Rules of acupoints combination of ancient acupuncture for Xiaoke based on data mining technology.
- Author:
LinLing XU
;
Tianshu XU
;
Jianbin ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Acupuncture Points;
Acupuncture Therapy;
history;
Data Mining;
Databases, Factual;
history;
History, Ancient;
Humans;
Medicine in Literature;
Moxibustion;
history
- From:
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
2015;35(8):841-843
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The rules of acupoints combination of ancient acupuncture for Xiaoke are mainly explored. By retrieval on ancient literature, the database of acupuncture and moxibustion for Xiaoke is established; based on the database, association analysis between acupoints and symptoms is performed. According to the association analysis in 5 databases of Xiaoke database, Xiaoke database of kidney deficiency, Xiaoke-database of dry mnouth and thirst, Xiaoke database of difficult urination, Xiaoke database of drinking addiction, the results are mainly characterized with symptom differentiation combination, distal-local combination, local combination and front-back combination, which can nourish yin and clear heat. It is believed that establishment of TCM ancient literature database and exploration of data mining technology is a potential research orientation.