| To explore the rules and characteristics of herbs and their nature, flavor and meridian entry in treating gastric ulcer and to provide reference for Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) clinical treatment. Methods:1)To extract 220 papers from CNKI and select 107 papers which meet the inclusion criteria. Then summarize and analyze the nature, flavor, and meridian entry of the herbs used. 2)Analyze 2324 subject items by WTM database. Results:1)The top ten frequently used drugs in tumor-fever disease are: Baiji(Bletillae rhizoma), Gancao(Glycyrrhizae radix et rhizoma), Sanqi(Notoginseng radix et rhizoma), Haipiaoxiao(Sepiae endoconcha), Huangqi(Astragali radix), Baishao(Paeoniae radix alba), Huanlian(Coptidis rhizome), Yanhusuo(Corydalis rhizoma), Baizhu(Atractylodis macrocephalae rhizoma), Shengjiang(Ringiberis rhizoma recens)［Ganjiang(Zingiberis rhizoma), Jiangtan(Zingiberis rhizome praeparatum)］. Among these drugs, most of them can tonify body, clear heat, regulate qi and regulate blood. Mainly, the nature is warm, cold and the flavor is mostly bitter, and then sweet and pungent. Meridian entry is mostly spleen, and then stomach, liver and lung meridian. 2)Statistical analysis of WTM patents shows that top 10 herbs are: Gancao(Glycyrrhizae radix et rhizoma), Yanhusuo(Corydalis rhizoma), Baiji(Bletillae rhizoma), Haipiaoxiao(Sepiae endoconcha), Zhike(Aurantii fructus), Muxiang(Aucklandiae radix), Baizhu(Atractylodis macrocephalae rhizoma), Baishao(Paeoniae radix alba), Chenpi(Citri reticulatae pericarpium), Jineijin(Galli gigerii endothelium corneum). Conclusion:Based on the analysis of the nature, flavor and meridian entry, it could be found that bitter warm cold herbs which belong to spleen meridian entry were mostly common used in treating gastric ulcer. Commonly used drugs were Gancao(Glycyrrhizae radix et rhizoma), Baiji(Bletillae rhizoma), Haipiaoxiao(Sepiae endoconcha), Yanhusuo(Corydalis rhizoma), Baishao(Paeoniae radix alba), and Baizhu(Atractylodis macrocephalae rhizoma). |
