Tan Zhan-na, Jia Chun-sheng, Wang Jian-ling, Li Bo-ying, Zhu Xue-liang, Shi Jing, Sun Yan- hui, Li Xiao-feng, Zhang Xuan-ping, Zhang Xin
Zhen Ci Yan Jiu. 2014 Dec;39(6):500-3.
To explore the regularities and characteristics of application of moxibustion therapy for different clinical problems or diseases by using data mining technique.
A database on moxibustion therapy was established first by collection, sorting, screening, recording, collation, data extraction of the related literatures published in recent 60 years. By analyzing the appearance-frequency of clinical disorders treated by moxibustion and their effective rates, the regularities and characteristics were summed up.
Moxibustion therapy has been used to treat 193 types of clinical disorders or diseases up to now, mostly in internal medicine for 72 types (accounting for 37%). Of the collected 2 516 articles about moxibustion therapy, 1 107 are for problems of the internal medicine, accounting for 44% ; those of facial paralysis and uroschesis are 139 and 108 respectively. The second and third mostly seen articles are surgery and gynecology respectively. Analysis on the therapeutic effect showed that moxibustion therapy is effective for relieving many types of clinical conditions or diseases, particularly those of pediatrics, surgery and dermatology. By taking both the appearing frequency and efficacy into account, analysis on the therapeutic effect shows that a total of 29 types of clinical disorders are preferably treated by moxibustion, including 12 types (41. 4%) attributed to the department of internal medicine, 10 types (34. 5%) to the department of surgery, 2 types to the department of dermatology, 3 types to the department of gynecology, one to the pediatrics and one to the department of five-organs.
Moxibustion therapy is effective for many clinical disorders, particularly for those of the department of internal medicine and surgery.
运用数据挖掘技术探讨艾灸疗法针对不同临床问题或疾病的应用规律及特点。
首先通过收集、整理、筛选、记录、核对、数据提取近60年发表的相关文献，建立艾灸疗法数据库。通过分析艾灸治疗的临床病症出现频率及其有效率，总结规律和特点。
截至目前，艾灸疗法已用于治疗193种临床病症或疾病，其中以内科病症最多，为72种（占37%）。在收集的2516篇关于艾灸疗法的文章中，内科问题的文章有1107篇，占44%；面瘫和尿潴留的文章分别为139篇和108篇。其次和第三常见的文章科室分别是外科和妇科。对治疗效果的分析表明，艾灸疗法对缓解多种临床病症或疾病有效，尤其是儿科、外科和皮肤科的病症。综合考虑出现频率和疗效，对治疗效果的分析表明，共有29种临床病症适宜用艾灸治疗，其中内科12种（占41.4%），外科10种（占34.5%），皮肤科2种，妇科3种，儿科1种，五官科1种。
艾灸疗法对多种临床病症有效，尤其是对内外科病症。
