Compatibility characteristics of ancient prescriptions for patients with viral pneumonia
Objective To investigate the compatibility characteristics of single drugs and high frequency drugs in the ancient prescriptions for patients with viral pneumonia using the association rule algorithm.Methods Nine hundred and eighty-five traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions related to viral pneumonia were retrieved from the database of traditional Chinese medicine classical prescriptions of Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine Information,China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences from its establishment to October 2023.Excel 2016 was used to establish a data table;the single drug was statistically analyzed;the association rules of drug compatibility were analyzed;the cluster analysis was performed.Results Among the collected prescriptions,43 herbs appeared ≥50 times.According to the statistical analysis of the high frequency single herbs,we found that the drug property analysis showed that 18 warm herbs appeared 1 773 times and 16 cold herbs appeared 1 226 times,accounting for 43.33%and 29.96%,respectively;the herb taste analysis showed that 18 acrid herbs appeared 2 268 times,22 bitter herbs appeared 2 013 times,and 17 sweet herbs appeared 1 681 times,accounting for 35.55%,31.55%,and 26.35%,respectively;the drug meridian analysis showed that 26 herbs of lung meridian appeared 2 501 times,23 herbs of spleen meridian appeared 2 447 times,18 herbs of stomach meridian appeared 1 587 times,and 14 herbs of heart meridian appeared 1 324 times,accounting for 21.45%,20.99%,13.61%,and 11.36%,respectively;the function analysis showed that 12 diaphoresis herbs appeared 2 501 times,7 qi-restorative herbs appeared 827 times,and 9 heat-clearing herbs appeared 662 times,accounting for 27.59%,20.21%,and 16,18%,respectively.The high frequency drug combinations were"Ku Xingren,Shigao,and Mahuang"',"Jinyinhua,Gancao,and Lianqiao",and"Caoguo,Huoxiang,and Houpu".Conclusion In the ancient prescriptions for patients with viral pneumonia,the drugs are more inclined to warm spicy,cold bitter,cold sweet,etc.,into the lung,spleen,and stomach meridians,with heat clearing and detoxification,spreading lung and passing evil as the basic treatment principle.
Viral pneumoniaAssociation rulesClusterClassical prescriptionsCompatibility of medicines