[An evaluation method for analysis of correlation between traditional Chinese medicine syndrome and seasonal changes of weather based on information entropy].
OBJECTIVE
A method based on dubious condition of information entropy was introduced and applied to discuss a complexity problem in the analysis of correlation between traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndrome and season.


METHODS
Eight hundred and seventy one cases of chronic virus hepatitis B (hepatitis B) with TCM clinical data were analyzed by information entropy method.


RESULTS
It was found that hepatitis B with Yin deficiency of liver and kidney happened more often in summer than in other seasons.


CONCLUSIONS
It is inferred that the difference of seasons may influence the variation of TCM syndromes.
Sun
Ji-jia
JJ
Department of System Science and Technology, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China.
Jiang
Jian
J
Zhu
Lei-lei
LL
Gao
Yue-qiu
YQ
Yan
Guang-le
GL
Su
Shi-bing
SB
D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019277:Entropy; D019694:Hepatitis B, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D012621:Seasons; D014887:Weather; D016710:Yin Deficiency / Q000175:diagnosis*