Analysis on composition principles of Tibetan medicine containing Terminalia chebula by data mining.
10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20170121.019
- Author:
Wen-Juan YANG
1
;
Yong-Zhong ZEWENG
1
;
Yi ZHANG
1
;
Zang-Jia GENG
1
;
Jia NIE
1
Author Information
1. College of Ethnic Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Terminalia chebula;
Tibetan medicine;
composition principles;
traditional Chinese medicine inheritance support system(TCMISS)
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2017;42(6):1207-1212
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
This study using traditional Chinese medicine inheritance support software(TCMISS) to analyze the prescription rules of Tibetan medicine containing Terminalia chebula in the Encyclopedia of Chinese Medicine-Tibetan Medicine, Tibetan Medicine Composition Preparation of Modern Research and Clinical Application and Common Interpretation of Tibetan Medicine and so on. TCMISS(V2.5) was used to build a prescription database of Tibetan medicine containing T. chebula.The software statistical statement module, association rules and improved mutual information method and other data mining technologies were adopted to analyze the common herbs, combination rules and core combination of prescriptions containing T. chebula.Total 502 prescriptions containing T. chebula were analyzed and 14 common herbal combinations were summarized, whose ingredients mostly had the functions of clearing heat and detoxicating, promoting blood circulation and stopping pain, warming the middle-jiao and promoting the circulation of Qi. Prescriptions containing T. chebula were commonly used to treat 640 kinds of diseases, there are 22 kinds with high frequency(≥12) in which the representative "Tripa" disease, antiquated febrile symptoms, food poisoning had the highest frequency.T. chebula had different therapeutic effects through different compatibility.The complex composing and medication regularities of Tibetan medicine containing T. chebula have been clarified by TCMISS. That will provide reference for the clinical application of T. chebula and the new development.
