Visualized analysis of incomplete TCM meridian conductance data

Yuan, Jing; Chen, Jiachang; Huang, Li; Fei, Xu; Yang, Mary Qu; Yan, Shixing; Li, Guozheng; Yang, Ziqiang

doi:10.1109/bibm.2016.7822728

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“…In addition, these studies mainly explored the hysteresis characteristics of meridian system through electronic acupoint stimulation signals [15] rather than directly exploring through acupoint electric potential signals [8,10]. In some papers, the characteristics of parts of the body's meridians were studied [16][17][18], but rarely from the holistic theory of Chinese medicine, the systematic study of the twelve meridians was done in a human body. Based on the holistic view of Traditional Chinese Medicine, this study designed and realized the experimental study of human twelve meridians electric potential collection based on the multichannel human meridians electric potential collection system independently developed by the project team.…”

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Study on Potential of Meridian Acupoints of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Zhao

Wang

et al. 2021

Journal of Healthcare Engineering

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In recent years, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has attracted more and more attention due to its good therapeutic effect, low cost, and convenience. This research is also a part of the goal of the modernization of TCM. Based on the meridian electric potential acquisition system independently developed by our project team, in this paper, we designed the human body's meridian electric potential acquisition scheme. We use principal component analysis (PCA) to prove that the meridional potential signal is derived from the ECG signal. Then, Inception ResNet V2 was used to classify acupoints and nonacupoints. Finally, the classification accuracy rate reached 86.59045265, and the F1 score = 0.72161642. This shows that acupoints and nonacupoints can be distinguished by their surface potential.

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Study on Potential of Meridian Acupoints of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Zhao

Wang

et al. 2021

Journal of Healthcare Engineering

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“…In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), acupuncture is a method in which the TCM doctor selects the appropriate acupoints along the afected meridians for the disease and solves the clinical problem through needling, pressure, or thermal stimulation. With the rapid development of modern medicine, a large number of scholars have launched an exploration of the potential medical value of the meridian system, the mechanisms of interaction with other organs, and the full range of information about acupoints [2][3][4][5]. In addition, researchers have summarized the common acupoints and selection patterns for specifc diseases based on historical treatment case data [6][7][8][9].…”

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Identifying Key Node with Motif‐Based PageRank on Acupoint‐Disease Network

Yu,

Liu,

Luo

et al. 2023

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Existing research combines acupuncture theory with network science and proposes a new paradigm for the study of acupoint selection patterns—a key acupoint mining algorithm based on acupoint networks. However, the basic idea of this study for finding key acupoints is based on binary acupoint synergy relationships, which ignores the higher-order synergy among multiple acupoints and does not truly reflect the implicit patterns of each acupoint among meridian systems. Moreover, the mining results assessment method, which this new paradigm involves, does not have wide applicability and universality. In this paper, with the introduction of higher-order interactions between multiple acupoints, a high-specificity key acupoint mining algorithm based on 3-node motif is proposed in the acupoint-disease network (ADN). In response to the narrow applicability of the new research paradigm involving the evaluation of algorithms’ measures, new and widely applicable and universal evaluation criteria are introduced in terms of resolution, network loss, and accuracy, respectively. Based on the principles of acupoint selection involved in acupuncture clinics in Chinese medicine, the acupoints involved in the data were divided into a total of 19 regions according to their distribution characteristics. From these 19 regions, we selected the key acupoints that have a large impact on the global network. Finally, we compared this algorithm with five other acupoint importance assessment algorithms in terms of resolution, network loss, and accuracy, respectively. The comprehensive results show that the algorithm identifies key acupoints with an accuracy of 63%, which is 14% to 21% higher than other existing methods. The key acupoints identified by the algorithm have a significant disruptive effect on the connectivity of the network, indicating that the key acupoints are at the core of the acupoint-disease network topology. They have a significant propagation influence on other acupoints, which means that the key acupoints have high-synergistic cooperation with other acupoints. Meanwhile, the stability and specificity of the algorithm ensure the reliability of the key acupoints. We believe that the key acupoints identified by the algorithm can be used as core acupoints from the perspective of network topology and high synergy of other acupoints, respectively, and help researchers explore targeted and high-impact combinations of acupoints to optimize existing acupuncture prescriptions under condition constraints.

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“…Studies to determine the operation of acupoints as electrical circuit components have also been undertaken. Skin resistance, conductance, impedance, susceptance, bio-electric potential and DC voltage at acupoints and on the meridians have all been measured [4,[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]. The values and characteristics expressed by circuit elements have yet to sufficiently explain the effect of A&M or the flow of the meridian system on the human body.…”

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Existence of High Frequency Electricity at Acupoints and Meridian Flow Observations via the Frequency Spectrum

Son

Lee

Rhee³

et al. 2020

J Electromagn Eng Sci

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We revealed the existence of high frequency (HF) electricity flowing through the meridians known to oriental medicine by observing these signals at various acupoints on the human body. This was clearly and scientifically demonstrated by recording the frequency spectrum at these acupoints using a spectrum analyzer. The analysis of the measured spectrum found in 5 particular acupoints of each of the 12 meridians showed that a flow exists in these acupoints that could be measured with a spectrum frequency between 1 MHz and 80 MHz and an intensity of –70 to –60 dBm. Since the presence of these spectrums can be equated with the presence of electricity, we can emphatically conclude that high frequency electricity exists in humans and flows through the acupoints used in oriental medicine. The same characteristic frequency spectrums were found at all the acupoints along the same meridian and were shown to have the same type of HF current flow. In this way, we were able to confirm the existence of meridian flow in a scientific manner. In addition, it was found that as the distance from the organ increased, the intensities of the spectrum measured on that meridian decreased, which is exactly the behavior electrical transmission line theory would predict.

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Visualized analysis of incomplete TCM meridian conductance data

Cited by 3 publications

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Study on Potential of Meridian Acupoints of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Study on Potential of Meridian Acupoints of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Identifying Key Node with Motif‐Based PageRank on Acupoint‐Disease Network

Existence of High Frequency Electricity at Acupoints and Meridian Flow Observations via the Frequency Spectrum

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