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

Table 3

Herb characteristics.

HerbFrequencyPropertiesFlavourPhysician

Scutellariae radix (Huangqin)248ColdBitter1/2/3/4
Armeniacae semen amarum (Kuxingren)234WarmBitter1/2/3/4
Glycyrrhizae radix et rhizoma (Gancao)215MildSweet1/3/4
Peucedani radix (Qianhu)197ColdBitter, pungent2/3/4
Magnoliae flos (Xinyi)172WarmPungent1/2/3/4
Xanthii fructus (Cang’erzi)150WarmPungent, bitter2/3/4
Ephedrae herba (Mahuang)145WarmPungent, bitter1/2/4
Pheretima (Dilong)142ColdSalty2/3/4
Trichosanthis fructus (Gualou)140ColdSweet, bitter2/3/4
Cicadaeperiostracum (Chantui)138ColdSweet2/3/4
Belamcandae rhizoma (Shegan)133ColdBitter2/3/4
Crataegi fructus (Shanzha)133WarmSour, sweet1/2/3/4
Eriobotryae folium (Pipaye)132ColdBitter2/4
Hordei fructus germinatus (Maiya)124MildSweet1/2/3
Massa medicata fermentata (Shenqu)102WarmSweet, pungent1/2/3
Pinelliae rhizoma (Banxia)101WarmPungent1/2/3/4
Arctii fructus (Niubangzi)97ColdPungent, bitter1/2/3/4
Lonicerae japonicae flos (Jinyinhua)96ColdSweet1/2/4
Asteris radix et rhizoma (Ziwan)95WarmPungent, bitter1/2/3/4
Platycodonis radix (Jiegeng)92MildBitter, pungent1/2/3/4
Descurainiae semen lepidii semen (Tinglizi)85ColdPungent, Bitter2/3/4
Cynanchi paniculati radix et rhizoma (Xuchangqing)85WarmPungent4
Cynanchi stauntonii rhizoma et radix (Baiqian)84WarmPungent, bitter1/3/4
Saposhnikoviae radix (Fangfeng)84WarmPungent, sweet2/3/4
Fritillariae thunbergii bulbus (Zhebeimu)83ColdBitter2/4
Ziziphi spinosae semen (Suanzaoren)81MildSweet, sour1/2/3
Gastrodiae rhizoma (Tianma)80MildSweet1
Lysimachiae herba (Jinqiancao)75ColdSweet, salty1
Arisaema cum bile (Dannanxing)63CoolBitter, pungent2/4
Farfarae flos (Kuandonghua)60WarmPungent, bitter2/3/4
Perillae fructus (Zisuzi)59WarmPungent3/4
Liquidambaris fructus (Lulutong)56Mildbitter4
Bupleuri radix (Chaihu)48ColdPungent, bitter2/3/4