Component analysis of Chinese medicine and advances in fuming-washing therapy for knee osteoarthritis via unsupervised data mining methods

Abstract

Chinese medicines for fuming-washing therapy of KOA mainly consist of wind-dampness-dispelling and cold-dispersing herbs, blood-activating and stasis-resolving herbs, and wind-dampness-dispelling and heat-clearing herbs. The treatment of fuming-washing therapy for KOA also includes dispelling wind-dampness and dispersing cold, activating blood and resolving stasis, and dispelling wind-dampness and clearing heat. Zhenzhutougucao (Herba Speranskiae Tuberculatae), Honghua (Flos Carthami), Niuxi (Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae), Shenjincao (Herba Lycopodii Japonici), Weilingxian (Radix et Rhizoma Clematidis Chinensis), Chuanwu (Radix Aconiti), Haitongpi (Cortex Erythrinae Variegatae), Ruxiang (Olibanum), Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Caowu (Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii), Moyao (Myrrha), and Aiye (Folium Artemisiae Argyi) are the main herbs used in the fuming-washing treatment for KOA.