ABSTRACT Objective:To explore the rule of traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of vascular dementia. 〖WTHZ〗Methods:〖WTBZ〗Using vascular dementia as the key word, collect and organize the CNKI database (January 1, 2014 November 30, 2018) to collect the prescriptions for the treatment of vascular dementia, and establish a literature research database on vascular dementia prescriptions. Data mining technology analyzes the law of its medication. 〖WTHZ〗Results:〖WTBZ〗 A total of 72 prescriptions and 142 Chinese herbal medicines were included in the 72 journal articles that met the criteria. The frequency of traditional Chinese medicine was 840. Among them, there were 51 kinds of Chinese medicine frequency ≥5, and there were 680 occurrences in total. The core drugs for treating vascular dementia included Shichangpu, Astragalus, Chuanxiong and Salvia. The main efficacy category of traditional Chinese medicine were tonic, blood stasis, phlegm and tranquil medicine, Lishui osmotic drugs, Huayu Zhike antiasthmatic drugs. The medicinal properties were mainly temperate, and the medicinal tastes were sweet, spicy and bitter. The return to the five internal organs accounted for 80.75% of the total frequency. Through association rule analysis, the combination of the highest correlations was found to be 11 species, and the factor analysis extracted 5 common factors, which were classified into 4 categories in the system cluster analysis. 〖WTHZ〗Conclusion:〖WTBZ〗The treatment of vascular dementia prescriptions is mainly based on reclamation, tonic, blood circulation and phlegm. |