Medication rule of Zhan Qiang in treatment of lumbago with Qi stagnation and blood stasis based on the theory of"equilibrium of Yin-Yang"
Objective:To investigate the medication rule of Zhan Qiang in the treatment of lumbago with Qi stagnation and blood stasis based on the theory of"equilibrium of Yin-Yang".Methods:Outpatient medical records were collected from the patients with lumbago with Qi stagnation and blood stasis who were treated by Professor Zhan Qiang from December 1,2022 to May 1,2023.A database was established,and Excel,SPSS Modeler,and SPSS Statis-tics were used to perform frequency statistics,association rule analysis,and cluster analysis.Results:A total of 241 prescriptions were included,and 21 high-frequency traditional Chinese medicine drugs were obtained,with the top 5 drugs of Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata,jujube,Angelica sinensis,Liquidambaris Fructus,and Rhizoma Chuanxiong.Most drugs were warm,neutral or cold in nature and had a sweet,pungent or bitter taste,and they mainly entered the liver,spleen,and kidney meridians.A total of 21 binomial association rules were obtained,and 9 categories were ob-tained by the cluster analysis.Core prescriptions involved Angelica sinensis,Rhizoma Chuanxiong,Liquidambaris Fruc-tus,Astragalus membranaceus,Eucommia ulmoides,Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata,and jujube.Conclusion:Professor Zhan Qiang focuses on the method of equilibrium of Yin-Yang during medication for lumbago with Qi stagnation and blood stasis,with Qi-blood taken as a priority.Most drugs have the functions of moving Qi and activating blood,and the drugs for warming the kidney and tonifying the liver are also used to nourish both physical and mental aspects.
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