Ancient Literature Literature study on Timing Medication for Chest Stuffiness and Pains Based on Chrono_Medicine(Traditional Chinese Medicine) / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective Based on the analysis of the ancient literatures about chest stuffiness and pains in Chrono_Medicine of traditional Chinese medicine,to study the content of timing medication in chest stuffiness and pains. Methods According to the database of Chinese Medical Code, searching the ancient literatures and establishing the database, extracting the contents of chest stuffiness and pains’s prescription which covering timing medication. And the statistical analysis and content discussion were carried out according to the choice of taking medicine. Results The 67 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine included were qi regulating agent, dispelling cold agent, expectorant agent and blood regulating agent. Besides,the time of taking medicine is used to be300-500,700-900,1100-1300,1700-1900, 1900-2100, 2100-2300.Take medicine once a day in the morning, twice a day, three times a day, three times a day and once a night. It is recommended that timing medication in clinical should be increased in time of 2100-2300 and 1100-1300 ,and paying more attention to the heart channel corresponding and the heart pericardium channel in time of 1100- 1300 and 1900- 2100. Conclusion Timing medication is beneficial to the optimization of therapeutic effect and minimization of toxicity of traditional Chinese medicine, which needs to provide the best evidence for further multi_center clinical trial research, and promote the popularization of timing medicine in clinical practice.