Chinese Journal of Medical Library and Information Science  2017;26(5):68-71

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1671-3982.2017.05.015

Rules for compatibility in traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions

Yini HUANG ; Zhuying DU ; Yi ZHOU ; Meiyan GUO

Keywords

Compatibility of traditional Chinese medicine; Association rules; Rules for prescription; Drug pair

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

The association rules in data of traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions were analyzed using SQL Server 2008,which showed that 17 core compatible drug pairs were in line with the association rules.For example,platycodon grandiflorum combined with liquorice,known as Liquorice and Platycodon Decoction,can treat the principal and secondary aspects of a disease by ventilating the lungs and resolving the phlegm,removing the toxic substances and relieving the sore throat.Mining compatible drug pairs by analyzing their association rules can provide evidence for their clinical application.