Exploring Clinical Indications of Liuwei-Dihuang Pill through Text Mining

VernacularTitle:基于文本挖掘探索六味地黄丸临床适应症＊
Author: Hongtao GUO ; Guang ZHENG ; Zhihua ZHANG ; Aiping LV ; Miao JIANG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Text mining; Liuwei-Dihuang Pill; symptom; clinical indication
From: World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2013;(3):535-538
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Liuwei-Dihuang Pill is a famous medicine in the clinical practice of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), and it is important and interesting to explore its new clinical indications. This study is based on the data downloaded from the SinoMed by querying on term of Liuwei-Dihuang Pill. By applying the data slicing algo-rithm, we achieved outstanding symptoms associated with Liuwei-Dihuang Pill. Examining these symptoms, besides those which are widely known as common knowledge, some other potential symptoms are found. These potential symptoms are aphtha, (sexual) dysfunction, constipation, and heel pain which might be taken as new clinical indi-cations of Liuwei-Dihuang Pill.