ZHANG Jin, KONG Xia, SHEN Wei-dong, et al. Data-mining-revealed Regularities of Application of Meridian Acupoints for Coronary Heart Disease in Ancient Chinese Medical Literature[J]. Acupuncture research, 2018, 43(12): 801-805.
DOI:
ZHANG Jin, KONG Xia, SHEN Wei-dong, et al. Data-mining-revealed Regularities of Application of Meridian Acupoints for Coronary Heart Disease in Ancient Chinese Medical Literature[J]. Acupuncture research, 2018, 43(12): 801-805. DOI: 10.13702/j.1000-0607.170940.
Data-mining-revealed Regularities of Application of Meridian Acupoints for Coronary Heart Disease in Ancient Chinese Medical Literature
Objective To analyze the regularities of selection of meridian acupoints for coronary heart disease(CHD)recorded in the ancient Chinese medical literature
in order to provide a reference for clinical application of meridian acupoint recipes to treat CHD nowadays.Methods Papers were retrieved from 1 156 ancient Chinese medical books collected in"Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Medicine"(Fifth Edition)by using key words"Xin Tong"(cardiac pain)
"Zhen Xin Tong"(true heart pain)
"Jue Xin Tong"(precordial pain with cold limbs)
"Xiong Bi"(obstruction of qi in the chest)
"Zheng Chong"(severe palpitation)
"Xin Ji"(palpitation)
followed by establishment of a database.Then
the association analysis data mining technology was used to analyze the characteristics and regularities of application of meridian acupoints in the treatment of CHD.Results A total of 347 items of ancient document data were collected
containing acupoints of the 12 regular meridians
Conception Vessel and Governor Vessel
with a frequency of usage being 625 times.Among the involved meridians
the Conception Vessel was most frequently used
followed by the Pericardium Meridian.Zhongwan(CV 12)was the most frequently used acupoint
and Rangu(KI 2)and Taixi(KI 3)
CV 12 and Shangwan(CV 13)
and Quze(PC 3)and Daling(PC 7)were the top 3 frequently used auxiliary acupoint pairs.Conclusion In ancient China
in the treatment of CHD
the main acupoints of the Conception and Pericardium Meridian
and the auxiliary acupoints i.e.
five-shu points are most frequently used.PC 3 and PC 7 combination is suitable for the treatment of CHD with negative emotion.
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