Analysis on Traditional Chinese Medicine Master YAN Zheng-hua’s Medication Rule in Prescriptions for Syndrome of Blood Stasis Based on Apriori and Clustering Algorithm

Abstract:

Objective: To analyze the composing experience of professor YAN Zheng-hua for syndrome of blood stasis by using traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)inheritance support system. Method: Cellecting the prescriptions for syndrome of blood stasis,then enter the data into TCM inheritance support system and analyze composing principles by using datamining methods such as revised mutual information,complex system entropy cluster and unsupervised hierarchical cluster. Result: Based on the analysis of 114 prescriptions, the frequency of each herb and association rules among the herbs are computed, 12 core combinations and 6 new prescriptions are mined from the database. Conclusion: Professor YAN Zheng-hua is good at activating blood circulation to dissipate blood stasis and regulating qi to relieve ache,TCM inheritance support system can be used to analyze old TCM doctor' clinical experience.