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Exam Syllabus
Four natures (temperature) and five flavors of individual herbs | Channel tropism and directional actions (lifting, floating, descending) | Classification of herbs by functional category (e.g., release exterior, tonify, drain damp)
Roles of sovereign, minister, assistant, and envoy herbs within classic formulas | Indications and functional themes of representative classical formulas | Rational modification of base formulas for presenting variations
Matching treatment principles to differentiated patterns (wind-heat, qi stagnation, blood stasis, phlegm) | Pattern identification from sign and symptom clusters including tongue and pulse | Selecting the appropriate formula class for the identified pattern
Herb–drug interaction principles and herbs requiring caution with pharmaceuticals | Contraindications in pregnancy, before surgery, and in special populations | Toxicity, dosage limits, and correct processing or preparation of hazardous herbs
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FAQ
The certification body name used in current materials is NCBAHM, and many candidates still know the prior NCCAOM name. Confirm the current credential name, eligibility pathway, and application rules directly with NCBAHM before you apply or schedule.
No. It is a focused knowledge and application check covering a sample of the four domains. It does not reproduce official item counts, timing, scoring, or the full breadth of the certification examination. Use it to find weak links, then practice full-length decision-making in your own study plan.
Memorize a compact core: category prototypes, key nature-flavor-channel combinations, representative formula architecture, and major pattern discriminators. Reason through the rest using mechanism chains. If you know why an herb or formula fits a pattern, you can handle unfamiliar combinations better than by memorizing isolated lists.
Safety is integrated into herb selection, formula modification, and case follow-up. It includes pregnancy, surgery, bleeding risk, anticoagulants, organ function, toxic herbs, raw versus prepared forms, storage and contamination, documentation, red flags, and referral. The questions avoid dosing recipes and unsupervised preparation instructions.
Confirm those administrative and scoring details with NCBAHM. Certification rules and state licensure scope can change, and this guide does not state an official fee, pass mark, item count, time limit, or guaranteed outcome. Your state board is the source for jurisdiction-specific practice scope.
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