Traditional Chinese medicines usage rules for AIDS according to China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) from 2006 to 2011

Objective: To explore the rules in flavor nature and meridian entry of traditional Chinese medicines in treatment of AIDS and suppose to provide reference for clinical treatment of AIDS.Method: Following the evidence based medicine(EBM) and epidemiological method to collect 38 papers,then analyzed its involved herbs,determined those herbs' nature and flavor and meridian entry,the data were analyzed with SPSS 17.0 software package.Results: There were 143 kinds of herbs used in the treatment of AIDS totally,in which qi-invigorating drugs were used the most,then heat-cleaning drugs and replenishing-blood drugs.Statistical analysis found that nature of medicines used the most was worm,flat followed.For flavor of medicines,sweet was used most,then bitter and acrid.Meridian entry of medicines for spleen channel tropism was the most,then for lung channel tropism followed,then for heart and liver.Conclusion: From the medication we can preliminary judge that qi deficiency syndrome type is the most in AIDS patients.From the flavour nature law we can see that drug use commonly close to its disease location in spleen,dysfunction of spleen,lung and heart is the origin,and qi deficiency is its key pathogenic factor pathogenesis.