Analysis on prescription rules of oral prescription for malignant pleural effusion based on data mining
JIA Hainü1 ZHANG Yi1 ZHOU Mengling2 LYU Mingsheng3 GAO Weihua4 LI Wenzhe5 YAN Jun1
1.Department of Respiration, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, China;
2.Department of Encephalology, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, China;
3.Department of Respiration, the Third Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100191, China;
4.Department of Nephropathy, the Third Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100191, China;
5.Department of Internal Medicine, Nankou Hospital of Changping District in Beijing City, Beijing 102202, China
Abstract:Objective To conclude and summarize composing law of traditional Chinese medicine formulation for oral administration in treating malignant pleural effusion (MPE) based on data mining. Methods The related literatures of traditional Chinese medicine treating MPE from August 2009 to July 2019 were searched in CNKI. The internal prescriptions of literatures were screened. The medicinal properties, frequency of medication and new prescriptions of that internal prescriptions was sorted and analyzed by a software named “Chinese medicine inheritance support system”. Results One hundred and twenty-seven oral prescriptions treating MPE and 220 herbs were screened; the most frequent four nature and five flavour of drugs was wen and gan. “Semen Descurainiae”, “Poria”, “Fructus Jujubae”, “Ramulus Cinnamomi”, “Radix Astragali seu Hedysari”, “Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae” were more frequent used in herbs. A total of 28 commonly used herb pairs and combinations was found, 7 new prescriptions were clustered. Conclusion Treatment of MPE includes warming yang for resolving fluid retention, clearing heat and removing toxicity, activating qi and promoting blood circulation, and benefiting qi and diuresis. Taking care of the spleen and stomach is an important idea for treating MPE. The core of MPE treatment is to combinate classical prescriptions and astragalus following syndrome differentiation.