In this paper , the characteristics of traditional - chinese medicine prescriptions are studied , and a traditional - chinese medicine prescription database is built . after that , basic principles and methods of data mining are presented , some data mining algorithms are discussed and applied to the database . in the mining of association rules , apriori algorithm , classical algorithm for the discovering of one - dimensional boolean association rules , is chosen to apply 本文研究了中药方剂数据的特点，建立了中药方剂数据库；研究并讨论了数据挖掘的基本理论和方法；研究了若干数据挖掘算法，并选择合适的挖掘算法(或对其中某些算法做出适当改进)应用于中医药方剂数据库，挖掘其中有用的知识。
Medical products give a very good expression to the scientific concepts and technologic features in respect of modernized traditional chinese medicines ( tcm ) . we have achieved a distinguished improvement to upgrade the quality , safety and effectiveness for our medical and functional products to meet international standards , by maintaining the prescription principle of tcm science , using the deeply researched and well recognized substances extracted from traditional chinese medicinal materials , applying the controlled releasing and capsule sealing techniques on chinese medicine for the first time 特别是本公司研制的水蛭中成药品，坚持以传统中药方剂理论为配伍原则，采用国际公认的中药材有效物质单体为原料，率先在中成药剂型上应用胶囊封口技术和控释技术，充分体现了现代化中药的科学理念和技术特征，大大提高了药品质量的稳定性，以及药品使用的安全性和有效性。
