Patterns Exploration on Patterns of Empirical Herbal Formula of Chinese Medicine by Association Rules

Table 5

Result of the association rules for relations between herbal adjustment strategy and clinical patterns in the effective group.

Preitems	Postitems	Support rate (%)	Confidence level (%)	Lift
Thirst and loose stools	White atractylodes rhizome	10.71	100.00	2.80
Thirst and loose stools	Poria cocos	10.71	100.00	2.33
Dizziness	Poria cocos	10.71	100.00	2.33
Dizziness and sense of suppression in the chest	Poria cocos with Rhizoma Pinellinae Praeparata	10.71	100.00	2.80
Greasy fur of tongue and short breath	Poria cocos with Rhizoma Pinellinae Praeparata	10.71	100.00	2.80
Greasy fur of tongue and pale complexion and short breath	Poria cocos with Rhizoma Pinellinae Praeparata	10.71	100.00	2.80
Postmenopausal women	Fresh dogwood with Fructus mume	17.86	100.00	1.56
Irritability	Fresh dogwood with Fructus mume	10.71	100.00	1.56
Sore throat	Fresh dogwood with Fructus mume	10.71	100.00	1.56
Tinnitus	Equivalent Guizhi with Aglaophotis radix herbaceu	10.71	100.00	2.00
Chest pain	Equivalent Guizhi with Aglaophotis radix herbaceu	10.71	100.00	2.00
Forgetfulness and breast pain	Equivalent Guizhi with Aglaophotis radix herbaceu	10.71	100.00	2.00