Objective To explore the medication rules of oral Chinese medicine compound prescriptions in national patents for treating cervical spondylosis through data mining,so as to provide new references for the treatment of cervical spondylosis with traditional Chinese medicine.Methods The data related to patents of oral Chinese medicine compound prescriptions for treating cervical spondylosis were retrieved and screened from the China National Intellectual Property Administration public service website,and a database of Chinese medicine compound prescriptions was established.Relevant software was used to statistically analyze the frequency of drug use,nature,flavor,meridian tropism,and association rules,and cluster analysis was performed on the Chinese medicines with high association intensity.Results A total of 394 compound prescriptions and 221 Chinese medicines were included.Among them,31 Chinese medicines such as Chuanxiong,Danggui,Gegen,Gancao and Weilingxian were high-frequency drugs for treating cervical spondylosis.The nature of medicine was mainly warm,cold and neutral,and the flavor was mainly bitter,pungent and sweet.The meridian tropism was mainly liver,spleen and lung meridians.Cluster analysis of high-frequency drugs yielded 4 clustered prescriptions.Conclusion The treatment of cervical spondylosis with Chinese medicines mainly focuses on promoting blood circulation for removing obstruction in collaterals,activating qi and relieving pain,dispelling pathogenic wind and eliminating dampness,and tonifying and replenishing liver and kidney,with the method of promoting blood circulation for removing blood stasis,and relieving pain running through the whole process.

Objective To explore the medication rules of oral Chinese medicine compound prescriptions in national patents for treating cervical spondylosis through data mining,so as to provide new references for the treatment of cervical spondylosis with traditional Chinese medicine.Methods The data related to patents of oral Chinese medicine compound prescriptions for treating cervical spondylosis were retrieved and screened from the China National Intellectual Property Administration public service website,and a database of Chinese medicine compound prescriptions was established.Relevant software was used to statistically analyze the frequency of drug use,nature,flavor,meridian tropism,and association rules,and cluster analysis was performed on the Chinese medicines with high association intensity.Results A total of 394 compound prescriptions and 221 Chinese medicines were included.Among them,31 Chinese medicines such as Chuanxiong,Danggui,Gegen,Gancao and Weilingxian were high-frequency drugs for treating cervical spondylosis.The nature of medicine was mainly warm,cold and neutral,and the flavor was mainly bitter,pungent and sweet.The meridian tropism was mainly liver,spleen and lung meridians.Cluster analysis of high-frequency drugs yielded 4 clustered prescriptions.Conclusion The treatment of cervical spondylosis with Chinese medicines mainly focuses on promoting blood circulation for removing obstruction in collaterals,activating qi and relieving pain,dispelling pathogenic wind and eliminating dampness,and tonifying and replenishing liver and kidney,with the method of promoting blood circulation for removing blood stasis,and relieving pain running through the whole process.