Current Status of Objectification of Four Diagnostic Methods on Constitution Recognition of Chinese Medicine.

Journal: Chinese journal of integrative medicine
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Abstract

Chinese medicine (CM) has thousands of years of experience in prevention of diseases. As for CM, people's constitution is closely related to their health status, thus recognition of CM constitution is the fundamental and core content of research on constitution types. With development of technologies such as sensors, artificial intelligence and big data, objectification of the four diagnostic methods of CM has gradually matured, bringing changes in the mindset and innovations in technical means for recognition of CM constitution. This paper presents a systematic review of the latest research trends in constitution recognition based on objectification of diagnostic methods in CM.

Authors

  • Cong-Cong Li
  • Xin-Sheng Yan
    School of Information Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei Province, 071001, China.
  • Ming-Hao Liu
    Department of Cardiology, The 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
  • Gui-Fa Teng
    School of Information Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei Province, 071001, China. tguifa@126.com.