Research Article

Global Mapping of Traditional Chinese Medicine into Bioactivity Space and Pathways Annotation Improves Mechanistic Understanding and Discovers Relationships between Therapeutic Action (Sub)classes

Table 1

The list of therapeutic action classes, subclasses, and their number of respective Chinese medicines and compounds. A total of 10,749 compounds from 46 therapeutic action subclasses were included in the analysis presented in this work.

Chinese medicine classChinese medicine subclassChinese medicine (sub)class (Chinese names)Abb.NoHNoC

Exterior releasingWind cold dispersingSàn hán jiě biǎo yào
(散寒解表药)
ER-wind cold21538
Wind heat dispersingQīng rè jiě biǎo yào
(清热解表药)
ER-wind heat22413

Heat-clearing medicinalHeat-clearing and blood coolingLiáng xuè huó xuè yào
(凉血血药)
HC-blood cool1499
Heat-clearing and dampness dryingQīng rè lì shī yào
(清热湿药)
HC-damp 11264
DeficiencyQīng xū rè yào
(清虚热药)
HC-def10186
Heat-clearing and detoxicatingQīng rè jiě dú yào
(清热解毒药)
HC-detox541029
Heat-clearing and fire purgingQīng rè xiè huǒ yào
(清热泻)
HC-fire purge18234

Purgative medicinalLaxative medicinalRùn xià yào
()
Purg-lax327
Offensive purgativeGōng xià yào
()
Purg-off654
Drastic (purgative) water-expellingJùn xià zhú shuǐ yào
()
Purg-water expel14206

Dampness resolvingWater draining and anti-ictericLì shī tuì huáng yào
(利湿退黄药)
Damp-antiicteric6189
Water draining and strangury resolvingLì niào tōng lín yào
(利尿通淋药)
Damp-stran15133
Water draining and swelling dispersingLì shuǐ xiāo zhǒng yào
(利水消肿药)
Damp-swell13265

Qi regulatingLǐ qì yào
(理气)
Qi36699

Digestant medicinalXiāo shí yào
(消食药)
Digest8146

Hemostatic medicinalAstringent hemostaticShōu liǎn zhǐ xiě yào
(收敛止血药)
Hemo-astringent592
Blood cooling hemostaticLiáng xuè zhǐ xiě yào
(凉血止血药)
Hemo-blood cool13198
Meridian warming hemostaticWēn jīng zhǐ xuè yào
(止血药)
Hemo-meridian2146
Stasis resolving hemostaticHuà yū zhǐ xiě yào
(化瘀止血药)
Hemo-stasis6245

Blood activating and stasis resolvingBlood activating analgesicHuó xuè zhǐ tòng yào
(活血止)
BASR-analgesic7487
Blood breaking mass eliminatingPò xiě xiāo zhēng yào
(破血消)
BASR-break9177
Blood activating menstruation resolvingHuó xuè tiáo jīng yào
(活血调)
BASR-menstrual15457
Blood activating trauma curingHuó xuè liáo shāng yào
(活血疗伤药)
BASR-trauma12261

Cough suppressing and panting-calmingClearing and heat phlegm resolvingQīng huà rè tán yào
(热痰药)
CSPC-heat 30237
Cold phlegm resolving and warmingWēn huà hán tán yào
(寒痰药)
CSPC-cold19147
Cough suppressing and panting-calmingZhǐ ké píng chuǎn yào
(止咳喘药)
CSPC-panting16334

TranquilizingHeat nourishing tranquilizingYǎng xīn ān shén yào
(安神药)
Tranquil-heat1145
Settling tranquilizing Zhòng zhèn ān shén yào
(重镇安神药)
Tranquil-settle61

Orifice openingKāi qiào yào
(开窍药)
Orifice768

Liver-pacifying and wind extinguishingExtinguishing wind to resolve convulsionXí fēng zhǐ jìng yào
(息风止痉药)
LPWE-convulsion885
Liver yang calmingPíng yì gān yáng yào
(平抑肝)
LPWE-liver722

Tonifying and replenishingBlood tonifyingBǔ xiě yào
(补血药)
TR-blood7388
Qi tonifyingBǔ qì yào
()
TR-qi15474
Yang tonifyingBǔ yáng yào
()
TR-yang23559
Yin tonifyingBǔ yīn yào
()
TR-yin17259

AstringentAnhidroticGù biǎo zhǐ hàn yào
(固表止汗药)
Ast-anhidro317
Lung-intestine astringentLiǎn fèi sè cháng yào
(敛肺涩肠药)
Ast-lung8145
Securing essence, reducing urination, and checking vaginal dischargeGù jīng suō niào zhǐ dài yào
(固精缩尿止带药)
Ast-secure6125

Wind-dampness dispellingBone (sinew) strengtheningQū fēng shī qiáng jīn gǔ yào
(祛风湿强筋骨药)
WD-bone544
Heat-clearingQū fēng shī rè yào
(祛风湿热药)
WD-heat8175
Cold dispersingQū fēng hán shī yào
(祛风寒湿药)
WD-cold13309

Interior warmingWēn lǐ yào
()
Warm13457

Worm expelling medicinalQū chóng yào
()
Worm993

Emetic medicinalYǒng tǔ yào
(涌吐药)
Emetic39

Parasite destroying, dampness eliminating, and itchiness relievingGōng dú shā chóng zhǐ yǎng yào
(攻毒杀止痒药)
Parasite881

Antimalarial medicinalKàng nüè yào
(抗疟药)
Malarial430

Total compounds10,749

Abb.: abbreviation.
NoH: number of Chinese medicines.
NoC: number of compounds.