[Analysis of professor Lin Yi's experience for metastasis breast cancer by data mining]

Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 2018 Aug;43(15):3198-3204. doi: 10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.2018.0095.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Data mining method based on the traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) inheritance system(V2.5) was adopted to analyze professor Lin Yi's experience for metastasis breast cancer(MBC) by analysing the high frequency medicine, drug categories,drug properties,the key symptoms and key drugs of different metastasis regions and different syndromes, drug symptom analysis in the effective prescriptions for treating MBC by Lin from January 2013 to December 2017. A total of 89 MBC patients, 5 syndromes and 117 prescriptions were involved. The first 10 most frequently used were Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, Poria, Dioscoreae Rhizoma, Coicis Semen, Crataegi Fructus, Hordei Fructus Germinatus, Galli Gigerii Endothelium Corneum, Hedyotis Diffusa, Codonopsis Radix, Astragali Radix. The warm and placid property was higher, the most herbs had Gan taste, the first two channel tropisms were spleen and the stomach. Drug symptom analysis in 5 different metastasis regions and 6 different syndromes were also been done. The conclusion showed that professor Lin's experience as: recognizing the basis of diseases,differentiating the syndrome, combinating disease and syndrome, cautiously grasping pathogenesis,combinating tonification and purgation together, regulating balance, treating the symptoms and origin, regulating spleen and stomach, caring for the postnatal throughout, prefering ancient prescription,rational compatibility, using medicine gently.

Keywords: Lin Yi; metastasis breast cancer; syndrome; disease; traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) inheritance system.

MeSH terms

  • Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Data Mining*
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Medicine, Chinese Traditional*

Substances

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal