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Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine ›› 2011, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (7): 789-793.doi: 10.3736/jcim20110714

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Relationships between properties and functional targets of Chinese herbs

Bin Xiao, Ou Tao, Ji Luo, Yun Wang()   

  1. Information Engineering Center of Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine,Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100102, China
  • Received:2011-01-14 Accepted:2011-03-07 Online:2011-07-20 Published:2011-06-15

Functional targets are the objects that Chinese herbal medicines act directly upon. If the relationships between the properties of Chinese herbs and their functional targets were analyzed clearly, it would benefit the overall understanding of the holistic mechanisms of Chinese herbal treatments. In this paper, data regarding the properties of Chinese herbs and their functional targets were collected from the 2005 edition of The People’s Republic of China Pharmacopoeia. After analyzing and assessing the data, the relationships were defined between the four qi, meridian entry and medicinal functional targets and between the four qi, five flavors and mode of function. Then the relationships between a single herbal medicine and a prescription were analyzed, and the results conformed with the traditional knowledge of Chinese herbal nature and efficacy. This demonstrated that the holistic mechanisms of the properties of Chinese herbs adhere to the findings, which may be beneficial for the development and compatibility of Chinese herbal medicines.

Key words: properties and flavors (TCD), functional target, the theory of Chinese herbal nature, pharmacopeias

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序号 各作用方式及出现次数
寒性 热性 温性 凉性 平性
1 清(135) 止(11) 止(105) 清(22) 止(54)
2 解(69) 温(9) 消(54) 止(14) 祛(35)
3 止(64) 祛(8) 祛(50) 利(11) 解(27)
4 利(59) 散(7) 补(46) 解(10) 通(26)
5 消(48) 消(7) 散(42) 消(10) 补(26)
6 通(40) 除(5) 温(40) 散(6) 利(20)
7 凉(36) 逐(4) 通(33) 凉(4) 活(20)
8 散(36) 补(3) 行(30) 生(4) 消(18)
9 泻(25) 助(3) 化(23) 除(3) 益(18)
10 祛(22) 蚀(2) 益(22) 息(3) 化(14)

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序号 各功能靶点及出现次数
寒性 热性 温性 凉性 平性
1 热(117) 寒(9) 气(69) 热(22) 血(44)
2 血(68) 湿(8) 痛(58) 肝(10) 风(28)
3 毒(66) 痛(8) 血(47) 血(10) 毒(24)
4 尿(31) 风(6) 湿(46) 毒(8) 气(21)
5 湿(30) 经(5) 风(36) 肿(8) 湿(19)
6 肿(29) 阳(5) 肾(35) 风(5) 痛(19)
7 风(27) 中(4) 中(25) 津(4) 肺(15)
8 痰(27) 痰(3) 痰(24) 尿(4) 肾(15)
9 肝(25) 毒(3) 肝(21) 湿(4) 瘀(18)
10 肺(22) 火(2) 肿(21) 痰(3) 热(14)

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序号 作用方式及出现次数
酸味 苦味 甘味 辛味 咸味 涩味 淡味
1 止(20) 止(130) 止(81) 止(109) 止(17) 止(45) 利(14)
2 敛(11) 清(108) 清(73) 消(62) 消(17) 敛(13) 清(12)
3 补(11) 消(74) 补(65) 祛(60) 通(14) 涩(12) 通(6)
4 涩(8) 祛(73) 利(46) 散(58) 清(14) 解(10) 解(5)
5 生(8) 解(68) 解(43) 解(41) 散(11) 清(8) 除(4)
6 化(8) 利(58) 通(41) 温(37) 利(9) 生(7) 下(3)
7 解(7) 通(55) 祛(39) 通(35) 益(9) 消(7) 渗(3)
8 消(6) 散(47) 益(38) 清(32) 平(8) 祛(6) 敛(2)
9 益(5) 活(32) 润(37) 行(30) 定(8) 补(6) 健(2)
10 凉(5) 凉(29) 消(36) 化(28) 补(8) 益(5) 祛(2)

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序号 作用的各功能靶点及出现次数
肝经 心经 脾经 肺经 肾经 胃经
1 血(124) 血(55) 气(56) 热(71) 肾(55) 热(61)
2 热(69) 热(33) 痛(44) 痰(55) 湿(40) 气(41)
3 风(67) 毒(27) 湿(41) 气(50) 血(37) 毒(38)
4 肝(64) 神(23) 血(37) 肺(49) 风(29) 湿(36)
5 痛(56) 痛(21) 脾(28) 毒(41) 肝(29) 血(34)
6 毒(52) 气(19) 中(24) 血(41) 气(23) 痛(30)
7 湿(52) 心(19) 毒(22) 风(34) 痛(23) 风(25)
8 瘀(35) 风(18) 痰(20) 湿(28) 阳(22) 痰(25)
9 肿(35) 经(15) 胃(20) 肿(24) 热(21) 中(25)
10 肾(34) 痰(13) 寒(18) 咳(23) 精(19) 胃(21)
序号 作用的各功能靶点及出现次数
胆经 心包经 大肠经 小肠经 膀胱经 三焦经
1 热(13) 血(6) 热(31) 热(13) 热(23) 血(3)
2 湿(12) 风(3) 血(28) 尿(10) 湿(21) 气(2)
3 肝(6) 经(3) 毒(27) 毒(9) 尿(15) 痛(2)
4 痛(6) 瘀(3) 肠(26) 湿(7) 痛(10) 毒(1)
5 毒(5) 肝(2) 便(20) 肿(6) 风(10) 烦(1)
6 气(5) 热(2) 气(15) 水(4) 淋(8) 火(1)
7 风(3) 肠(1) 湿(14) 经(3) 肿(7) 经(1)
8 火(3) 毒(1) 水(14) 淋(3) 毒(7) 尿(1)
9 血(3) 惊(1) 肿(14) 气(3) 血(6) 脾(1)
10 胆(2) 淋(1) 痰(12) 痰(3) 气(6) 热(1)

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