Rules on the combination of acupuncture and herbal medicine for taiyang diseases treated by CHENG Dan-an

Abstract

CHENG Dan-an experience was summarized regarding the rules on the combination of acupuncture and herbal medicine for taiyan diseases. Through collecting the materials on the treatment for taiyang diseases with TCM by CHENG Dan-an, the acupoint prescriptions in medical cases were extracted. Using Excel 2010 software, the prescription database was set up. SPSS 23.0 software and Clementine 12.0 software were adopted for the frequency analysis, association rule analysis and cluster analysis. The top 3 high-frequency used acupoints are Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4) and Jianshi (PC 5). The top 4 high-frequency used herbs are liquorice, cassia twig, Chinese-date and fresh ginger. The cluster analysis showed that there are 5 combinations with the major acupoints and herbal medicine. The combinations of guizhi tang and the acupoint prescriptions based on the syndrome differentiation as well as banxia xiexin tang and the related acupoint prescriptions play the significant role in the treatment of digestive disorders. The analysis on the rules on the combination of acupuncture and herbal medicine for taiyang diseases treated by CHENG Dan-an provides the approaches to the combination of acupuncture and herbal medicine for the clinical treatment of taiyang diseases, aiming at the mutual improvement of the clinical therapeutic effects.