International Journal of General Medicine (Mar 2024)
Research Status and Trends of Traditional Chinese Medicine Therapeutic Formulae for Coronary Heart Disease Scientometrics Research
Abstract
Mi Zhou,1 Jieyun Li,1 Xinang Xiao,1 Jiekee Lim,1 Zhikui Tian,2 Dongjun Wang,3 Naijin Zhang,4 Zhaoxia Xu1,5 1College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, People’s Republic of China; 2College of Rehabilitation Medicine, Qilu Medical University, Zibo, 255000, People’s Republic of China; 3College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063210, People’s Republic of China; 4College of Public Health and Health Sciences, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 301617, People’s Republic of China; 5Shanghai Key Laboratory of Health Identification and Assessment, Shanghai, 201203, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Zhaoxia Xu, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1200 Cailun Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, 201203, People’s Republic of China, Email [email protected] of the Study: This study analyzes research on TCM formulae in CHD over the past 30 years, using VOSviewer and CiteSpace. It aims to highlight key trends and hotspots in the field.Materials and Methods: The core database of Web of Science was collected, and the search time range was from the establishment of the database to the present (August 2023) for the literature related to the study of TCM prescriptions in CHD, and the information on the number of literature, countries, journals, authors, institutions, keywords were summarized by applying the software VOSviewer and CiteSpace.Results: A total of 135 kinds of literature were included. The number of published journal papers on research on TCM therapeutic formulae for CHD showed an upward trend; China was the most prolific country in this field; the largest number of papers were published in Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, MEDICINE; the average number of citations for authors and institutional analysis revealed that Xu Hao of China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Mao Jingyuan of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Shang Hongcai of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine constituted the core team of researchers studying the study of TCM formulae for CHD; the keyword analysis suggests that there are mainly 42 specifically named TCM formulae for the treatment of CHD, which are classified into a total of 7 major categories, and the research direction is mainly in the clinical efficacy study of different TCM therapeutic formulae and other aspects.Conclusion: This study shows that there are more types of TCM therapeutic formulae for CHD, and the related research has a good prospect. It is foreseeable that more relevant research results will rely on the study of network pharmacology, signalling pathways, and action targets of TCM therapeutic formulae. Keywords: coronary heart disease, Traditional Chinese Medicine, therapeutic formulae, scientometrics
