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This article was aimed to study medication rules of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in the treatment of gastric cancer. The history information of 111 hospitalized cases from 2008 to 2011 was collected from the Department of Oncology of Guang'anmen Hospital with the clinical collection system. The medication rules in the treatment of gastric cancer by TCM were explored by the scale-free network analysis from several aspects, such as effects, classifications and compatibility relations of Chinese medicine. The analysis result of 111 gastric cancer cases showed that strengthening the body resistance was the main treatment principle. Liujunzi decoction was the most frequently used prescription. In TCM compatibility, deficiency-nourishing herbs were the main ingredients, especiallyqi-supplementing herbs which take the first place in the prescription. And the heat-reducing herbs, dampness-eliminating herbs, blood-activating and stasis-eliminating herbs, food stagnation resolving herbs and qi regulation herbs were also used in the combination. Core herbs in the prescription for the treatment of gastric cancer were Tuckahoe, Codonopsis pilosula, Astragalus root, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, Fructus Aurantii, Nidus Vespae and etc. TCM treatment, syndrome differentiation and medication are varied according to different therapeutic stages and disease stages. The result showed that scale-free network analysis had certain significance in the understanding of medication rules of TCM treatment of gastric cancer.
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This article was aimed to study the characteristics of intestinal cancer by traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) based on the scale-free network analysis method. History information of 145 hospitalized cases from 2008 to 2011 was collected from the Oncology Department, Guang A nmen Hospital, in the clinical collection system. The rule of medication in the treatment of intestinal cancer by TCM was explored by scale-free network analysis method from several aspects, such as effects, classification and compatibility relations. The analysis results of 145 intestinal cancer cases showed that strengthening the body resistance was the main treatment principle. Si-Jun-Zi (SJZ) decoc-tion was used with the highest frequency. In the prescription design, qi-supplementing herbs were the most. The heat-clearing, dampness-eliminating, qi-regulating, blood-activating and stasis-removing, food stagnation removing and phlegm-removing herbs were also used frequently. The TCM treatment and syndrome differentiation will be changed due to the treatment and disease stages. It was concluded that scale-free network analysis method is able to relatively show the TCM treatment rule of intestinal cancer quantificationally and intuitively.