Reveal the Patterns of Prescriptions for Recurrent Respiratory Tract Infections’ Treatment Based on Multiple Illustrious Senior Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners

Table 2

Frequency of herbal characteristics in four physicians’ prescriptions.

Herbal characteristics	Types	Physician 1	Physician 2	Physician 3	Physician 4
Four properties	Cold	344	632	604	1001
	Warm	468	282	453	741
	Mild	452	54	173	330
	Cool	27	57	29	45
Five flavours	Sour	182	28	63	76
	Bitter	484	777	864	1081
	Sweet	1075	539	759	891
	Pungent	471	245	484	878
	Salty	109	80	114	88
	Light	39	4	4	1
	Astringent	33	8	9	57
Meridian tropism (top 6 meridians)	Lung	861	1054	1064	1517
	Spleen	585	403	489	552
	Liver	478	228	419	660
	Heart	385	68	215	336
	Kidney	267	48	143	172
	Stomach	740	394	426	793