Evidence-Based Patient Classification for Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Guo-Zheng Li,Ka-Fai Chung,Josiah Poon

doi:10.1155/2015/168343

Abstract

Evidence-Based Patient Classification for Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Highlights

With the help of computer technology, the paper “Significant Geometry Features in Tongue Image Analysis” categorized five different tongue shapes: rectangular, acute triangle, obtuse triangle, circle, and square
According to the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) theory, the patterns of bodily disharmony are described in terms of eight major parameters: yin and yang, external and internal, hot and cold, and excess and deficiency
As the TCM theory originated from ancient medical texts and the classification is based on symptoms and signs, the key shortcomings are the highly subjective diagnostic process and the lack of scientific support for the TCM classification

Summary

Introduction

With the help of computer technology, the paper “Significant Geometry Features in Tongue Image Analysis” categorized five different tongue shapes: rectangular, acute triangle, obtuse triangle, circle, and square. Editorial Evidence-Based Patient Classification for Traditional Chinese Medicine According to the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) theory, the patterns of bodily disharmony are described in terms of eight major parameters: yin and yang, external and internal, hot and cold, and excess and deficiency.

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