Alternative & Integrative Medicine

Zhou Qiao

Publications

• Research Article
  Exploratory Compatibility Regularity of Chinese Medicinal Prescription in Treating Osteoarthritis
  Author(s): Zhou Qiao, Liu Jian, Xin Ling, Song Qian, Guo Jin-chen and Huang DanZhou Qiao, Liu Jian, Xin Ling, Song Qian, Guo Jin-chen and Huang Dan
  
  Background: Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is increasingly widely used as a complementary approach for the treatment of osteoarthritis. In this paper, we examined the implicit prescription patterns behind the Chinese medicinal formulae by using association rules mining and clustering analysis, so as to explore the compatibility regularity of Chinese medicinal prescription in the treatment or control of osteoarthritis. Methods: This study was based on a participant survey conducted in First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine. The Chinese medicinal prescriptions of inpatients with osteoarthritis were from June 2012 to June 2016. TCM was listed according to the selected medicinal formulae and the added information was organized to establish a database. The association rules and clustering are conducted on SPSS Model.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2327-5162.1000244

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