This study was aimed to explore the characteristics of flavor and nature as well as the meridian entry of Chinese medicinals in the halitosis treatment by traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Test data mining was used as the basis in the study of TCM literature on halitosis treatment. Herbs from the collected TCM halitosis treatment lit-erature, which met the inclusion criteria, were classified according to their effectiveness. And analysis was made on the nature, flavor and meridian entry of these herbs. Excellwas used in the descriptive analysis in the summariza-tion of halitosis medication rules. The results showed that the frequencies were 796 times which involved 149 herbs. The main nature of halitosis medication was cold, which was followed by warm and even. The total frequency was 97.49%. Sweet was the most frequently used flavor, which was followed by bitter and acrid. These three flavors ac-counted for 90.71%. The meridian entry of medicinal was mainly the stomach meridian, which was followed by the lung, spleen, heart and liver meridian. According to the effectiveness of classification, the main effect was an-tipyretic, which was followed by tonification and dampness-removing. It was concluded that through text data min-ing, the nature of TCM halitosis treatment medication was cold with the treatment principle of heat-clearing and dampness-removing as well as spleen-strengthening and stomach harmonization. These rules provided reliable refer-ence for clinical differentiation and medication.

This study was aimed to assess the clinical efficacy of Chinese herbs for myasthenia gravis. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on Chinese medicine treatment of myasthenia gravis were systemically searched from the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Weipu Database, PubMed and Cochrane Library. The information was recorded and the methodological quality of the included trials was assessed by two reviewers independently. The RevMan 5.2 software was used in the meta-analysis. The results showed that 58 RCTs involving 4 773 patients were included. The quality of included Chinese literatures was generally not high. There were four high-quality literatures; and the rest were low-quality literature. The results of meta-analysis showed that compared with the effective rate of the western medicaltreatment group, there was no statistical difference between the Chinese medicine compound and the western medical treatment [RR = 1.15, 95%CI (0.94, 1.41)]. There was statistical difference between the western medical treatment plus the Chinese medicine compound group and the western medical treatment [RR = 1.10, 95%CI (1.03, 1.18)]. There was statistical difference between the western medical treatment plus the Chinese patent medicine group and the western medical treatment [RR = 1.17, 95%CI (1.08, 1.28)]. Compared with the western medical treatment group, the incidence of adverse reaction in the Chinese medicine compound plus the western medical treatment group was decreased obviously (P < 0.05). It was concluded that the current limited evidence showed that only using Chinese medicine had the similar clinical efficacy in the treatment of myasthenia gravis as western medicine. However, Chinese herbs combined with western medicine in the treatment of myasthenia gravis had better effects compared to western medicine. It can also reduce the side effects of western medicine. Especially astragalus was the most widely used herb in the Chinese medicine group. However, large-sample and high-quality clinical trials were required for further evidence.

This study was aimed to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of Ban-Xia Hou-Po (BXHP) decoction in the treatment of globus hystericus. Related literatures were systemically searched in the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI, 1979-2013), Weipu Database for Chinese Technical Periodicals (1989-2013), and PubMed/Medline. The methodological quality of included trials was assessed based on the Jadad scale. The available data was analyzed with RevMan software (version 5.2.0) provided by the Cochrane collaboration. The results showed that a total of 6 randomized controlled trials (RCTs), which contained 649 globus hystericus cases, were included. The meta-analysis showed that compared with modern medicine, the total therapeutic effect of BXHP decoction was RR=1.15, 95%CI (1.08, 1.23); compared with modern medicine treatment alone, the total therapeutic effect of combination between BXHP decoction and modern medicine was RR=1.43, 95%CI (1.19, 1.73). It was concluded that the current clinical evidences showed that the effectiveness of BXHP decoction alone or combined with modern medicine in the treatment of globus hystericus was higher than the treatment only with modern medicine. And there was no obvious side effect. However, due to the low-quality studies and small amount of samples, the results still required to be confirmed with more high-quality, multi-center, and large sample RCTs.

This study aimed at exploring the features of the body constitution and syndrome types of TCM in patients with pSS.General information of 60 patients with pSS was collected.Their TCM syndrome types and TCM body constitution types were examed,while the distribution of pSS syndrome types in terms of their body constitution was analyzed.Among 60 pSS patients,58 of them (96.67％) were female with the average age of 52 years and an average course of 63 months.Their usual residence was Xinjiang.Their most common first symptoms included thirst,dry eyes and joint pain,and the damage of skin and mucous membranes and blood system was rare.It was found that the syndrome of both qi and yin deficiency was the most common (48.33％),followed by the impregnation syndrome of heat and dampness (26.67％) and the syndrome of the weakness of spleen qi (25％) in pSS patients.Yin deficiency (58.33％) and yang deficiency (58.33％) in the body constitution of TCM accounted for decent proportions,followed by the constitutions of qi stagnation (48.33％),qi deficiency (45.00％),blood stasis (38.33％),phlegm-dampness (36.67％),damp-heat (18.33％),allergic (13.33％) and yin-yang harmony (1.67％).Those without the health education of pSS accounted for 51.11％ in cases of palindromia.In conclusion,yin deficiency and yang deficiency constitutions were most common,at most,the body constitution of both qi and yin deficiency,in pSS patients in accordance with TCM body constitution.Most pSS patients of palindromia didn't received professional health education of pSS.All the causes above suggested that we should make individualized treatment programs according to clinical syndrome types and the characteristics of TCM body constitution in pSS patients for strengthening the health management of pSS and improving their quality of life.