As a kind of functional food

health food is a kind of functional food

which has a long history in our country and has a unique advantage

and it is an important part of our national health care industry. Following the arrival of the big health era

health food industry will usher in an unprecedented development opportunities. To speed up the development of health food

this paper has constructed a structured database of health food formulations based on Traditional Chinese Medicine Inheritance System (TCMISS)

and made a systematic analysis of the formulation about the 26 health functions of formula data. On the basis of this

the research on the method of association rules is used to select the most common raw materials for each health function. This study has identified the various health care functions corresponding formula commonly used raw materials and formulation features.From the new perspective of health food formulations the prescription composition rules

the results can provide a basis and reference for the selection of raw materials and formula research and development of health food.