Objective To study medication modality of spleen-stomach damp-heat pattern and composition regularity of spleen-stomach damp-heat formula in the Ming-Qing Dynasties. Methods Totally 591 formulas for spleen-stomach damp-heat pattern were collected from more than 120 medical books in the Ming-Qing Dynasties. Formula and medicinal database was established. Data analysis was done by mathematical statistics method and data-mining skill. Results Primary medicinals for spleen-stomach damp-heat pattern and some valuable herb-pattern modalities in the Ming-Qing Dynasties were found. Conclusion Principles

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formulas and medicinals for spleen-stomach damp-heat pattern become extensive in content

profuse in academic views and valuable in theory and application after carried on and developed by physicians in the Ming-Qing Dynasties.