Table 4 The most frequently used CMs for NCP patients
Classification of TCM | Top 3 used TCMs | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
Category of clearing heat and drying dampness and removing toxin (清热燥湿解毒类) | Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi (黄芩) | 29 |
Lonicera japonica Thunb (金银花) | 11 | |
Forsythia suspense Vahl (连翘) | 10 | |
Category of aromatic herbs resolving dampness (芳香化湿类) | Amomum villosum Lour (砂仁) | 28 |
Amomum compactum (豆蔻) | 12 | |
Pogostemon cablin (藿香) | 9 | |
Category of eliminating dampness with bland medicinal (淡渗利湿类) | Poria cocos (茯苓) | 40 |
Alisma orientalis (泽泻) | 34 | |
Coix lacryma-jobi (薏苡仁) | 36 | |
Category of invigorating spleen and removing dampness (ISRD, 健脾祛湿类) | Atractylodes macrocephala (白术) | 30 |
Astragalus membranaceus (黄芪) | 5 | |
Dolichos (白扁豆) | 2 | |
Category of power appetite and digestant medicinal (开胃消食类) | Massa Medicata Fermentata (神曲) | 19 |
Hordeum vulgare (麦芽) | 18 | |
Gallus gallus domesticus (鸡内金) | 13 | |
Others | Prunus armeniaca (杏仁) | 33 |
Paeonia suffruticosa (丹皮) | 27 | |
Platycodon grandiflorum (桔梗) | 27 |