Exploration on the spectrum of disease and acupoints in post-stroke disorder treated with acupuncture and moxibustion on the basis of data mining technology / 中国针灸

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>Data mining technology is used to analyze the spectrum of disease and acupoints in the treatment of post-stroke disorder with acupuncture and moxibustion in modern times.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The literature resources are formulated, the name of disease and acupoint are standardized, the spectrum of acupuncture for disease that post-stroke disorder belonged to and their genealogical classification are collected, the spectrum of acupoints in the treatment of post-stroke disorder are summarized.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Totally, 652 modern clinical research papers are collected, including 9 classification systems in ICD-10 and 40 diseases; 143 nonacupoints are used and the application frequency are 737; 253 acupoints are used and the application frequency are 5395. According to application frequency, the points are divided into often used points(23 points), sometimes used points (100) and less used points (130).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The lack of standardization is the common problem found in modern acupuncture literature in the treatment of post-stroke disorders and the spectrum of disease is in biased distribution. The selected acupoints are distributed in the fourteen meridians and acupoints of yang meridian are the first option. The most common used meridians are Yangming and Shaoyang.</p>