Bibliometricanalysis of essential hypertension treated by external therapy oftraditional Chinese medicine
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4246.2015.06.015
- VernacularTitle:中医外治法治疗原发性高血压的文献计量学分析
- Author:
Peijing YAN
;
Shuqin PANG
;
Fu ZHANG
;
Yilan WU
;
Lixiu ZHENG
;
Yangyang MEI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
External therapy of traditional Chinese medicine;
Essential hypertension;
Bibliometrics
- From:
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2015;(6):539-542
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
ObjectiveTo analyze the literature characteristics on essential hypertension treated by external therapy of traditional Chinese medicine, summarize the current research situation and trend in the field, and to provide a reference for relative researches.MethodsThe papers relevant to treatingessential hypertension with external therapy of TCM included inSinoMedwere statistically analyzed from the aspects of publishing year, journals distribution,author’s unit and districtdistribution,research funds and literature content with bibliometrics method.ResultsThe total number of the literature for analyzing was 226, the number of papers increased gradually.Authors of the papers were mainly from TCM universities or colleges.Papersdistributedmainly in the more economically developed regions,which issued the largest amountinGuangdongprovince.Papers supported by research funds accounted for 16.81% in all the literature. Most literaturewasclinical research and the most commonly used for external therapywasacupuncture.ConclusionThe research and clinical work of essential hypertension treatment with external therapy of traditional Chinese medicinewerepaid more close attention in recent years, but therewerestill some problems that need to be solvedto form a viable, effective treatment system.
