GE Yu-lian, FENG Xue-gong. Analysis on Composition Principles of Classical Prescriptions for Insomnia by Using Traditional Chinese Medicine Inheritance System[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2012, 18(22): 4-7.
GE Yu-lian, FENG Xue-gong. Analysis on Composition Principles of Classical Prescriptions for Insomnia by Using Traditional Chinese Medicine Inheritance System[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2012, 18(22): 4-7.DOI:
Objective:Using traditional Chinese medicine inheritance System (TCMIS) to analyze the composing principles of the classical prescriptions for insomnia. Method: The classical prescriptions used for insomnia in the literature in nearly 57 years since 1955 were collected
then entered into the TCMIS
by using revised mutual information
complex system entropy cluster and unsupervised hierarchical clustering to analyze composing principles. Result: Based on the analysis of 73 cases of prescriptions
the frequency of each herb included in the database is computed
29 core combinations and 4 new prescriptions are mined from the database. Conclusion: It preliminary reveals composing principles of the classical prescriptions for insomnia
and TCMIS can be used to analyze composing principles and discover new prescription.