Analysis on the medication rules of state medical masterYan Zhenghua from the prescriptions containing Radix Paeoniae Alba based on data mining / 国际中医中药杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the medication rules of State Medical MasterYan Zhenghua. Methods The prescriptions containing Radix Paeoniae Alba that prescribed by Pro. Yan were collected to build a database based on traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM)inheritance assist system. After analyzed by the statistical reports module and the data analysis module which were from TCM inheritance assist system, and the methods of data-mining that including association rules and apriori algorithm, the frequency of single medicine, the frequency of drug combination, the association rules between drugs and core drug combinations which all were including Radix Paeoniae Alba can be get from the database.Results The prescriptions including Radix Paeoniae Alba were commonly used to treat megrim, stomach-ache, acid regurgitation and other syndromes. The highest frequency used drugs were Radix PaeoniaeRubra, PericarpiumCitriReticulatae, Radix SalviaeMiltiorrhizae, Radix AngelicaeSinensis, Poria, and so on. The most frequency drug combinations were “RadxPaeoniae Alba, Radix PaeoniaeRubra”, “Radix SalviaeMiltiorrhizae, Radix Paeoniae Alba”, and “Radix Paeoniae Alba, PericarpiumCitriReticulatae”. The drug association rules that the confidence was more than once were “Radix PaeoniaeRubra - Radix Paeoniae Alba”, “OsDraconis - Concha Ostreae”, “Radix AngelicaeSinensis,RadixPaeoniaeRubra - Radix Paeoniae Alba”, and “Radix PaeoniaeRubra, HerbaTaxilli - Radix Paeoniae Alba”, and so on.Conclusions The drugs in the prescriptions containing Radix Paeoniae Alba that built by Pro. Yan mostly had the effects of enriching the blood and invigorating the circulation of blood, relieve uneasiness of mind and body tranquilization, which reflected the clearly thought when constructing prescriptions.