Based On Association Rules Of The Law Of Traditional Chinese Medicine Tredtment On Trigeminal Neuralgia During Nearly Fifteen Years

Goal:To analyse the herbal principles of the treatment for trigeminal neuralgia via the association rules so as to expand the thoughts of the treatment for trigeminal neuralgia.Methods: All the essays published over the 15 years from 2001 to 2015 about the Chinese medical treatment for trigeminal neuralgia were collected and then were selected according to thecollecting standards,in which all the herbs were sorted out.Then a database for the prescriptions on trigeminal neuralgia was set up by the counter softwear spss for the analysis of the use rates of the herbs. Also,the degree of the relationship of the herbs,the composition of the herbs and the matching principles were analysed by spss clementinic 12.0.Results: 155 priscriptions were collected,involving 161 herbs,of which the toll the use rate is 1637 times,and among which 39 herbs used not less than 10 times were used1302 times in total,covering 79.54% of the total rate.Of all the herbs,Chuanxiong was used most ofen,106 times,after which came Gancao,Quanxie,Baizhi and Baishao.Meanwhile,exterior effusing herbs were used most often 413 times in all,covering 25.23% of the total rate.Then suppressing hyperacter herbs and tonic herbs came faterwards. So analysis by association rules has discovered 303 rules of meaningful association among herbs,with the number of the rules 184 items about Chuanxiong covering the most of the rate,60.73%.There are 10 rules with full confidence,which are all connected with Chuanxiong.Conclusion: Exterior effusing herbs and suppressing hyperactive herbs are the main herbs for the treatment for trigeminal neuralgia,and are often matched with tonic herbs,blood-activating and stasis-resolving herbs,heating-clearing herbs cough-relievingand sputum-reducing herbs and dampness-eliminating herbs,with Chuanxiong chosen as the number one for the treatment for trigeminal neuralgia. So we say, the assciation rule is efficient and available for the study of the matching principles of the priscriptions.