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ArticleChinese medicine2021

Research of insomnia on traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment based on machine learning.

Yuqi Tang, Zechen Li, Dongdong Yang, Yu Fang, Shanshan Gao, Shan Liang, Tao Liu

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7 authors.

Yuqi TangDepartment of Neurology, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, 610072, China.
Zechen LiSchool of Automation, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China.
Dongdong YangDepartment of Neurology, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, 610072, China. 412409710@qq.com.
Yu FangDepartment of Neurology, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, 610072, China.
Shanshan GaoDepartment of Neurology, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, 610072, China.
Shan LiangSchool of Automation, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China.
Tao LiuElectronic Engineering College, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu, 610225, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInsomnia as one of the dominant diseases of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been extensively studied in recent years. To explore the novel approaches of research on TCM diagnosis and treatment, this paper presents a strategy for the research of insomnia based on machine learning.

methodsFirst of all, 654 insomnia cases have been collected from an experienced doctor of TCM as sample data. Secondly, in the light of the characteristics of TCM diagnosis and treatment, the contents of research samples have been divided into four parts: the basic information, the four diagnostic methods, the treatment based on syndrome differentiation and the main prescription. And then, these four parts have been analyzed by three analysis methods, including frequency analysis, association rules and hierarchical cluster analysis. Finally, a comprehensive study of the whole four parts has been conducted by random forest.

resultsResearches of the above four parts revealed some essential connections. Simultaneously, based on the algorithm model established by the random forest, the accuracy of predicting the main prescription by the combinations of the four diagnostic methods and the treatment based on syndrome differentiation was 0.85. Furthermore, having been extracted features through applying the random forest, the syndrome differentiation of five zang-organs was proven to be the most significant parameter of the TCM diagnosis and treatment.

conclusionsThe results indicate that the machine learning methods are worthy of being adopted to study the dominant diseases of TCM for exploring the crucial rules of the diagnosis and treatment.

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Association rulesCluster analysisDiagnosisInsomniaMachine learningRandom forestTCM

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PMID33407711
PMCPMC7789502

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