RESUMO
This study was aimed to summarize the clinical medication rule of professor Shi Qi in the treatment of cervical spondylosis of vertebral artery type (CSA),in order to explore the academic ideas.A total of 265 CSA cases from professor Shi Qi's outpatient clinic were collected in Longhua Hospital from 2009 to 2015.Frequency analysis and cluster analysis were conducted on used herbal medicine from included cases by SPSS 21.00 software.The results showed that there were a total of 202 types of herbs used.The five most commonly used herbs were Rhizoma Ligustici Wallichii,Radix bupleuri,Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae,Codonopsis and Gastrodia elata.The cluster analysis revealed that professor Shi Qi frequently used Huo-Xue Hua-Yu herbs,Bu-Xu herbs,Ping-Gan Xi-Feng herbs,Qu-Feng-Shi herbs.Sheng-Yu decoction and Tian-Ma Gou-Teng decoction were the core prescriptions used by professor Shi Qi in the treatment of CSA.It was concluded that the cluster analysis showed that academic ideas of professor She in the treatment of CSA was to pay equal attention to both qi and blood,to focus on liver and kidney,as well as to remove phlegm and blood stagnation,to treat both the branch and the root.The cluster analysis revealed a certain medication rule of professor Shi Qi in the treatment of CSA.It can be used as guidance in the clinical practice.