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Discovery of Acupoints and Combinations with Potential to Treat Vascular Dementia: A Data Mining Analysis

The prevalence of vascular dementia (VaD) is high among the elderly. Acupuncture, a popular therapeutic method in China, can improve memory, orientation, calculation, and self-managing ability in VaD patients. However, in clinical acupuncture and acupuncture research, the selection of acupoints to t...

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Autores principales: Feng, Shuwei, Ren, Yulan, Fan, Shilin, Wang, Minyu, Sun, Tianxiao, Zeng, Fang, Li, Ping, Liang, Fanrong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4534601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26294922
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/310591
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author Feng, Shuwei
Ren, Yulan
Fan, Shilin
Wang, Minyu
Sun, Tianxiao
Zeng, Fang
Li, Ping
Liang, Fanrong
author_facet Feng, Shuwei
Ren, Yulan
Fan, Shilin
Wang, Minyu
Sun, Tianxiao
Zeng, Fang
Li, Ping
Liang, Fanrong
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description The prevalence of vascular dementia (VaD) is high among the elderly. Acupuncture, a popular therapeutic method in China, can improve memory, orientation, calculation, and self-managing ability in VaD patients. However, in clinical acupuncture and acupuncture research, the selection of acupoints to treat VaD remains challenging. This study aimed to discover acupoints and acupoint combinations with potential for VaD based on data mining. After database searching and screening for articles on clinical trials evaluating the effects of acupuncture on VaD, 238 acupuncture prescriptions were included for further analysis. Baihui (GV 20), Sishencong (EX-HN 1), Fengchi (GB 20), Shuigou (GV 26), and Shenting (GV 24) appeared most frequently in the modern literature and are potential acupoints for VaD. Combinations between Baihui (GV 20), Sishencong (EX-HN 1), Fengchi (GB 20), Shenting (GV 24), Shuigou (GV 26), and Zusanli (ST 36) were most frequent and represent potential combinations for VaD treatment. These results provide a reference for the selection and combination of acupoints to treat VaD in clinical acupuncture and acupuncture research.
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spelling pubmed-45346012015-08-20 Discovery of Acupoints and Combinations with Potential to Treat Vascular Dementia: A Data Mining Analysis Feng, Shuwei Ren, Yulan Fan, Shilin Wang, Minyu Sun, Tianxiao Zeng, Fang Li, Ping Liang, Fanrong Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Research Article The prevalence of vascular dementia (VaD) is high among the elderly. Acupuncture, a popular therapeutic method in China, can improve memory, orientation, calculation, and self-managing ability in VaD patients. However, in clinical acupuncture and acupuncture research, the selection of acupoints to treat VaD remains challenging. This study aimed to discover acupoints and acupoint combinations with potential for VaD based on data mining. After database searching and screening for articles on clinical trials evaluating the effects of acupuncture on VaD, 238 acupuncture prescriptions were included for further analysis. Baihui (GV 20), Sishencong (EX-HN 1), Fengchi (GB 20), Shuigou (GV 26), and Shenting (GV 24) appeared most frequently in the modern literature and are potential acupoints for VaD. Combinations between Baihui (GV 20), Sishencong (EX-HN 1), Fengchi (GB 20), Shenting (GV 24), Shuigou (GV 26), and Zusanli (ST 36) were most frequent and represent potential combinations for VaD treatment. These results provide a reference for the selection and combination of acupoints to treat VaD in clinical acupuncture and acupuncture research. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-07-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4534601/ /pubmed/26294922 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/310591 Text en Copyright © 2015 Shuwei Feng et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Zeng, Fang
Li, Ping
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Discovery of Acupoints and Combinations with Potential to Treat Vascular Dementia: A Data Mining Analysis
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title_short Discovery of Acupoints and Combinations with Potential to Treat Vascular Dementia: A Data Mining Analysis
title_sort discovery of acupoints and combinations with potential to treat vascular dementia: a data mining analysis
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4534601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26294922
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/310591
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