Analysis on pattern of traditional Chinese medicine prescription and medication in treatment of external cough with different evidence types
Objective To analyze the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)medications used in the treatment of externally induced cold,heat and externally cold and internally heated coughs,and to provide a reference for clinical use of medications.Methods Searching and screening the prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of wind-cold attacking the lungs,wind-heat attacking the lungs,and external-cold and internal-heat type of coughs by consulting ancient Chinese medical writings and books,platforms of China National Knowledge Infrastructure,Wanfang Data,VIP Database for Chinese Technical Periodicals,The frequency of drugs,medicinal flavor attribution,association rule analysis were analyzed using the Traditional Chinese Medicine Inheritance Support System(V2.5).Results Prescription for wind-cold-attacked lung-type cough contained 263 prescriptions and 184 Chinese herbal medicines,of which those used more frequently included Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma,Armeniacae Semen Amarum,Ephedrae Herba,Platycodon Radix,Pinelliae Rhizoma,Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium.Prescription for wind-heat-affected lung cough contained a total of 314 prescriptions and 217 Chinese herbal medicines,among which Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma,Armeniacae Semen Amarum,Platycodon Radix,Scutellariae Radix,Ephedrae Herba,and Mori Cortex were used more frequently.Prescription for the external cold and internal heat type of cough contained a total of 102 prescriptions with 128 Chinese herbal medicines,among which the more frequently used medicines were Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma,Armeniacae Semen Amarum,Ephedrae Herba,Scutellariae Radix,Pinelliae Rhizoma,Platycodon Radix.Conclusion Statistical analysis of the results showed that the treatment of the three types of cough is mostly based on diaphoretic,cough phlegm medicine,qi-regulating medicine,the nature of the medicine is mostly warm,flat,the taste of the medicine is pungent,sweet,and attributed to the lung and spleen meridians,etc.,which provides a certain reference for the treatment of externally induced cold,heat,and externally chilled and internally heated coughs in TCM.
coughwind-cold attack the lungwind-heat affects the lungexternal cold and internal heatdata analysisTraditional Chinese Medicine Inheritance Support System