Exploring the associated rules of traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine on urinary tract infection with text mining technique
- VernacularTitle:文本挖掘探索泌尿系感染中西医用药规律
- Author:
Wen CHEN
;
Yang JIANG
;
Huili HUANG
;
Yuxiang SUN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Urinary tract infection;
Text mining technique;
Data slicing algorithm;
Medication;
regularity
- From:
Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine
2013;36(z1):44-46
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the associated rules between western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) on urinary tract infection (UTI) with text mining technique.Methods The data set on UTI was downloaded from CBM database.The regularities of Chinese patent medicines (CPM),western medicines and the combination of CPM and western medicines on UTI were mined out by data slicing algorithm.The results were showed visually with Cytoscape2.8 software.Results The main function of CPM was focused on clearing heat and removing toxicity,promoting diuresis and relieving stranguria.For western medicine,antibacterial agents was often used and it was also frequently used together with CPM such as Sanjinpian.Conclusions Text mining approach provides an important method in the summary of the application regularity for disease in both TCM and western medicine.
