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Table 3 Top 20 DMIM-extracted herb pairs

From: Herb network construction and co-module analysis for uncovering the combination rule of traditional Chinese herbal formulae

Rank

Herb 1

Herb 2

DMIM Score

Chinese Name

English Name

Natural Property

Chinese Name

English Name

Natural Property

  

1

Mo-yao

Myrrh

Neutral

Ru-xiang

Frankincense

Warm

2.9528

2

Hong-hua

Flos Carthami

Warm

Tao-ren

Semen Persicae

Neutral

1.8057

3

E-zhu

Rhizoma Curcumae

Warm

San-len

Rhizoma Sparganii

Neutral

0.97254

4

Long-gu

Drgon's Bones, Fossilizid

Neutral

Mu-li

Concha Ostreae

Cool

0.78572

5

Da-zao

Fructus Jujubae

Warm

Shen-jiang

Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens

Warm

0.63477

6

Quan-xie

Scorpio

Neutral

Wu-gong

Scolopendra

Warm

0.56607

7

Du-huo

Radix Angelicae Pubescentis

Warm

Qiang-huo

Rhizoma et Radix Notopterygii

Warm

0.45846

8

Cang-zhu

Rhizoma Atractylodis

Warm

Huang-bai

Cortex Phellodendri

Cold

0.43511

9

Pu-huang

Pollen Typhae

Neutral

Wu-ling-zhi

Trogopterus Dung

Warm

0.42285

10

Bai-zhu

Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae

Warm

Fu-ling

Poria

Neutral

0.41082

11

Shi-chang-pu

Rhizoma Acori Tatarinowii

Warm

Yuan-zhi

Radix Polygalae

Warm

0.40238

12

Chi-shao

Radix Paeoniae Rubra

Cool

Tao-ren

Semen Persicae

Neutral

0.39792

13*

Jiang-can

Bombyx Batryticatus

Neutral

Quan-xie

Scorpio

Neutral

0.3707

14

Ban-xia

Rhizoma Pinelliae

Warm

Chen-pi

Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae

Warm

0.34629

15*

Dang-shen

Radix Codonopsis

Neutral

Huang-qi

Radix Astragali

Warm

0.34084

16*

Chuan-xiong

Rhizoma Chuanxiong

Warm

Hong-hua

Flos Carthami

Warm

0.32943

17*

Chuan-xiong

Rhizoma Chuanxiong

Warm

Tao-ren

Semen Persicae

Neutral

0.31513

18

Chuan-xiong

Rhizoma Chuanxiong

Warm

Dang-gui

Radix Angelicae Sinensis

Warm

0.29861

19*

Chi-shao

Radix Paeoniae Rubra

Cool

Hong-hua

Flos Carthami

Warm

0.29351

20*

Bai-zhu

Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae

Warm

Dang-shen

Radix Codonopsis

Neutral

0.29154

195

Bai-shao

Radix Paeoniae Alba

Cool

Gan-cao

Radix Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae

Neutral

0.052203

  1. *: Herb pairs extracted by DMIM but not recorded in traditionally-defined herb pairs.