Medication rule of the doctors in Qing Dynasty in treatment of edema:An analysis based on Chinese Medical Classics
Objective:To investigate the medication and compatibility rules of the doctors in Qing Dynasty in the treatment of edema by analyzing the contents associated with edema in Chinese Medical Classics.Methods:The medical records in Chinese Medical Classics were searched to obtain the works on the treatment of edema by the doctors in Qing Dynasty.SPSS Modeler 18.0 was used to perform the association rule analysis,and SPSS 21.0 was used to perform a cluster analysis of high-frequency drugs.Results:A total of 280 prescriptions and 44 medical works were obtained,involving 260 traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)drugs,among which there were 34 drugs with a frequency of ≥21.Most drugs were warm or neutral in nature and had a pungent,bitter or sweet taste,and they mainly entered the lung,spleen,and kidney meridians.The drugs with the highest frequency of use were diure-sis-inducing and dampness-draining drugs,deficiency-tonifying drugs,and Qi-regulating drugs.Alisma orientalis-Polyporus umbellatus and Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz.-Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata were high-frequen-cy drug combinations.The cluster analysis obtained 7 core prescriptions.Conclusion:In the treatment of edema,the doctors in Qing Dynasty focus on tonification and purgation in combination and mainly use diuresis-inducing and dampness-draining prescriptions,giving consideration to strengthening the spleen and regulating Qi,tonifying the spleen and kidney,and facilitating the flow of lung Qi and relieving exterior syndrome.
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