Study On The Medication Rules Of Contemporary Doctors In Treating Functional Constipation

ObjectiveThrough the collection of Chinese medicine documents of contemporary physicians in treating functional constipation,the establishment of medical records database,extraction of prescription information,analysis and processing using statistics and computer software,the characteristics of medication laws of contemporary physicians in treating functional constipation are suumarized,hoping to provide reference for clinical syndrome differentiation and treatment of functional constipation in the future.MethodsThis study is based on the digital resources of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine library,and manually searches four databases(China Biomedical Literature Database,VIP Chinese Sci-tech Periodical Database,Wanfang Data Resource System,China Digital Library Periodical Full-text Database),collects the literature and related works of contemporary physicians in the treatment of functional constipation,and preliminarily summarizes the regular characteristics of the prescription of contemporary physicians in the treatment of functional constipation by using the analysis of TCM inheritance auxiliary platform.ResultsThis study collected 200 medical records of contemporary physicians in treating functional constipation,mainly included in medical journals and medical records books.The basic information of medical records collected involves gender,age,tongue pulse,symptoms and syndrome types.The results showed that the number of female patients was significantly higher than that of male patients,and the incidence was concentrated in more than 60 age groups.The tongue and pulse of this disease are mostly red,white and stringy.The main symptoms are difficult stool and dry stool.Accompanying symptoms include constipation,anorexia,fatigue,abdominal distension,abdominal fullness,dizziness,dry mouth,bitter taste,abdominal pain,belching,wheezing,bowel sounds,restlessness,insomnia,and aversion to cold.Deficiency of lung and spleen qi is the highest type of TCM syndromes.There are 189 kinds of traditional Chinese medicines in this study,and the total number of medicines is 1937.The drugs for functional constipation are mostly deficiency tonic,antipyretic,purgative,and qi regulating.The drugs are mostly warm,mild,and cold.The meridian tropism is mainly spleen,stomach,and large intestine.Through correlation analysis and cluster analysis,the common drugs for the treatment of functional constipation by contemporary physicians are obtained:Atractylodes macrocephala,Angeliea sinensis,Glycyrrhiza uralensis,Fructus Cannabis,Fructus Aurantii,Fructus Aurantii Immaturus,Astragalus membranaceus,Magnolia officinalis.ConclusionFunctional constipation is a common digestive system disease in clinical practice,and contemporary physicians have accumulated rich experience in the clinical practice of traditional Chinese medicine.The disease location of FC is large intestine,which is related to lung,spleen,stomach,liver and kidney.Clinical manifestations are mostly deficiency,accompanied by accumulation of heat,dampness,blood stasis,qi stagnation,cold coagulation and other pathological factors.Traditional Chinese medicine treatment is mainly based on deficiency-tonifying drugs,heat-clearing drugs,purgative drugs and qi-regulating drugs.The core drug combination is Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz,Angelica sinensis,Glycyrrhiza uralensis,Fructus Cannabis,Fructus Aurantii,Fructus Aurantii Immaturus,Astragalus membranaceus and Magnolia Officinalis.