Metrological Study on Clinical Prescription Characteristics of Four Famous Doctors of School of Integrative Medicine / 世界科学技术-中医药现代化

ABSTRACT

This article was aimed to compare similarities and differences of medication rules of clinical prescriptions from nine doctors in order to analyze and discuss the clinical medication features of four doctors of the School of Integrative Medicine, who were Zhang Xichun, Tang Rongchuan, Y un Tieqiao, and Lu Y uanlei. The clinical medical records of Dr. Zhang Xichun and eight other doctors were selected in this study. The traditional literature metrology methods and formula metrology were used in the comparative analysis of indicators on four qi, five flavours, channel tropism, supplementation and drainage of commonly used herbal medicine. The results showed that the top five herbs used by doctors of the School of Integrative Medicine were prepared licorice, bighead atractylodes rhizome, Poria, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Angelica, which had the effect of nourishing qi and blood, supplementation and drainage at the same time. Most of the herbs were used to nourishing qi and yang. Dr. Y un Tieqiao preferred to nourish yin and blood. Medications used by doctors of the School of Integrative Medicine were mostly cold and cool in nature as well as acrid and sweet in flavour. Dr. Zhang Xichun had significant correlation with Dr. Tang Rongchuan and Dr. Lu Y uanlei of the School of Integrative Medicine. The correlation coefficients were 0.826 and 0.701, respectively (P <0.05). There were no significant correlation between Dr. Zhang Xichun and other doctors. The cluster analysis revealed that Dr. Zhang Xichun, Dr. Tang Rongchuan and Dr. Lu Y uanlei, who were of the School of Integrative Medicine, can be classified in one category. And Dr. Y un Tieqiao can be classified in a separate category. Doctors who were not of the School of Integrative Medicine were not in the same category. It was concluded that there were similarities in the medication rules of four doctors of the School of Integrative Medicine. However, they also had their own characteristics.