ABSTRACT
Eight Chinese medical presriptions for bronchial asthma, listed in the official documents from the Japanese Ministry of Health & Welfare and 23 prescriptions for bronchial asthma, listed in Japanese “Kanpo” books, are analised using multidimentional scaling analysis and cluster analysis.<BR>As for the 8 officially listed prescriptions, a good configration was obtained with quadratic form. But their constructions were considered to be biased slightly to the attack period of bronchial ashtma.<BR>And the 23 other prescriptions were roughly classified to 6 groups. From the practical view of the padents who visit Chinese medical clinics, these 23 Prescriptions also have reasons for exlstence.<BR>The indications mentioned in the official publication should be reconsidered.
