Analysis on Composition Principles of Prescriptions for Sequela of Apoplexy by Traditional Chinese Medicine Inheritance Platform / 世界科学技术-中医药现代化

ABSTRACT

This study was aimed to analyze the composition principles of prescriptions for sequela of apoplexy collected in the CNKI by the Traditional Chinese Medicine Inheritance Platform (TCMIP), in order to provide a reference for clinical selection of medication. Prescriptions for the sequela of apoplexy treatment in CNKI were collected. Based on the TCMIP, the medication rules of prescription were analyzed by data mining method after data entry. A total of 190 prescriptions involving 204 herbs for sequela of apoplexy treatment were screened and studied. The herbs for blood-activating andqi-tonifying were used with higher frequency. There were 36 commonly used herbal pairs. The herb pair of Dang-Gui(Radix Angelicae Sinensis) andHuang-Qi (Radix Astragali) was with the highest frequency. The herbal combination with three types of herbs wasDi-Long (Pheretima),Dang-Gui andHuang-Qi. The herbal combination with four types of herbs wasChuan-Xiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong),Di-Long,Dang-Gui andHuang-Qi. The analysis on association rule showed thatChuan-Xiong,Dang-Gui,Tao-Ren (Semen Persicae),Hong-Hua(Flos carthami) andHuang-Qiwere often combined with each other. A total of 48 core combinations and 11 new prescriptions were mined. It was concluded that the prescriptions for sequela of apoplexy were mainly composed with herbs for blood-activating,qi-tonifying and collateral-dredging. According to the flavor and meridian tropism theory of Chinese medicine, the herbal medication selection in the prescription was mostly warm and hot in nature, sweet and pungent flavor, and the meridian tropism of the liver and spleen meridian.