Analysis on the medication rules of state medical master Yan Zhenghua from the prescriptions with Angelicae Sinensis Radix based on data mining

Abstract

Objective To explore the medication rules of State Medical Master Yan Zhenghua. Methods The prescriptions including Angelicae Sinensis Radix that built by Pro. Yan were collected to build a database based on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) inheritance assist system(V2.0.1). After analyzed by the statistical reports module and the data analysis module which were from TCM inheritance assist system, and the methods of data-mining that including association rules and apriori algorithm, the frequency of single medicine, the frequency of drug combination, the association rules between drugs and core drug combinations which all were including Angelicae Sinensis Radix can be get from the database. Results The prescriptions including Angelicae Sinensis Radix were commonly used to treat stomach-ache, arthralgia syndrome, irregular menstruation and other syndromes. The highest frequency used drugs were Radix Paeoniae Rubra, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, Rhizoma Cyperi, and so on. The most frequency drug combinations were “Angelicae Sinensis Radix, Radix Paeoniae Rubra”, “Radix Paeoniae Alba, Angelicae Sinensis Radix”, and “Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Angelicae Sinensis Radix”. The drug association rules that the confidence was more than 0.9 were “Fructus Jujubae-Angelicae Sinensis Radix”, “Fructus Amomi Villosi-Angelicae Sinensis Radix”, “Radix Codonopsis-Angelicae Sinensis Radix”, and “Os Draconis-Concha Ostreae”, and so on. Conclusion The drugs in the prescriptions containing Angelicae Sinensis Radix that built by Pro. Yan mostly had the effects of cooling blood, replenishing blood, and promoting blood circulation for removing blood stasis, which reflected the clear thought when making prescriptions. Key words: Angelicae Sinensis Radix; Data mining; Association rules