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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2022

Decision Tree-Based Body Constitution Diagnosis System for Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Cheng-Chan Yang, Shi-Jim Yen, Xian-Dong Chiu, Kuo-Chu Wu, Shih-Cheng Ye, San-Hua Su, Hsiao-Yi Huang

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Cheng-Chan YangDepartment of Chinese Medicine, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9517-3777
Shi-Jim YenDepartment of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7608-9801
Xian-Dong ChiuDepartment of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0244-6829
Kuo-Chu WuDepartment of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8623-1333
Shih-Cheng YeDepartment of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6162-2458
San-Hua SuDepartment of Chinese Medicine, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4026-8880
Hsiao-Yi HuangDepartment of Chinese Medicine, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6589-5816

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Abstract

This study aimed to establish a method for fast and accurate determination of body constitution types from the body constitution questionnaire (BCQ) by employing a decision tree model. The model was trained for 4 classes, namely, Yin-Xu, Yang-Xu, Phlegm and Blood Stasis, and Normal, and it achieved 67% accuracy for the testing dataset. The model also reduced the required number of BCQ questions from 44 to 3-6, depending on the responses. Lastly, we developed the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) body constitution online diagnosis system using our model to collect data digitally and use it more practically and efficiently. This system can assist doctors to improve the diagnosis and treatment in TCM practice.

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