Discussion the medication rules of Shen Hongquan's treatment for insom-nia based on data mining
Objective To analyze Shen Hongquan's experience in treating insomnia and the rule of prescription based on data mining technology.Methods The medical history data and medical record prescriptions of insomnia patients admitted to the outpatient clinic of Director Shen Hongquan in Putuo Hospital,Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from December 2019 to December 2022 were collected and sorted out by computer,and a standardized database was estab-lished.The nature and flavour,channel tropism,application frequency,and efficacy of drugs in prescriptions were statisti-cally analyzed with the help of the Cloud Platform of Ancient and Modern Medical Records V2.3.7.The association rules and cluster analysis were carried out to summarize the prescription experience and prescription rules.Results A total of 245 pre-scriptions were included,involving 210 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine,and 20 kinds of high-frequency single tradi-tional Chinese medicine were summarized.The drug natures were mainly flat,cold,and slightly cold,the drug flavours were mainly sweet,bitter,and pungent,and the drug channels were mainly liver and spleen channels.In drug association,eight high frequency couplet medicines association rules were obtained,seven high frequency three medicines association rules were obtained.Five cluster prescriptions were obtained by drug clustering.Core prescription one was mainly used for pa-tients with liver blood deficiency and internal disturbance of vacuity heat symptoms.Core prescription two was mainly used for patients with both damp-heat in the lower jiao and consti-pation symptoms.Core prescription three was mainly used for patients with qi deficiency and blood stasis intrinsic symptoms.Core prescription four was mainly used for patients with liver and gallbladder dysfunction leading to stagnation of heat.Core pre-scription fIve was mainly used for patients with both liver de-pression and spleen deficiency symptoms.Conclusion Director Shen Hongquan in the treatment of insomnia to calm the heart and calm the mind,soothing the liver to relieve depression as the basic treatment,excess syndrome mainly often combined with calming dampness-heat,cooling blood and promoting blood drugs,syndrome of deficiency and excess complex mainly combined with invigorating spleen and nourishing heart,regulating liver and stomach drugs,deficiency syndrome complex mainly combined with supplementing qi and nourishing blood,reinforcing healthy qi and calming the spirit.