Objective To analyze the spatial distribution patterns of the potential suitable habitats for Cremastrae Pseudobulbus Pleiones Pseudobulbus,including Cremastra appendiculata(D.Don)Makino,Pleione bulbocodioides(Franch.)Rolfe and Pleione yunnanensis Rolfe under current climatic conditions,and the factors influencing the spatial differentiation of their habitats.Methods Based on the maximum entropy(MaxEnt)model,a species distribution model was established using the screened species distribution data and environmental variable data.The factor detection and interaction detection of geographical detector were applied to quantify the factors influencing the spatial differentiation of the suitable areas.By overlaying the suitable areas with land cover types,the distribution characteristics of forest land and arable land in the potential suitable areas were quantified.Results Under the current climatic scenario,environmental variables such as solar radiation intensity,precipitation and temperature were closely related to the spatial distribution of Cremastrae Pseudobulbus Pleiones Pseudobulbus.The potential suitable areas for Cremastra appendiculata(D.Don)Makino,Pleione bulbocodioides(Franch.)Rolfe and Pleione yunnanensis Rolfe were 2.20×106 km2,2.75×106 km2 and 7.22×105 km2,respectively.Considering land cover types,the actual possible suitable areas for Cremastra appendiculata(D.Don)Makino,Pleione bulbocodioides(Franch.)Rolfe and Pleione yunnanensis Rolfe were 1.86×106 km2,2.20×106 km2 and 5.77×105 km2,respectively.Among these,the area of forest land was 1.17×106 km2,1.34×106 km2 and 3.67×105 km2,respectively,and the area of arable land was 6.95×105 km2,8.64×105 km2 and 2.10×105 km2,respectively.Conclusion This study can provide a basis for the protection and sustainable utilization of wild resources of the original plant materials of Cremastrae Pseudobulbus Pleiones Pseudobulbus.

The knowledge graph has the characteristic of visualizing structural knowledge and has gradually become a research hotspot in the field of TCM diagnosis and treatment.This article reviewed the development trend and construction techniques of knowledge graph,summarized its application status in the field of TCM diagnosis and treatment,and provided a comprehensive review from the aspects of basic knowledge of TCM,inheritance of experience of renowned doctors,TCM question answering systems,and exploration of auxiliary decision-making.It also summarized the problems of knowledge graph technology in solving the informationization and intelligence process of TCM,and discussed and prospect the research and application directions of knowledge graph in the field of informationization and intelligence of TCM based on the characteristics of TCM knowledge.

Objective To explore Professor Cheng Wanjun's medication law in the treatment of hemospermia through data mining techniques combined with expert interviews.Methods The outpatient medical records of Cheng Wanjun for the treatment of hematospermia in the People's Hospital Affiliated to Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine were collected from January 2019 to May 2023,which were organized and summarized into a medical prescription database.The database was statistically analyzed by using Ancient and Modern Medical Case Cloud Platform 2.3.9,Excel 2019,Cytoscape 3.10.1 and SPSS Statistics 25.0 software to statistically analyze age stratification,drug frequency,efficacy frequency,property and taste and meridian,as well as association rules analysis,systematic clustering analysis and factor analysis.Combined with expert interviews,final conclusions were achieved.Results A total of 111 medical prescriptions of Professor Cheng Wanjun for the treatment of hematospermia were included,involving 119 kinds of Chinese materia medica,with a total frequency of 1 853 times.Among them,carbonized hair and processed Sanguisorbae Radix were used most frequently;most of them were used for tonifying deficiency,stopping bleeding,clearing heat and activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis;the main properties were cold and warm,and the main tastes were bitter and sweet,and most of them belonged to liver and lung meridians;the association rules analysis yielded 9 groups of medicinal pairs,12 groups of combinations with three kinds of Chinese materia medica,and 4 groups of combinations with four kinds of Chinese materia medica;the clustering analysis yielded three new prescriptions;the factor analysis extracted seven common factors.Conclusion Professor Cheng Wanjun's treatment of hemospermia is based on soothing the liver,clearing heat and dampness,activating blood circulation,removing blood stasis,clearing heat and cooling blood,and supplemented with nourishing yin,clearing heat and stopping bleeding,strengthening the spleen,nourishing blood and benefiting the qi.

Objective To discuss the method of constructing TCM word network and the subsequent optimization method;To solve the problems of natural language processing in the TCM-clinical decision support system using TCM terminology.Methods This study was based on several national standards and terminology dictionaries of TCM,such as Zhong Yi Lin Chuang Zhen Liao Shu Yu Ji Bing Part and Zhong Yi Yao Xue Zhu Ti Ci Biao,supplemented with related corpus on the Internet,and the framework of TCM word network was constructed with ontology as the guide.Word2Vec was used to load pre-trained models for similarity calculation,statistical and rule-based new word discovery,bibliometric analysis,and other methods to add or delete concept words and synonyms such as symptom terms and prescription terms.Results The TCM word network contained 55 semantic types and 13 semantic relationships,more than 110 000 concept words,and more than 300 000 synonyms.In addition to classifying concept words by semantic types,more detailed semantic classification was carried out in the upper and lower tree structures,in which more than 30 000 concept words had superordinate words,and nearly 2 600 concept words had subordinate words.At the same time,a process-based terminology supplementation mechanism,update review mechanism and cleaning mechanism were created.Conclusion TCM word network can not only be applied to the natural language processing process of TCM-clinical decision support system,but also can be applied to the normalization of data and the automatic construction of knowledge graph.

Objective To observe the effects of electroacupuncture on RhoA/ROCK2 signaling pathway in cerebral cortex of mice with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS);To explore the mechanism of electroacupuncture in improving the motor function of ALS mice.Methods The male hSOD1G93A mice were divided into model group and electroacupuncture group,and wild-type male mice in the same litter were set as blank group,with 12 mice in each group.After the mice were 60 days old,"Baihui"and both side of"Tianzhu","Tianshu"were selected for electroacupuncture for 10 min per day,5 days of continuous treatment and 2 days off for 3 weeks.Rotating rod experiment and open field experiment were used to evaluate the motor function of mice,the damage of neurons in cerebral cortex was observed by Nissl staining,Western blot was used to detect the expressions of Tar DNA binding protein-43(TDP-43),tumor necrosis factor(TNF)-α,interleukin(IL)-1β,RhoA and ROCK2 protein in cerebral cortex.Immunofluorescence staining was used to detect the positive expressions of ion calcium binding adapter molecule 1(Iba-1)and glial fibrillary acidic protein(GFAP)in cerebral cortex.Results Compared with the blank group,the incubation period of rod turning and the total distance of open field movement in the model group were reduced(P<0.01),the neuron damage was obvious in the cerebral cortex,with Nissl body shrinkage and reduction in quantity(P<0.01),the relative expressions of TDP-43,TNF-α,IL-1β,RhoA and ROCK2 protein increased(P<0.01),and the positive expression of Iba-1 and GFAP increased(P<0.01).Compared with the model group,the incubation period of rod turning and the total distance of open field movement increased in electroacupuncture group(P<0.05),the damage of neuron in cerebral cortex was reduced,the number of Nissl bodies increased(P<0.05),the expressions of TDP-43,TNF-α,IL-1β,RhoA and ROCK2 decreased(P<0.05),and the positive expression of Iba-1 and GFAP reduced(P<0.05).Conclusion Electroacupuncture can improve motor function in ALS model mice,and the mechanism may be related to the inhibition of RhoA/ROCK2 signaling pathway activity and then relieve neuroinflammation.

Objective To explore the distribution law of TCM syndromes in children with severe mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia(SMPP)based on factor analysis and clustering analysis;To provide references for accurately identifying this disease.Methods General data,symptoms,signs and tongue and pulse were retrospectively collected from 408 children with SMPP who were hospitalized in the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Beijing Children's Hospital,Capital Medical University between September 2019 and November 2023.The relevant clinical information was extracted and entered into the Excel 2019 database,and SPSS 27.0 was used to perform factor analysis.The sample of 408 cases was subjected to K-means clustering analysis,and finally,the distribution of TCM syndromes was derived.Results Factor analysis screened five common factors with eigenvalue>1,and its cumulative contribution rate was 63.063%;clustering analysis co-classified four types of syndromes,among which phlegm-heat-closure lung syndrome,toxic-heat-closure lung syndrome,lung-spleen-qi deficiency syndrome and healthy qi deficiency and pathogens attachment syndrome accounted for 39.22%,32.35%,15.20%and 12.75%,respectively.Conclusion Pediatric SMPP is characterized by toxic heat,qi deficiency,phlegm-heat,damp-heat and yin deficiency,and the disease is located in lungs,spleen and heart;TCM syndromes are characterized by phlegm-heat-closure lung,toxic-heat-closure lung,healthy qi deficiency and pathogens attachment and lung-spleen-qi deficiency,with phlegm-heat-closure lung syndrome and toxic-heat-closure lung syndrome being the most common syndromes.

Objective To investigate the efficacy and safety of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation(TEAS)in reducing the consumption of analgesics after total knee arthroplasty(TKA).Methods Totally 124 patients undergoing unilateral TKA were included and divided into an intervention group and a control group according to random number table method,with 62 cases in each group.Both groups received routine postoperative analgesic protocols,with the intervention group additionally receiving TEAS treatment,30 min per time,twice a day.The additional doses of intravenous patient-controlled analgesia pumps and opioid analgesic consumption in two groups of patients after surgery were analyzed,as well as the adverse events and laboratory test results(WBC,PLT,SCr,BUN,ALT and AST)in both groups.Results The number of additional doses in the intervention group with the patient-controlled analgesia pump and the consumption of opioid analgesic were both lower than those in the control group(P<0.05);the incidence of postoperative nausea symptoms in the intervention group was lower than that in the control group,while other adverse reactions showed no significant difference(P>0.05).There was no significant difference in laboratory test results(WBC,PLT,SCr,BUN,ALT and AST)between the two groups on the day before surgery and on the 1st and 7th days after surgery(P>0.05).Conclusion TEAS can reduce the consumption of analgesics after TKA,decrease some adverse reactions associated with the use of analgesics,and has good safety.

Sepsis is a common complication in patients with infection,severe trauma and burns.The inflammatory process mediated by IκB/NF-κB in sepsis is considered a target of new anti-inflammatory drugs.Chinese materia medica intervention in sepsis has the characteristics of multi-component,multi-target and minimal adverse reactions.This article summarized the relevant research on the intervention of Chinese materia medica targeting the IκB/NF-κB signaling pathway in sepsis,and concluded the mechanism of TCM monomers and their extracts,TCM prescriptions and preparations in reducing inflammation and oxidative stress,regulating immunity and protecting important organs from damage in sepsis by targeting the IκB/NF-κB signaling pathway.It could provide references for the treatment of sepsis with Chinese materia medica.

Objective To predict the potential distribution area of Halenia elliptica under current and future climate conditions;To provide a foundation for the sustainable utilization and cultivation of H.elliptica resources.Methods Based on 116 occurrence records and 36 environmental variables,this study employed correlation analysis and contribution rates to identify 10 key environmental factors of H.elliptica.The MaxEnt model,combined with Geographic Information Systems(GIS),was used to predict the potential suitable areas for H.elliptica under current and different future climate scenarios,and centroid shift analysis was performed using SDM_toolbox.Results The MaxEnt model predicted accurately,with an area under the receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve of 0.968.Altitude,annual precipitation and mean temperature of the coldest season were identified as the primary influencing factors.The current suitable area for H.elliptica was approximately 176.04×104 km2.In the future climate conditions,the suitable habitat of H.elliptica will be moderately adjusted,especially in Sichuan and Xizang.Conclusion In the future,the suitable potential distribution areas for H.elliptica in China will increase,and there will be slight differences in the increment of different suitable potential distribution areas.This study can provide a basis for resource conservation and sustainable utilization,and highlight the importance of dynamic ecological monitoring in the context of global warming.

Banxia Xiexin Decoction has the effect of harmonizing the spleen and stomach,and regulating cold and heat.It is mainly used for the treatment of epigastric fullness of mixed cold and heat in the heart,and has certain advantages in relieving symptoms,reducing recurrence rates,and ensuring safety.This article reviewed the clinical application of Banxia Xiexin Decoction from the perspectives of digestive system diseases,neurological diseases,gastrointestinal tumors,respiratory system diseases,endocrine diseases,dermatological diseases,gynecological diseases,and other diseases.It also summarized the mechanism of Banxia Xiexin Decoction from the aspects of protection of gastrointestinal mucosa,anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effects,immune regulation,regulation of neurotransmitters,anti-tumor effects,blood glucose lowering,and improvement of insulin resistance,providing reference for the in-depth research and application of Banxia Xiexin Decoction.