中文摘要：

目的：运用数据挖掘技术分析古代不同时期针灸治疗胸痹的经穴使用特点和规律。方法：从先秦至清末涉及针灸内容的文献中收集相关数据，建立胸痹古代针灸临床文献数据库，采用数据挖掘技术进行分析，统计筛选出历代针灸治疗胸痹常用的经脉、腧穴及特定穴，并分析这些经穴使用的潜在规律。结果：历代针灸治疗胸痹以心包经选用频次最高。从针灸治疗胸痹的腧穴运用频次统计来看，阴经使用最为频繁，除胃经和大肠经外，其他阳经使用率均很低。从特定穴选用的类别看，特定穴的选用占有绝对优势，如五输穴、原穴、络穴等。结论：古代针灸治疗胸痹，所选穴主要集中在特定穴，体现了循经取穴的原则。

英文摘要：

Objective：To analyze the usage characteristics and principle of meridians and acupoints selected for treating chest blockage of ancient literatures by data - mining. Methods ： By collecting the related data of the literature of acupuncture and moxibustion from the pre - Qin to the late Qing dynasty, establishing the ancient acupuncture clinical literature database of chest blockage and using data mining technology to census and sieve the commonly used meridians, acupuncture points and specific acupoints for chest blockage treatment in past dynasties were analyzed and the potential principle of these meridians and acupuncture points were studied as well. Results：In the past dynasties, the pericardium meridian of Hand Jueyin was most selected. The statistics of acupuncture points＇usage frequency on chest blockage showed that yin meridians were used much more often while yang meridians seldom be used except stomach meridian and large intestine meridian. From the selected category of the selected specific acupoints, the specific acupoints took up absolute superiority, such as five - shu acupoints, yuan - source, luo - connecting points, etc. Conclusion：The selection for the treatment of chest blockage in ancient literatures mainly focused on the specific acupoints, and it incarnated the principle of selecting acupoints along the meridian.