Objective: Using Traditional Chinese Medicine Inheritance Support System (TCMISS) (V2.0) software to analyze the composing principles of the prescriptions for stroke collected in the disk of The Chinese Medical

including drug law

commonly used drugs

couplet medicines and new drug combination and so on

in order to provide new ideas and methods for treatment of stroke. Method: Collect and sift the oral prescriptions used for stroke in the disk of The Chinese Medical

then enter into the TCMISS

by using the excavation method from the integration of the software

through looking for the high frequency of drugs

drug properties

and couplet medicines in order to investigate stroke medicine compatibility rule

which can summarize etiology and pathogenesis of the ancient treatment of stroke. Result: According to the inclusion and exclusion criteria

we get a total of 617 prescriptions

involving 320 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine. The statistical results of the data shows us that wind medicine is most frequently used and the top ten high frequency drugs are Radix Sileris

Ligusticum Wallichii

Liquorice

Cinnamon

Chinese Angelica

Gastrodia Elata

Monkshood

Herba Ephedrae

Rhizoma Arisaematis

Notopterygium Incisum. The most frequently used medicine match are Ligusticum Wallichii and Radix Sileris. In the last

13 new prescriptions are discovered from the study. Conclusion: According to the analysis of prescriptions

we reach a conclusion that ancient physicians attach great importance to the use of wind medicine when they treat stroke. Furthermore

under the guidance of syndrome differentiation

treatment is supplemented by inducing resuscitation

invigorate the circulation of blood and reduce phlegm

which can provide a reference for clinical treatment.