A study on the basic drugs and points for point application in summer to treat..

OBJECTIVE: To study the basic prescriptions of drugs and points for point application in summer to treat the diseases with attacks in winter and the law governing their compatibility. METHODS: A database was set up by collecting and sorting out the relevant literature, and the analysis was made with the complex network. RESULTS: It was found that Bai Jie Zi (Semen Sinapis Albae), Xi Xin (Herba Asari), Gan Sui (Radix Euphorbiae Kansui) and Yan Hu Suo (Rhizoma Corydalis) were used as the basic prescriptions of drugs, Feishu (BL 13), Dazhui (GV 14) and Shanzhong (CV 17) were selected as the basic prescription of points. CONCLUSION: The knowledge obtained from the complex networks on the basic prescriptions of drugs and points for point-application in summer to treat diseases with attacks in winter can provide a data support for working out operation norms and carrying on verification research.

J Tradit Chin Med. 2010 Sep;30(3):180-4. Fang YG, Zhou XZ, Liu BY, Wang YY. Institute of TCM China Clinical Basic Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.