Exploring Professor Huang Qing's Medication Pattern and Experience in Treating Chloasma by Data Mining
Objective Data mining methods were used to analyse and summarise Professor Huang Qing's medication experience and academic thinking in the treatment of melasma.Methods Seventy-four prescriptions for the first consultation of Professor Huang Qing's outpatient treatment of chloasma were screened and collated during the period of June 2022 to October 2022,and were uniformly entered into the TCM Inheritance Assistance Platform(V2.5)for the analysis of relevant data.Results The most frequently used herbs,in descending order,were Dried Rehmanni Root,Rhizoma Chuanxiong,Xuduan,Mulberry Parasite,Angelica,Acacia Bark,Red Peony,Fried Atractylodes Macrocephala,White Peony,Poria,etc.The highest frequency of use was warm drugs,followed by cold and flat drugs;the five flavors of drugs were sweet,bitter and pungent at best.The frequency of medication attributed to the meridians in descending order were the liver,heart,spleen and kidney meridians.Association Rule Analysis Method and Formulation Patterns:36 pairs of commonly used drug combinations and 10 potential new prescriptions were obtained.Conclusion The prescriptions were analyzed through the TCM Inheritance Assistance Platform,and the commonly used pairs of herbs for chloasma treatment and potential new prescriptions were sorted out,and summarized to conclude the treatment method of three tonic and three elimination which were regulating and tonifying Chong-Ren,tonifying Spleen and Qi,nourishing Heart to calm mind,dispersing the stagnated Liver-Qi to regulate the Qi circulation,promoting Blood circulation to dissipate Blood stasis,dispelling Dampness and elminating Phlegm.
chloasmaTCM Inheritance Assistance Platformtraditional Chinese medicinetreatment experience