To explore the prescription rules of modern clinical traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) in the treatment of viral pneumonia

retrieve relevant clinical literature on TCM prescriptions for the treatment of viral pneumonia from domestic Chinese databases

such as CBM

CNKI

VIP

Wanfang data in recent 30 years

select prescriptions in accordance with the inclusion criteria

and extract high frequency drugs and high association drug combinations based on the frequency distribution and association rules in Traditional Chinese Medicine Inheritance Auxiliary System. The results showed that 119 kinds of herbs were present in the included 65 prescriptions

including 25 kinds of commonly used herbs

33 commonly used core herb combinations (support degree 15%

confidence level 0.9). The results showed that the core herbs were Bitter Almond

Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma

Honeysuckle

Forsythia Suspense

and Gypsum in the treatment of viral pneumonia via antiviral and immune adjustment

with heat clearing

detoxifying

and relieving cough and asthma as the main treatment methods.