title: Traditional Chinese medicine syndrome-related herbal prescriptions in treatment of malignant tumors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the distribution characteristics of TCM syndromes and the related herbal prescriptions for malignant tumors (MT).
  
  
  METHODS
  A clinical database of the TCM syndromes and the herbal prescriptions in treatment of 136 MT patients were established. The data were then analyzed using cluster and frequency analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  According to the cluster analysis, the TCM syndromes in MT patients mainly included two patterns: deficiency of both Qi and Yin and internal accumulation of toxic heat. The commonly-prescribed herbs were Huangqi (Astraglus), Nüzhenzi (Fructus Ligustri Lucid), Lingzhi (Ganoderma Lucidum), Huaishan (Dioscorea Opposita), Xiakucao (Prunella Vulgaris), and Baihuasheshecao (Herba Hedyotidis).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Deficiency of Qi and Yin is the primary syndrome of MT, and internal accumulation of toxic heat is the secondary syndrome. The herbs for Qi supplementation and Yin nourishment are mainly used, with the assistance of herbs for heat-clearance and detoxification.
authors.affiliation: The Academy of Integrative Medicine of Fujian University of TCM, Fuzhou 350122, China.
authors.forename: Zhizhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Songyi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Enda
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Lan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lan
authors.forename: Junting
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Lianming
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Xuemei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Changen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Du
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D019413:Qi; D016710:Yin Deficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal