ABSTRACT
Objective To explore the medication regularity of prescriptions in Universal Relief:Cough Medicine in that to provide worthy reference for clinical treatment of cough.Methods The prescriptions in Universal Relief:Cough Medicine was collected and then established the database using Excel 2016 softwore,and carried out medication frequency analysis.SPSS Modeler 18.0 and Lantern 5.0 were used to perform association rules analysis and latent structure model analysis to explore medication rules of prescriptions in Universal Relief:Cough Medicine.Results 607 prescriptions were collected,involving 335 traditional Chinese medicines.A total of medication frequency is 3941,The most frequently used TCMs were ganca(glycyrrhizae radixet rhizoma)and shengjiang(zinglberis rhizoma recens)and kuxingren(armeniaeae semen amarum).The main efficacy of the medicine is to dissipate phlegm,relieve cough,relieve asthma,and replenish deficiency,and warm in nature,spicy,bitter,and sweet in taste and lung and spleen in meridian.14 strongly correlated material rules were sorted out by association rule analysis such as banxia(pinelliae rhizoma)+gancao(glycyrrhizae radixet rhizoma)→shengjiang(zinglberis rhizoma recens)、banxia(pinelliae rhizoma)→shengjiang(zinglberis rhizoma recens)and mahuang(ephedrae herba)+gancao(glycyrrhizae radixet rhizoma)→kuxingren(armeniaeae semen amarum).12 variables were obtained by latent structure model analysis,and according to professional knowledge inference,3 integrated cluster models and 1 single cluster and 4 core prescriptions were obtained.It was inferred that the common syndromes of Universal Relief:Cough Medicine were cold drink stoping in the lung,qi deficiency external phlegm dampness inside,phlegm heat blocking lung,and lung deficiency prolonged cough.Conclusion The medication rules of prescriptions in Universal Relief:Cough Medicine is mainly benefiting qi and resolving phlegm,cure both the symptoms and the disease,and in different situations combine with different treatment methods,such as warming the lung and resolving phlegm,clearing heat and resolving phlegm,tonifying qi and resolving external symptoms,and astringent lung qi.