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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To construct a knowledge platform of acupuncture ancient books based on data mining technology, and to provide retrieval service for users.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The Oracle 10 g database was applied and JAVA was selected as development language; based on the standard library and ancient books database established by manual entry, a variety of data mining technologies, including word segmentation, speech tagging, dependency analysis, rule extraction, similarity calculation, ambiguity analysis, supervised classification technology were applied to achieve text automatic extraction of ancient books; in the last, through association mining and decision analysis, the comprehensive and intelligent analysis of disease and symptom, meridians, acupoints, rules of acupuncture and moxibustion in acupuncture ancient books were realized, and retrieval service was provided for users through structure of browser/server (B/S).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The platform realized full-text retrieval, word frequency analysis and association analysis; when diseases or acupoints were searched, the frequencies of meridian, acupoints (diseases) and techniques were presented from high to low, meanwhile the support degree and confidence coefficient between disease and acupoints (special acupoint), acupoints and acupoints in prescription, disease or acupoints and technique were presented.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>The experience platform of acupuncture ancient books based on data mining technology could be used as a reference for selection of disease, meridian and acupoint in clinical treatment and education of acupuncture and moxibustion.</p>
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This article analyzed the characteristics of data of acupuncture and moxibustion in ancient books, and put forward to a mode of diagnosis and treatments according to acupuncture and moxibustion. A variety of data mining techniques were used to extract, integrate and display the theory, methods, meridians, acupoints and techniques in ancient books to establish a database platform of ancient books based on B/S architecture, which can be used by users. Also, this article described the framework, the function of the module, and the method of realizing each function of the experience platform of acupuncture ancient books, and demonstrated an interface of the results searched by key wordsstroke, and summarized the experience of building this platform and the advantages of the platform in the research and development of data of acupuncture ancient books.
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Objective To observe the effects of Buyang Huanwu Decoction(BHD)on collateral circulation of patients with acute cerebral infarction(ACI)through transcranial Doppler sonography(TCD). Methods The randomized controlled trial methods were applied, and 80 ACI patients were randomly divided into treatment group and control group, 40 cases in each group. Two cases from each group were dropped out, and the left 38 cases of each group were included into the analysis. The control group was treated with the standardized western medicine regimen, and the treatment group was given BHD orally on the basis of treatment for the control group. The treatment for the two groups covered 7 days. On treatment day 3 and 7, TCD was adopted to investigate the blood flow velocity of the responsible vessels and the improvement of collateral circulation compensation. On treatment day 7, the scores of National Institute of Health Stroke Scale(NIHSS) in the two groups were compared. Results (1) On treatment day 3, collateral circulation improvement occurred in 12 patients(accounting for 31.58%)from the treatment group , and on treatment day 7 , the improved cases increased to 16(accounting for 42.11%). In the control group , 3 cases(7 . 89%) were improved on treatment day 3 , and 4(10 . 53%) improved on treatment day 7. The treatment group had better effect on improving collateral circulation than the control group, the difference being significant(P<0.01). (2) In the treatment group, 9 cases had increased blood flow velocity(Vm) of the responsible vessels on treatment day 3, and 11 cases had the increase on treatment day 7. In the control group, Vm increase occurred in one case both on treatment day 3 and 7. The treatment group had better effect on increasing Vm than the control group, the difference being significant(P<0.05). (3) On treatment day 7, NIHSS scores were decreased in both groups(P<0.05 or P<0.01), and the decrease of the treatment group was superior to that of the control group(P<0.01).(4) No adverse event was shown in the two g roups during the treatment. Conclusion BHD can constantly improve the blood flow velocity of the responsible vessel and promote collateral vessel building , which results into the recovery of the impaired neural function.
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The objective of this article was to deliberate the relationship between trace elements and "Qi and blood" theory of traditional Chinese medicine by studying the similarities and differences in the contents of trace elements in SiJunzi decoction and Siwu decoction. Experiments indicate that there were some similarities and differences in the contents of trace elements in SiJunzi decoction and Siwu decoction, and it is very similar to "Qi and blood" theory of traditional Chinese medicine. When the Chinese herbs were decocted, the trace elements of Chinese herbs do not get into medicated solution uniformly. Different elements enter into the medicated solution in different periods of time and batches. It point out that the theory of methods of decocting Chinese herbs has a certain basis. These experiments remain existing some questions and doubts,it is worth to do some further related experiments and to be researched furthe.