Data-mining-based of ancient traditional Chinese medicine records from 475 BC to 1949 to potentially treat COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) plays a role in preventing and treating COVID-19 in China. Based on the manifestations and symptoms of COVID-19, our study used the data mining method to summarize related therapeutic experience left by predecessors who used TCM to treat epidemics in their eras. Initially, we collected abundant medical records with similar manifestations of COVID-19 in Chinese ancient times. The key words including wen (), yi (), li (), and zhang () were searched in ZhongyiZhiku (https://www.zk120.com/) from Warring States Period (475 BC-221 BC) to the Republic of China era (1912-1949) to locate ancient medical records according to inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria. Moreover, COVID-19-related manifestations and corresponding medications in those records were categ

SUBMITTER: Han Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9082487 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature