A Data Mining Research of Therapeutic Rules Based on Ancient Prescriptions of “Bentun Qi” Disease / 世界科学技术-中医药现代化

ABSTRACT

This study was aimed to generalize the therapeutic rules in“Bentun qi” disease treatment through data mining, in order to show a general picture of“Bentun qi” disease by ancient physicians. Furthermore, it was aimed to reveal the nature of“Bentun qi” disease. Frequency statistics, factor analysis and association rules wereused to summarize the therapeutic rules of“Bentun qi” disease by data mining of therapeutic rules from ancient prescriptions. And then, the etiology and pathogenesis of“Bentun qi” disease were deduced. The results showed that besidesyang deficiency and cold accumulation, pathogenic fire derived from liver-qi stagnation, and drink dynamic due toyang deficiency,“Bentun qi” disease also had the etiology and pathogenesis ofqi stagnation and blood stasis due to depression of the liver-qi, blood stasis and cold stagnation due toyang deficiency, qi stagnation in the middle-jiao, and centralqi deficiency and so on. In addition, the herbs in these ancient prescriptions also related to five internal organs. It was concluded that based on theNan Jing(The Classic of Difficult Issues) andJin-Gui Yao-Lue(Essentials from the Golden Cabinet), the knowledge of“Bentun qi” disease began to show a diversity trend after theHanDynasty.