Medication characteristics of contemporary famous TCM doctors in Huxiang area for treating the Bi syndrome
Objective:Based on data mining technology to explore the characteristics of the Bi syndrome(痹证).Methods:The Bi syndrome cases in the series of Huxiang Contemporary Famous Medical Records Essence and XIONG Jibai Clinical Field Teaching were selected,and the arthralgia prescription database was established by the Traditional Chinese Medicine Inheritance Support System V2.5 software.The frequency,the classification efficacy,the distribution of syndrome types,the meridian tropism of drugs,the four Qi(气)and five flavors of TCM medicine,the related drug group and the complex network analysis were performed.Results:A total of 316 prescriptions and 210 TCM medicines were included.The commonly used high-frequency drugs were Gancao(Radix Glycyrrhizae),Danggui(Radix Angelicae Sinensis),Huangqi(Radix Astragali),Niuxi(Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae),Baishao(Radix Paeoniae Alba),Cangzhu(Rhizoma Atractylodis),Chuanxiong(Rhizoma Chuanxiong),Qinjiao(Radix Gentianae Macrophyllae),Jixueteng(Caulis Spatholobi),Yiyiren(Semen Coicis),etc..The top five TCM medicine efficacy classifications were tonifying drugs,wind-dampness-dispelling drugs,blood-activating and stasis-dissolving drugs,exterior-relieving drugs and heat-clearing drugs.The top five syndromes in syndrome analysis were wind-cold-dampness arthralgia syndrome,damp-heat stasis syndrome,damp-heat arthralgia syndrome,phlegm-blood stasis syndrome and liver-kidney deficiency syndrome.The four Qi was mainly warm,and the five flavor was mainly bitter.The meridian tropism mainly involved liver,spleen,heart and kidney meridians.The top three drug combinations in association rule analysis were Chuanxiong-Huangqi-Danggui,Huangbai(Cortex Phellodendri Chinsis).Yiyiren-Cangzhu,and Huangbai-Qinjiao-Cangzhu.Cluster analysis obtained 10 core drug combinations and 5 new prescription combinations.Conclusion:In the treatment of the Bi syndrome,contemporary famous TCM practitioners in Huxiang area mainly focus on strengthening healthy Qi and tonifying,dispelling wind and removing dampness,promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis,and at the same time pay attention to relieving exterior syndrome and clearing heat.
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