Zhou Xuezhong

Analysis of herbal formulation in TCM: Infertility as a case study

Herbal prescription in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) relies on the experience of the prescribing doctor after appropriate diagnosis. The combination of herbs chosen, though based on the various Classics, can vary between patients with the same diagnosis. Furthermore, the underlying principles for the choice of herbs are not well defined, and the actual formations can also vary from doctor to doctor. We believe that the prescriptions are the embodiment of the wisdom of the successful doctors, in the process of diagnosis and treatment. Thus it is important to extract the wisdom and discover the knowledge important to the understanding of TCM. The data mining technique employed for analysis here is the Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). This particular analytical method is adopted from social science study, where it is a small-N analysis, meaning that case number is small relative the number of causal factors. The results of this study in the form of configurations indicate not only the herbs (present herbs) necessary for a positive outcome, but the choice of some other herbs (absent herbs) may impact negatively on the outcome.

Constructing ideas of health service platform for the elderly

The construction of health service platform for the elderly must attach great importance to the health service demands of the elderly ,basing on innovation and whole process of health service by taking full advantage of IOT technology, data warehousing, data mining analysis technology, cloud computing technology and other modern information technologies, widely applying the modern trans-regional remote health information collection and transmission equipment, and setting up health service technology platform with the close connection between production and research so as to enhance the ability and level of health service of the elderly.

Thought and Practice of Study of Tumor Treatments by Traditional Chinese Medicine Based on Collection and Analysis Platform of Known TCM Veteran Physicians

Abstract This paper describes the use of information collection and the analysis and mining platform of famous traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) doctors in carrying out the study of syndromes, characteristics, and treatment methods of tumors in different periods, core herbal formulas, drug addition, subtraction and other research. It is conducive to summarize the tumor syndrome differentiations and treatments systematically, and to promote the heritage of the experience of known veteran TCM doctors.

Diagnostic Criteria of Liver and Spleen Disharmony Syndrome Based on Clinical Data

Abstract Efforts were made to understand the diagnosing criteria of liver and spleen disharmony based on 734 clinical cases handled by renowned veteran TCM doctors. In the study, researchers entered clinical information into a Structural Clinical Information Collection System for Renowned Veteran TCM Doctors, turning clinical data into standardized structural information, and analyzing the symptoms using support vector machine (SVW). Results show that the mostly reported syndromes are bluish complexion, multiple tics, abnormal liver function, lassitude, aversion to heat, later menstruation among others, which is somewhat different from the one defined by the Guiding Principles for New Herbal-drug Clinical Trial and the National Standard. Apparently, one needs to establish a feasible diagnosing criteria based on experts experience and clinical data.