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Acu-point compatibility of essential hypertension based on complex network analysis |
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DOI
10.11656/j.issn.1673-9043.2018.02.09 |
Key Words
essential hypertension;acu-points combination;complex network |
Author Name | Affiliation | E-mail | HAO Ting | Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China | | LI Jie | Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China | | ZHAO Xiaofeng | First Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China | zhxf67@163.com | CHEN Bo | Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China | | LI Bo | Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China | | NIU Puyu | Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China | |
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[Objective] Aim to exploring the combination rule of acu-points for treating essential hypertension.[Methods] Databases of CNKI, WANFANG, and VIP for potential eligible papers due to rigorous inclusion and exclusion criteria. Complex network analysis was used to deal with data.[Results] Two hundred and twenty-one acupuncture prescriptions were included in the complex network analysis. Taichong, Quchi, Zusan Li, Fengchi, Hegu, Baihui, Taixi, Sanyin Jiao, Neiguan, Renying, Fenglong were the main points in complex network. Cervical acu-points coordinate with limb acu-points were the most commonly used combination.[Conclusion] Acu-point for treating essential hypertension was found in accordance with medical application according to the complex network analysis. And it can be a universal research method in term of coordinated acu-points study. |
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