ABSTRACT
Objective: To study the experience of famous old Traditional Chinese Medicine doctors of Jiangsu, Zhejiangand Shanghai in applying medicinal paste according to the deconstruction analysis of the medical cases formed by miningthe linked data of original cases on the basis of TCM features. Methods: To apply a deconstruction analysis to thesedoctors. medical cases with the quantifiable trend data on the data processing platform of Medcase. Results: This studycollected 472 medical visits, 250 pathogenesis elements, 400 therapies and 529 kinds of herbs. Conclusion: The medicinal pastes are applied by these famous doctors to treat commonly seen consumptive diseases, namely to intervenesub-health status. The chief core indications are lassitude, poor sleep, lumbar soreness and poor appetite; the relatedtongue and pulse conditions are thin or white tongue coating, red or pale tongue proper, and a thready or wiry pulse; thechief pathogenesis elements are deficiency of the liver and kidney, and deficiency of the spleen and kidney; thefrequently used herbs are Radix Astragali seu Hedysari, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Poria, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Paeoniae, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, etc. The prescriptions for medicinal pastesare made by modifying several basic formulas including Sijunzi Decoction, Siwu Decoction, Bazhen Decoction, DangguiBuxue Decoction, Liuwei Dihuang Pills, and Shengmai Decoction. The common excipients for pastes are Ejiao, rockcandy, Guibanjiao, Lujiaojio, etc. The guide for making the pastes are combined therapies, such as regulating both qi andblood, tonifying both yin and yang, and treating both deficiency and excess.