Regularity of prescription and medication of Jiang Quan in treating rheumatoid arthritis / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

The data mining method was used to analyze and summarize the prescription and medicate regularities of chief physician Jiang Quan in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis,in order to provide references for the clinical treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Totally 121 prescriptions of rheumatoid arthritis treated by chief physician Jiang Quan from 2007 to 2017 were collected and input into the Chinese medicine inheritance auxiliary system. The " prescription statistics" function of the software " statistical report" system,and the " prescription analysis" function of the " data analysis" system,the data mining methods such as rule analysis,integration correlation,complex system entropy clustering,and unsupervised entropy hierarchical clustering,were used to analyze the prescription regularity of chief physician Jiang Quan. A total of 121 prescriptions were included,involving 144 herbs,in which 30 herbs had a higher frequency of more than 20 times,20 two-herb combinations had a frequency of more than 59 times; after evolution,14 core combinations and 7 new prescriptions were obtained. Among the prescriptions in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis,those for clearing heat and dampness,promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis had a higher frequency,and the core prescriptions were modified " Qingre Huoxue Decoction" and modified " Ermiao Pills". The newly evolved prescriptions not only reflected director Jiang Quan' s method of treating rheumatoid arthritis by clearing away heat and dampness and promoting blood circulation by the,but also included the treatment methods of removing wind and removing dampness,dredging collaterals and removing phlegm,nourishing Yin and clearing heat,nourishing Yin and nourishing kidney,nourishing blood and nourishing Qi. The method can be used to analyze the pathogenetic changes of the mutual knot of phlegm and blood stasis,injury of Qi and blood,long-term implication on liver and kidney. At the same time,it also reflects the treatment principles of treating phlegm and strengthening the evil.