ABSTRACT
Objective:To analyze the medication and compatibility law of TCM compound patents in the treatment of diabetic nephropathy (DN) based on data mining method; To provide basis for research and development of new drug in clinic.Methods:TCM compound patents for DN treatment were retrieved from national patent platform. Excel 2019 was used to conduct statistical analysis on drug frequency, property and taste and meridian. SPSS Modeler 18.0 and SPSS Statistic 26.0 were used for drug association rules and clustering analysis. The complex network of co-occurrence of core drugs was constructed with Cytoscape 3.9.0, and the potential of the correlation between new prescriptions and drugs was demonstrated.Results:A total of 261 TCM compound patents were included, including 438 kinds of Chinese materia medica. High-frequency drugs included Astragali Radix, Rehmanniae Radix, Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, Lycii Fructus, etc. Drug categories were mainly deficiency tonic drugs. The properties and tastes were mainly cold and sweet, and the meridians were mainly liver and kidney meridians. The commonly used medicinal pair was Ganoderma-Rehmannine Radix. The commonly used triple medicinal combination was Notoginseng Radix et Rhizoma-Angelicae Sinensis Radix-Ganoderma. There were 7 groups of clustering medicines, including Notoginseng Radix et Rhizoma, Ganoderma, Angelicae Sinensis Radix, Euryales Semen, Rehmanniae Radix and Lycii Fructus. There were 5 groups of potential medicines, including Campsis Flos-Caulis Tinosporae Sinensis-Kalopanacis Radix-Fimbristylis Rigiduta Nees-Padicularisdis Dissectae Radix -Korshinsk Peashrub-Alismatis Fructus-Cynanchi Wallichii Radix. The core new prescriptions for treating DN were obtained through topological attribute analysis and screening.Conclusions:The national TCM compounds patents treatment for DN is based on the pathogenesis of this disease, which is characterized by deficiency in nature and excess in superficiality. It often uses methods such as tonifying qi and spleen, nourishing yin and tonifying kidney, promoting blood circulation and resolving blood stasis to improve clinical efficacy, providing ideas for the development of new drugs.