An Experience of Inheriting and Innovating Traditional Chinese Medicine by Artificial Intelligence

Authors

  • Bo Zhang, Lina Meng

Abstract

In recent years, the Chinese government attaches great importance to the evolution of traditional Chinese medicine(shorted for TCM), put forward the significant deployment of the national strategy of traditional Chinese medicine, has made many significant policies to facilitate the healthy evolution of traditional Chinese medicine. However, there are still many problems in the evolution of traditional Chinese medicine, and it is urgent to use modern information technology and scientific and technological means to inherit and innovative, and promote the modernization and international evolution of TCM. Artificial intelligence (shorted for AI)is one of the three cutting-edge technologies in the 21st century. It has been widely used in many fields and yielded fruitful results, providing technical support and historical opportunities for the evolution of TCM. AI has been widely used in TCM instruments, intelligent auxiliary systems, TCM prescriptions, Acupoints compatibility, and “four diagnoses“, etc., and has gained rich practical experience. To facilitate the evolution of TCM, it is necessary to comprehensively collect, deeply excavate and utilize big data information of TCM, further strengthen the integration of AI diagnosis and cure, persist in inheriting innovation and highlighting characteristics, and facilitate the evolution and practical application of TCM theories.

Published

2020-11-01

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