An Overview of Traditional Chinese Herbal Formulae and a Proposal of a New Code System for Expressing the Formula Titles.
An Overview of Traditional Chinese Herbal Formulae and a Proposal of a New Code System for Expressing the Formula Titles.
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DOI：
10.1093/ecam/neh019
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发表时间：
2004-09-01
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影响因子：
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通讯作者：
Chang IM
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作者：
Yi YD;Chang IM
传统中草药疗法的特点是使用大量的多草药配方。为方便不了解中国文献和文化背景的现代和西方科学家获取信息，建立了一个包含11 810个传统中草药配方的数据库。所有的信息都被翻译成可以理解的英语科学术语。在用英语创造标题公式的同时，我们通过计算机分析发现了一些标题命名的原则。此外，我们观察到约92%的处方在单味药到十三味药的范围内。大多数大数目草药配方是通过结合先前存在的小数目草药配方制定的。在多草药配方中具有主要治疗活性的王草药（）通过使用两个参数的配方概念来识别：草药剂量和草药性质（毒性程度）。基于这些分析数据，我们建立了一个英文代码系统，代表所有用表意汉字书写的处方标题：一系列重要的关键词，如“拉丁文草药名称+功效（靶器官）+制剂形式+草药数量”。以上述任何一个关键词搜索英文版的数据库，就可以获得有关传统中草药治疗现状的各种信息。
Traditional Chinese herbal therapy can be characterized by the use of a large number of multi-herb formulae. To provide modern and Western scientists without knowledge of Chinese literature and cultural background easy access to information, a database with a total of 11 810 traditional Chinese herbal formulae was constructed. All the information was then translated into understandable scientific terms in English. While coining the formula titles in English, we discovered some principles governing the naming of titles by using computer analysis. In addition, we observed that about 92% of the formulae are in the range of single-herb formulae to thirteen-herb formulae. Most large number-herb formulae are formulated by combining pre-existing smaller number-herb formulae. The King herbs () with major therapeutic activity in a multi-herb formula were identified by the formulation concept using two parameters: the herbal dose and the herbal drug property (the degree of toxicity). Based on such analytical data, we established an English code system representing all formula titles written in ideographic Chinese characters: an array of important key words such as ‘Herbal name in Latin + Efficacy (Target organs) + Preparation form + Number of herbs.’ By searching the English version of the database with any of the above key words, a variety of information on the status of traditional Chinese herbal therapy can be accessed.
影响因子：
5.7
作者：
Park, J;Park, HJ;Ernst, E
通讯作者：
Ernst, E