Table 3.
Frequency of TCM pharmacological mechanisms of TCMs combined with CKI (Top 20, N=3328).
| Frequency sequence | TCM Pharmacological mechanism | Distribution frequency (%) | Frequency sequence | TCM Pharmacological mechanism | Distribution frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat-clearing and detoxifying | 1535 (46.12) | 11 | Reviving yang to save from collapse | 73 (2.19) |
| 2 | Qi-reinforcing | 1159 (34.83) | 12 | Qi-reinforcing and blood-nourishing | 52 (1.56) |
| 3 | Blood circulation-promoting and stasis-removing | 312 (9.38) | 13 | Warming interior | 49 (1.47) |
| 4 | Blood-stanching | 294 (8.83) | 14 | Promoting circulation of qi and blood to relieve pain | 49 (1.47) |
| 5 | Qi-regulating | 273 (8.20) | 15 | Cough-relieving | 39 (1.17) |
| 6 | Bowel-relaxing | 260 (7.81) | 16 | Cough-preventing | 33 (0.99) |
| 7 | Spleen-invigorating and stomach-harmonizing | 163 (4.90) | 17 | Digestion-promoting | 32 (0.96) |
| 8 | Swelling-reducing and mass-resolving | 103 (3.09) | 18 | Phlegm-eliminating | 31 (0.93) |
| 9 | Blood-regulating | 94 (2.82) | 19 | Blood-nourishing and tranquilization | 25 (0.75) |
| 10 | Yin-tonifying | 75 (2.25) | 20 | Yang-tonifying | 23 (0.69) |