Exploration on Rules of Medication and Clinical Application of Zhongwan Point Based on Association Rules
10.13359/j.cnki.gzxbtcm.2025.03.016
- VernacularTitle:基于关联规则探析中脘穴的组方和临床应用规律
- Author:
Xin TIAN
1
;
Yaqi YAO
;
Zezhou ZHANG
;
Weilu CHENG
;
Shaozong CHEN
Author Information
1. 山东中医药大学针灸推拿学院,山东济南 250355
- Keywords:
Zhongwan(RN12)point;
acupuncture;
data mining;
association rules;
medication rules;
rules of clinical application
- From:
Journal of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2025;42(3):642-650
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To observe the rules of medication and clinical application of Zhongwan(RN12)point,thus to provide reference for the selection of acupoints in clinical treatment.Methods Collect the Zhongwan point-involved prescriptions in the literature of the last 20 years in China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI),China Science and Technology Journal Database(VIP)and Wanfang Data Knowledge Service Platform,conduct strict screening,organize and record all the acupoints involved in the prescriptions,of which met the acupoint selection criteria,into Excel tables,then use IBM SPSS Statistics 25.0 software,IBM SPSS Modeler 18.0 software,Cytoscape 3.10.1 software,apriori algorithm to analyze the rules of medication and clinical application of Zhongwan point.Results After screening,a total of 781 articles with 830 acupoint-involved prescriptions were included,involves 183 acupoints and 135 diseases.With the leading five acupoints which ranked in decending order of selection was as follows:Zusanli(ST36),Neiguan(PC6),Tianshu(ST25),Guanyuan(BL26)and Qihai(RN6).The distribution of acupoints with the highest frequency of use in combination acupoints was Zusanli(61.205%support),and the meridians with a higher frequency of use in Zhongwan point-involved prescriptions were the foot-yangming stomach meridian,the foot-taiyang bladder meridian,and the conception vessel(CV),with the combination acupoints dominated by the specific acupoints of Xiahe points,He points,front-Mu points,collateral points,Shu Points,and original points,the advantageous diseases were characterized by intractable hiccups,gastritis,functional dyspepsia and so on.Among them,the diseases pertain to the digestive system were the most involved,followed by endocrine system diseases.Conclusion The data mining analysis yielded that there are certain rules to be followed in the acupoints combination of Zhongwan point,and it exerts some efficacy in the treatment of certain advantageous diseases,which can provide references for clinical treatment and scientific research.
