Table 2.
High-frequency herbs used to treat headaches with blood stasis syndrome.
| No. | Herb | Properties | Tastes | Meridian Tropisms | Frequency | aProportion/% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chuanxiong Rhizoma (Chuanxiong) | Warm | Pungent | Liver/Gallbladder/Pericardium | 111 | 88.10 |
| 2 | Angelicae Sinensis Radix (Danggui) | Warm | Pungent/Sweet | Liver/Heart/Spleen | 73 | 57.94 |
| 3 | Carthami Flos (Honghua) | Warm | Pungent | Heart/Liver | 69 | 54.76 |
| 4 | Paeoniae Radix Rubra (Chishao) | Cold | Bitter | Liver | 66 | 52.38 |
| 5 | Persicae Semen (Taoren) | Mild | Bitter/Sweet | Heart/Liver/Large intestine | 63 | 50.00 |
| 6 | Bupleuri Radix (Chaihu) | Cold | Pungent/Bitter | Liver/Gallbladder/Lung | 52 | 41.27 |
| 7 | Angelicae Dahuricae Radix (Baizhi) | Warm | Pungent | Stomach/Large intestine/Lung | 51 | 40.48 |
| 8 | Glycyrrhizae Radix Et Rhizoma (Gancao) | Mild | Sweet | Heart/Lung/Spleen/Stomach | 50 | 39.68 |
| 9 | Scorpio (Quanxie) | Mild | Pungent | Liver | 49 | 38.89 |
| 10 | Scolopendra (Wugong) | Warm | Pungent | Liver | 41 | 32.54 |
| 11 | Astragali Radix (Huangqi) | Warm | Sweet | Lung/Spleen | 39 | 30.95 |
| 12 | Puerariae Lobatae Radix (Gegen) | Cool | Pungent/Sweet | Spleen/Stomach/Lung | 36 | 28.57 |
| 13 | Gastrodiae Rhizoma (Tianma) | Mild | Sweet | Liver | 33 | 26.19 |
| 14 | Paeoniae Radix Alba (Baishao) | Cold | Bitter/Sour | Liver/Spleen | 32 | 25.40 |
| 15 | Asari Radix Et Rhizoma (Xixin) | Warm | Pungent | Heart/Lung/Kidney | 32 | 25.40 |
| 16 | Notopterygii Rhizoma Et Radix (Qianghuo) | Warm | Pungent/Bitter | Bladder/Kidney | 31 | 24.60 |
| 17 | Pheretima (Dilong) | Cold | Salty | Liver/Spleen/Bladder | 28 | 22.22 |
| 18 | Viticis Fructus (Manjingzi) | Cold | Pungent/Bitter | Bladder/Liver/Stomach | 28 | 22.22 |
| 19 | Corydalis Rhizoma (Yanhusuo) | Warm | Pungent/Bitter | Liver/Spleen | 27 | 21.43 |
| 20 | Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix Et Rhizoma (Danshen) | Cold | Bitter | Heart/Liver | 26 | 20.63 |
| 21 | Ligustici Rhizoma Et Radix (Gaoben) | Warm | Pungent | Bladder | 22 | 17.46 |
| 22 | Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix (Niuxi) | Mild | Bitter/Sweet/Sour | Liver/Kidney | 21 | 16.67 |
| 23 | Uncariae Ramulus Cum Uncis (Gouteng) | Cool | Sweet | Liver/Pericardium | 20 | 15.87 |
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The proportion refers to the percentage of a herb's frequency in the total frequency of all herbs.