Oral administration and medication rule of anti-aging prescriptions in Chinese medical classics
Objective:To investigate the oral administration and medication rule of anti-aging prescriptions in Chinese medical classics.Methods:The prescriptions with anti-aging function in Chinese medical classics were collected from Traditional Chinese Medicine Zhiku Digital Library,and Microsoft Excel 2016 was used for frequency statistics of dosage form of prescriptions,excipients,medium for oral administration,and temperature for oral admin-istration to summarize the medication rules.Results:A total of 112 prescriptions were included,involving 282 tradi-tional Chinese medicine drugs in total.The drugs with a high frequency of use were mostly deficiency-tonifying herbs with a warm nature and a sweet taste,and the drugs mainly entered the kidney meridian.Most prescriptions had a dosage form of pills.The total frequency of use of excipients was 123 times,with honey,wine,and malt as the most common excipients.There were 21 media for oral administration,with a total frequency of 159 times,among which wine had highest frequency of 82 times.Most drugs were taken at a warm temperature.The cluster analysis and the association rule analysis obtained 3 clusters and 15 drug combinations.Conclusion:Deficiency-tonifying herbs are mainly used in anti-aging prescriptions,especially the drugs for tonifying the liver and the kidney,and o-ral administration of pills with wine at a warm temperature has a relatively good effect.
anti-aging prescriptionsChinese medical classicsdata miningoral administrationmedication rule