Spatial Patterns of the Indications of Acupoints Using Data Mining in Classic Medical Text: A Possible Visualization of the Meridian System
Joint Authors
Lee, Taehyung
Lee, In-Seon
Kim, Sanghyun
Jang, Hyunchul
Kim, Song-Yi
Chae, Younbyoung
Park, Hi-Joon
Jung, Won-Mo
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-10-11
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The indications of acupoints are thought to be highly associated with the lines of the meridian systems.
The present study used data mining methods to analyze the characteristics of the indications of each acupoint and to visualize the relationships between the acupoints and disease sites in the classic Korean medical text Chimgoogyeongheombang.
Using a term frequency-inverse document frequency (tf-idf) scheme, the present study extracted valuable data regarding the indications of each acupoint according to the frequency of the cooccurrences of eight Source points and eighteen disease sites.
Furthermore, the spatial patterns of the indications of each acupoint on a body map were visualized according to the tf-idf values.
Each acupoint along the different meridians exhibited different constellation patterns at various disease sites.
Additionally, the spatial patterns of the indications of each acupoint were highly associated with the route of the corresponding meridian.
The present findings demonstrate that the indications of each acupoint were primarily associated with the corresponding meridian system.
Furthermore, these findings suggest that the routes of the meridians may have clinical implications in terms of identifying the constellations of the indications of acupoints.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Jung, Won-Mo& Lee, Taehyung& Lee, In-Seon& Kim, Sanghyun& Jang, Hyunchul& Kim, Song-Yi…[et al.]. 2015. Spatial Patterns of the Indications of Acupoints Using Data Mining in Classic Medical Text: A Possible Visualization of the Meridian System. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1061518
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Jung, Won-Mo…[et al.]. Spatial Patterns of the Indications of Acupoints Using Data Mining in Classic Medical Text: A Possible Visualization of the Meridian System. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1061518
American Medical Association (AMA)
Jung, Won-Mo& Lee, Taehyung& Lee, In-Seon& Kim, Sanghyun& Jang, Hyunchul& Kim, Song-Yi…[et al.]. Spatial Patterns of the Indications of Acupoints Using Data Mining in Classic Medical Text: A Possible Visualization of the Meridian System. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1061518
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1061518