Rules of acupuncture point selection in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis through data mining

• 作者: Lan Zhou Wei Zhou Ming-Yu Li Li Liu Mi Liu
• 来源期刊: 海南医科大学学报（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2022,（2）
• 所属期刊栏目: Original article
• 页码范围: 48-52
• 页数: 5页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

Objective: To explore the rules of acupuncture point selection in thetreatment of rheumatoid arthritis by applying data mining and modern Statistical software.Methods: We retrieved literature from China hownet(CNKI), VIP database(VIP), Wanfang,PubMed, MEDLINE, Embase database from the founding of the database to February 1,2020. The main information of meridians and acupoints were entered into Excel, SPSS22.0 was used to extract data and do clustering analysis. Results: Quchi, Zusanli, Hegu, Yanglingquan, Xiyan were often chosen for electropuncture treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Most of the acupoints are located in the large intestine channel of hand yangming bladder meridian or bladder channel of foot Taiyang, Shaoyang gallbladder channel of foot, stomachmeridian of foot Yangming, the energizer meridian and concentrated in the upper and lower extremities. The frequency of use of five Shu points, crossing point, source point, lowerconfluent and eight meeting points acupoints is higher. Cluster analysis can divide the included acupoints into 5 clusters. Conclusion: Quchi, Zusanli, Hegu, Yanglingquan, Xiyan are often chosen for electropuncture treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Most of the selected acupoints aremostly distributed in the acupoints which are located in the large intestine channel of hand yangming bladder meridian or bladder channel of foot Taiyang, Shaoyang gallbladder channel of foot, Stomach meridian of foot Yangming, and the energizer meridian.