Prescription Regularity of Chinese Herbs on Treating Cancer-related Fatigue in 1999 - 2017 / 医药导报

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the prescription regularity of Chinese herbs in the treatment of cancer-related fatigue by TCM inheritance platform system software. Methods A total of documents on treating cancer-related fatigue by Chinese herbs were collected in CNKI database, Wanfang database, VIP database, CBM database from 1999 to 2017. According to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, the eligible prescriptions were selected to establish the database for summing up and analysing prescription regularity. Results A total of 33 articles were included in the analysis of 38 prescriptions, involving 108 kinds of Chinese herbs, of which the most common kinds were hot nature herb, sweetish taste, spleen meridian. Atractylodes, Poria, Licorice, Astragalus, Angelica, Tangerine peel, Codonopsis,Rehmannia had a high frequency of usage. It eventually formed 45 commonly used drug models, evolved into 16 core combinations of 3 to 4 herbs, and clustered into 5 new prescriptions. Conclusion The modern Chinese medicine in treatment of cancer-related fatigue is mainly focused on the spleen and kidney, what' s more, according to the unique nature of cancer treatment, more experts emphasize on the regulation of spleen and stomach function, which provides a useful reference for clinical syndrome differentiation and treatment.