Neural Network-Based Study about Correlation Model between TCM Constitution and Physical Examination Indexes Based on 950 Physical Examinees.

Yue Luo,Shuting Zhao,Li He,Bing Lin,Chuanbiao Wen

doi:10.1155/2020/8812678

Abstract

Purpose To establish the correlation model between Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) constitution and physical examination indexes by backpropagation neural network (BPNN) technology. A new method for the identification of TCM constitution in clinics is proposed, which is trying to solve the problem like shortage of TCM doctor, complicated process, low efficiency, and unfavorable application in the current TCM constitution identification methods. Methods The corresponding effective samples were formed by sorting out and classifying the original data which were collected from physical examination indexes and TCM constitution types of 950 physical examinees, who were examined at the affiliated hospital of Chengdu University of TCM. The BPNN algorithm was implemented using the C# programming language and Google's AI library. Then, the training group and the test (validation) group of the effective samples were, respectively, input into the algorithm, to complete the construction and validation of the target model. Results For all the correlation models built in this paper, the accuracy of the training group and the test group of entire physical examination indexes-constitutional-type network model, respectively, was 88% and 53%, and the error was 0.001. For the other network models, the accuracy of the learning group and the test group and error, respectively, was as follows: liver function (31%, 42%, and 11.7), renal function (41%, 38%, and 6.7), blood routine (56%, 42%, and 2.4), and urine routine (60%, 40%, and 2.6). Conclusions The more the physical examination indexes are used in training, the more accurate the network model is established to predict TCM constitution. The sample data used in this paper showed that there was a relatively strong correlation between TCM constitution and physical examination indexes. Construction of the correlation model between physical examination indexes and TCM constitution is a kind of study for the integration of Chinese and Western medicine, which provides a new approach for the identification of TCM constitution, and it may be expected to avoid the existing problem of TCM constitution identification at present.

Highlights

IntroductionNumerous classics of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) explain the theories of TCM constitution
In the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) concepts, a person’s constitution refers to such inherent qualities that are comprehensive and relatively stable in the morphological structure, physiological functions, and psychological states, which are formed during one’s life on the basis of natural endowment and postnatal maintenance, which are personal features adapting to natural and social environment formed in the growth and development process of human [1, 2].Numerous classics of TCM explain the theories of TCM constitution
Blood routine indexes of 383 physical examinees, urine routine indexes of 186 physical examinees, liver function indexes of 564 physical examinees, renal function indexes of 313 physical examinees, and entire physical examination indexes of 133 physical examinees, as well as those physical examinees’ corresponding TCM constitutional types, were used as effective data. 80% of the effective data was regarded as training data, while 20% was regarded as the testing data

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Introduction

Numerous classics of TCM explain the theories of TCM constitution. It is because a person with fragile physique cannot survive the deficient winds in the four seasons, while a person with strong physique can get by” [3] in e Inner Canon of Huangdi, a classic work as the theoretical basis guiding TCM. In another work by Wang, who is the founder of the TCM Constitution and master of Chinese medicine, the eory of TCM Constitution, which summarizes and extends the TCM constitution, it is proposed that lots of factors can influence a human’s constitution such as natural factors, age, gender, spirit, diet, living condition, and geographic environment. TCM theory believes that an individual’s special constitution can cause him/her to be sensitive to some diseases, and such particularity of an individual’s constitution will directly affect the onset and progress of a disease [5]. TCM theory believes that an individual’s special constitution can cause him/her to be sensitive to some diseases, and such particularity of an individual’s constitution will directly affect the onset and progress of a disease [5]. erefore, it is necessary for disease preventive treatment to prevent disease onset and exacerbation by distinguishing constitution

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