How to discover the valuable knowledge from the large amount of prescription data accumulated in the long-term medical practice of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is one of the important contents of TCM modernization.Based on the prescription data of Xue' s clinical practice of many years,this paper explored the method of combining TCM network and prescription network to find out Xue' s common core drug combination.Based on 9,584 prescriptions in the Hospital Information System of Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences,prescription network and drug network were constructed according to the similarity of prescription composition and drug co-occurrence relationship.Using the complex network analysis methods,such as community analysis method,to analyze the prescription and drug compatibility,the results were evaluated and analyzed by Xue and his successors.As a result,through complex network analysis,126 modular prescriptions and 4 TCM modules were obtained.One of the core components of the prescription module included Xiao Chai Hu decoction,Yin Qiao powder,and Sheng Jiang powder compound addition and subtraction.It was in consistent with the drug composition of exogenous febrile prescriptions excavated earlier.In conclusion,using the complex network methods,we can get some core drug combinations prescribed by Prof.Xue,and achieve the common compound core drug combination for treating diseases with certain vantages,laying a foundation for further inheriting and excavating Xue' s effective experience.

ObjectiveTo study the therapeutic mechanisms of electro-acupuncture on chronic spinal cord injury in rats.MethodsA model of chronic spinal cord injury was made. After 60 days, the pressure installs were removed, and the animals were treated with electro-acupuncture. A quantitive analysis was carried out using Basso, Beattie, Bresnahan Locomotor Rating Scale (BBB scale). The expression of Neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) and its receptor TrkC were observed through immunohistochemistrical method and western blotting.ResultsAfter spinal cord injury, enhanced NT-3 and TrkC immunoreactivities were evident in neurons and glial cells. Furthermore, they were diminished in the electro-acupuncture group. Meanwhile, both evoked potentials and BBB scales were improved after EA treatment (P<0.05). ConclusionThe treatment of electro-acupuncture may promote behavioral function recovery of experimental animals, and NT-3 and TrkC may take part in the recovery.

Objective To evaluate the effects of continued grateful emotion after discharge on the long-term positive experience and care burden of spouses of patients with brain tumors.Methods Totally 114 patients with brain tumor were selected as the research objects from October 2015 to October 2016. Random number table was used and all patients were randomly divided into the control group (n=56) and the observation group (n=58). Patients in the control group received routine health education and guidance, and two emotional emotional interventions were given to patients during the hospital; while patients in the observation group received increased emotional interventions according to the care burden of spouses of patients. The positive experience and care burden of two groups of spouses were evaluated by Caregiver Positive Experience Scale (PAC) and Caregiver's Burden Scale (CBI) 2 months, 3 months, and 6 months after discharge.Results There was no significant difference in positive experience and care burden of spouses between two groups (P>0.05); 3 months and 6 months after discharge, the scores of positive experience and care burden of spouses in the observation group were [(36.76±4.13), (36.71±4.21)]and [(27.07±4.62), (27.62±4.47)], and they were significantly better than those of the control group [(54.5±3.25),(25.36±3.17)and (54.75±6.27), (54.01±6.21)], the differences were statistically significant (t=7.847-8.587,P<0.05).Conclusions Emotional intervention during hospitalization can effectively improve the positive experience and care burden of spouses of patients. After discharge, emotional intervention can provide outpatient nursing care for the spouses of patients. There is a better long-term effect in improving the positive experience and care burden of spouses of brain tumor patients.

Pediatric cough is a heterogeneous condition in terms of symptoms and the underlying disease mechanisms. Symptom phenotypes hold complicated interactions between each other to form an intricate network structure. This study aims to investigate whether the network structure of pediatric cough symptoms is associated with the prognosis and outcome of patients. A total of 384 cases were derived from the electronic medical records of a highly experienced traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) physician. The data were divided into two groups according to the therapeutic effect, namely, an invalid group (group A with 40 cases of poor efficacy) and a valid group (group B with 344 cases of good efficacy). Several well-established analysis methods, namely, statistical test, correlation analysis, and complex network analysis, were used to analyze the data. This study reports that symptom networks of patients with pediatric cough are related to the effectiveness of treatment: a dense network of symptoms is associated with great difficulty in treatment. Interventions with the most different symptoms in the symptom network may have improved therapeutic effects.