deficiency and Parasympathetic excess.

• Neurasthenia and Parasympathetic excess.

Assuming the BP assessment is accurate, what would your ANS diagnosis of a relaxed but weary 66 year old male, with very limited energy, be when you get this BP reading, 106/ 78

• Passive sympathetic deficiency and parasympathetic excess.

• Passive sympathetic deficiency only.

• Nothing wrong.

• Neurasthenia and Parasympathetic excess.